Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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ALLGOOD (Weighted by WEIGHT) For the following statement, do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly: All major religions, such as Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam are equally good ways of knowing about God.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Disagree somewhat   4) Disagree strongly   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	703	24.2%	24.2%
Agree somewhat	870	29.9%	54.1%
Disagree somewhat	430	14.8%	68.9%
Disagree strongly	695	23.9%	92.8%
Don’t know	207	7.1%	99.9%
Refused	4	.1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	28.0% 205	22.8% 126	25.6% 157	23.4% 131	18.6% 80	4	24.2% 699
Agree somewhat	33.1% 242	29.0% 160	30.8% 189	29.1% 163	25.1% 108	7	29.9% 862
Disagree somewhat	15.5% 113	17.6% 97	12.5% 77	14.6% 82	13.7% 59	1	14.8% 428
Disagree strongly	20.0% 146	25.2% 139	24.8% 152	26.4% 148	24.9% 107	4	24.0% 692
Don’t know	3.3% 24	5.4% 30	6.4% 39	6.4% 36	17.2% 74	5	7.0% 203
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	100.0% 430	22	2887

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	24.9% 59	20.1% 189	23.1% 221	25.0% 27	29.3% 131	34.1% 73	3	24.1% 700
Agree somewhat	26.6% 63	31.8% 299	30.6% 293	28.7% 31	29.1% 130	25.2% 54	0	29.9% 870
Disagree somewhat	18.1% 43	14.3% 135	16.0% 153	9.3% 10	13.2% 59	14.5% 31	0	14.8% 431
Disagree strongly	17.7% 42	25.1% 236	24.9% 239	30.6% 33	22.4% 100	20.6% 44	1	23.9% 694
Don’t know	12.7% 30	8.7% 82	5.3% 51	6.5% 7	5.8% 26	5.1% 11	1	7.1% 207
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 941	100.0% 958	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2905

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	24.9% 348	23.5% 356	24.2% 704
Agree somewhat	31.8% 444	28.2% 426	29.9% 870
Disagree somewhat	13.7% 192	15.7% 238	14.8% 430
Disagree strongly	23.3% 325	24.5% 370	23.9% 695
Don’t know	6.2% 87	7.9% 120	7.1% 207
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1513	2910

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Agree strongly	30.2% 74	23.8% 166	23.9% 406	21.7% 58	24.2% 704
Agree somewhat	24.5% 60	31.4% 219	30.3% 515	28.5% 76	29.9% 870
Disagree somewhat	18.0% 44	15.1% 105	14.9% 254	9.7% 26	14.7% 429
Disagree strongly	19.6% 48	21.7% 151	25.9% 441	20.6% 55	23.9% 695
Don’t know	7.3% 18	7.9% 55	4.9% 84	18.7% 50	7.1% 207
Refused	0.4% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.7% 2	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 697	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	23.3% 507	26.5% 90	44.7% 21	27.8% 15	25.7% 69	2	24.3% 702
Agree somewhat	29.9% 652	28.6% 97	21.3% 10	33.3% 18	32.8% 88	6	30.0% 865
Disagree somewhat	14.5% 315	19.8% 67	10.6% 5	13.0% 7	12.3% 33	3	14.8% 427
Disagree strongly	25.1% 546	21.5% 73	14.9% 7	18.5% 10	20.1% 54	5	23.9% 690
Don’t know	7.2% 157	3.5% 12	8.5% 4	7.4% 4	8.6% 23	6	6.9% 200
Refused	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.1% 103	23.5% 86	24.3% 46	26.9% 185	27.6% 16	29.8% 61	206	21.1% 497
Agree somewhat	22.4% 190	29.2% 107	28.6% 54	39.6% 273	32.8% 19	22.9% 47	180	29.3% 690
Disagree somewhat	15.7% 133	16.4% 60	21.2% 40	14.1% 97	6.9% 4	15.6% 32	65	15.5% 366
Disagree strongly	43.1% 366	20.8% 76	21.2% 40	11.5% 79	27.6% 16	27.3% 56	62	26.9% 633
Don’t know	6.7% 57	9.8% 36	4.8% 9	7.8% 54	5.2% 3	4.4% 9	39	7.1% 168
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 205	554	2356