Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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GODMIND (Weighted by WEIGHT) For the following statement, do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly: God can only be known as people empty their minds and look inside themselves.   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	960	33%	33%
Agree somewhat	904	31.1%	64.1%
Disagree somewhat	434	14.9%	79%
Disagree strongly	466	16%	95%
Don’t know	136	4.7%	99.7%
Refused	9	.3%	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	30.9% 226	30.5% 168	32.1% 197	33.5% 188	40.4% 174	6	33.0% 953
Agree somewhat	38.6% 282	32.1% 177	30.1% 185	27.1% 152	23.9% 103	5	31.1% 899
Disagree somewhat	14.9% 109	18.9% 104	13.0% 80	15.7% 88	11.6% 50	3	14.9% 431
Disagree strongly	13.1% 96	16.0% 88	19.9% 122	18.0% 101	13.0% 56	3	16.0% 463
Don’t know	2.3% 17	2.5% 14	4.7% 29	5.3% 30	10.4% 45	1	4.7% 135
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	3	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 561	100.0% 431	21	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	49.6% 118	35.5% 334	30.3% 290	43.9% 47	25.3% 113	24.9% 53	4	32.9% 955
Agree somewhat	27.7% 66	28.8% 271	34.4% 329	24.3% 26	33.4% 149	29.6% 63	0	31.2% 904
Disagree somewhat	10.1% 24	13.9% 131	14.9% 142	15.9% 17	16.8% 75	20.2% 43	1	14.9% 432
Disagree strongly	7.6% 18	15.9% 150	16.3% 156	11.2% 12	19.1% 85	20.7% 44	0	16.0% 465
Don’t know	3.8% 9	5.8% 55	4.0% 38	4.7% 5	4.7% 21	4.2% 9	0	4.7% 137
Refused	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.5% 1	1	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 941	100.0% 956	100.0% 107	100.0% 446	100.0% 213	6	2901

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	30.1% 420	35.7% 540	33.0% 960
Agree somewhat	34.2% 478	28.2% 426	31.1% 904
Disagree somewhat	15.1% 211	14.7% 223	14.9% 434
Disagree strongly	15.2% 213	16.7% 253	16.0% 466
Don’t know	4.9% 69	4.4% 67	4.7% 136
Refused	0.4% 6	0.2% 3	0.3% 9
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	40.2% 98	38.6% 269	30.1% 512	30.2% 81	33.0% 960
Agree somewhat	29.5% 72	29.0% 202	32.7% 556	27.6% 74	31.1% 904
Disagree somewhat	12.3% 30	12.6% 88	16.4% 279	13.8% 37	14.9% 434
Disagree strongly	15.2% 37	13.6% 95	17.0% 290	16.4% 44	16.0% 466
Don’t know	2.9% 7	5.9% 41	3.5% 59	10.8% 29	4.7% 136
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.3% 5	1.1% 3	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1701	100.0% 268	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	29.4% 641	46.2% 157	43.5% 20	47.2% 25	39.6% 106	10	32.9% 949
Agree somewhat	32.6% 710	23.5% 80	21.7% 10	30.2% 16	31.0% 83	4	31.2% 899
Disagree somewhat	16.1% 351	12.4% 42	15.2% 7	9.4% 5	10.1% 27	3	15.0% 432
Disagree strongly	17.0% 371	15.0% 51	15.2% 7	5.7% 3	11.6% 31	3	16.0% 463
Don’t know	4.5% 98	2.9% 10	4.3% 2	7.5% 4	7.5% 20	2	4.6% 134
Refused	0.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 46	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2886

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	32.5% 276	30.9% 113	42.0% 79	33.8% 233	15.5% 9	34.8% 72	179	33.2% 782
Agree somewhat	24.1% 205	35.0% 128	26.6% 50	38.3% 264	37.9% 22	21.3% 44	191	30.3% 713
Disagree somewhat	15.2% 129	18.0% 66	13.3% 25	13.8% 95	15.5% 9	16.4% 34	76	15.2% 358
Disagree strongly	22.0% 187	12.0% 44	15.4% 29	10.9% 75	22.4% 13	21.7% 45	73	16.7% 393
Don’t know	5.8% 49	3.8% 14	2.7% 5	3.2% 22	6.9% 4	5.3% 11	31	4.5% 105
Refused	0.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.5% 1	4	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 207	554	2357