Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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GODMYSTR (Weighted by WEIGHT) For the following statement, do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly: God is a mystery and can never be understood by humans.   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	747	25.7%	25.7%
Agree somewhat	622	21.4%	47.1%
Disagree somewhat	483	16.6%	63.7%
Disagree strongly	977	33.6%	97.3%
Don’t know	75	2.6%	99.9%
Refused	6	.2%	100.1%

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	25.9% 189	24.9% 137	24.3% 149	27.1% 152	27.8% 120	1	25.9% 747
Agree somewhat	23.5% 172	22.9% 126	20.7% 127	19.3% 108	19.3% 83	6	21.3% 616
Disagree somewhat	18.3% 134	19.4% 107	15.0% 92	15.5% 87	13.7% 59	4	16.6% 479
Disagree strongly	30.5% 223	31.4% 173	37.6% 231	36.0% 202	32.5% 140	8	33.6% 969
Don’t know	1.6% 12	1.5% 8	2.3% 14	2.1% 12	6.3% 27	2	2.5% 73
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	2	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 561	100.0% 431	23	2888

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	36.0% 85	24.5% 231	25.3% 242	25.0% 27	23.0% 103	27.4% 59	0	25.7% 747
Agree somewhat	9.3% 22	21.8% 205	21.0% 201	25.0% 27	25.1% 112	25.6% 55	1	21.4% 622
Disagree somewhat	12.3% 29	16.6% 156	17.0% 163	18.5% 20	17.7% 79	16.7% 36	0	16.6% 483
Disagree strongly	35.2% 83	35.0% 330	34.6% 331	30.6% 33	31.1% 139	27.0% 58	4	33.5% 974
Don’t know	6.8% 16	2.1% 20	2.0% 19	0.9% 1	2.7% 12	3.3% 7	0	2.6% 75
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 942	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 215	6	2905

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	28.2% 394	23.3% 353	25.7% 747
Agree somewhat	23.7% 331	19.2% 291	21.4% 622
Disagree somewhat	17.0% 238	16.2% 245	16.6% 483
Disagree strongly	28.3% 396	38.4% 581	33.6% 977
Don’t know	2.5% 35	2.6% 40	2.6% 75
Refused	0.2% 3	0.1% 2	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1512	2909

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	32.4% 79	27.3% 190	24.2% 412	24.3% 65	25.7% 746
Agree somewhat	14.8% 36	19.4% 135	23.2% 394	21.3% 57	21.4% 622
Disagree somewhat	13.5% 33	16.4% 114	17.2% 292	16.5% 44	16.6% 483
Disagree strongly	37.3% 91	33.9% 236	33.4% 568	31.1% 83	33.6% 978
Don’t know	2.0% 5	3.0% 21	1.8% 31	6.4% 17	2.5% 74
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	0.4% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2908

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	24.1% 525	26.5% 90	33.3% 16	24.5% 13	36.0% 96	7	25.6% 740
Agree somewhat	22.9% 500	15.0% 51	14.6% 7	26.4% 14	17.6% 47	3	21.4% 619
Disagree somewhat	17.4% 380	15.0% 51	16.7% 8	20.8% 11	11.6% 31	2	16.7% 481
Disagree strongly	33.0% 719	40.9% 139	33.3% 16	22.6% 12	30.7% 82	9	33.5% 968
Don’t know	2.3% 51	2.6% 9	2.1% 1	5.7% 3	4.1% 11	1	2.6% 75
Refused	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 267	23	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	22.9% 194	19.4% 71	26.6% 50	29.5% 203	20.3% 12	23.9% 49	169	24.6% 579
Agree somewhat	17.4% 148	30.9% 113	12.2% 23	24.7% 170	35.6% 21	8.8% 18	130	20.9% 493
Disagree somewhat	14.0% 119	15.0% 55	15.4% 29	19.4% 134	15.3% 9	17.1% 35	102	16.2% 381
Disagree strongly	43.5% 369	33.1% 121	43.6% 82	23.5% 162	20.3% 12	47.3% 97	134	35.8% 843
Don’t know	2.1% 18	1.6% 6	2.1% 4	2.9% 20	6.8% 4	2.9% 6	16	2.5% 58
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	4	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 205	555	2356