Forgiveness Survey, 1999

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RELIMP How important would you say religion is in your own life?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	1189	86.2%	86.2%	-.38
Somewhat important	149	10.8%	97%	1.87
Not very important	41	3%	100%	4.11

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	82.4% 182	84.3% 402	87.7% 356	92.4% 219	86.4% 1159
Somewhat important	15.4% 34	11.9% 57	9.4% 38	5.1% 12	10.5% 141
Not very important	2.3% 5	3.8% 18	3.0% 12	2.5% 6	3.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 477	100.0% 406	100.0% 237	1341

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	TOTAL
Very important	84.5% 87	91.0% 254	85.7% 311	93.1% 54	84.2% 288	83.3% 195	86.2% 1189
Somewhat important	13.6% 14	8.2% 23	11.3% 41	5.2% 3	12.9% 44	10.3% 24	10.8% 149
Not very important	1.9% 2	0.7% 2	3.0% 11	1.7% 1	2.9% 10	6.4% 15	3.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 279	100.0% 363	100.0% 58	100.0% 342	100.0% 234	1379

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	88.5% 754	82.5% 435	86.2% 1189
Somewhat important	8.8% 75	14.0% 74	10.8% 149
Not very important	2.7% 23	3.4% 18	3.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 852	100.0% 527	1379

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single/never been married	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Don’t know	Refused	TOTAL
Very important	81.6% 177	86.9% 722	84.6% 22	87.0% 114	91.9% 137	0.0% 0	70.8% 17	86.2% 1189
Somewhat important	14.7% 32	10.3% 86	11.5% 3	9.2% 12	6.7% 10	100.0% 1	20.8% 5	10.8% 149
Not very important	3.7% 8	2.8% 23	3.8% 1	3.8% 5	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	8.3% 2	3.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 831	100.0% 26	100.0% 131	100.0% 149	100.0% 1	100.0% 24	1379

Race (I-RACE)

	Other	White	Black	Hispanic	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	84.8% 56	85.2% 924	92.1% 163	89.2% 33	92.9% 13	86.2% 1189
Somewhat important	12.1% 8	11.9% 129	4.5% 8	10.8% 4	0.0% 0	10.8% 149
Not very important	3.0% 2	2.9% 32	3.4% 6	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	3.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 1085	100.0% 177	100.0% 37	100.0% 14	1379

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prot	Catholic	EvanLuth	Jewish	Mormon	Muslim	TOTAL
Very important	88.8% 642	85.8% 181	90.1% 64	82.6% 38	90.9% 40	82.1% 23	88.0% 988
Somewhat important	9.4% 68	12.3% 26	8.5% 6	13.0% 6	9.1% 4	7.1% 2	10.0% 112
Not very important	1.8% 13	1.9% 4	1.4% 1	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	2.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 723	100.0% 211	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	100.0% 44	100.0% 28	1123