Forgiveness Survey, 1999

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GODCLOSE Please tell me if each statement describes you very well, fairly well, not very well, or not at all: I have a close relationship with God.   1) Very well   2) Fairly well   3) Not very well   4) Not at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very well	995	72.2%	72.2%	-.54
Fairly well	289	21%	93.1%	.9
Not very well	58	4.2%	97.3%	2.35
Not at all	37	2.7%	100%	3.79

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	66.5% 147	68.3% 326	76.4% 310	79.7% 189	72.5% 972
Fairly well	24.9% 55	25.6% 122	17.0% 69	14.3% 34	20.9% 280
Not very well	5.9% 13	3.6% 17	4.7% 19	3.0% 7	4.2% 56
Not at all	2.7% 6	2.5% 12	2.0% 8	3.0% 7	2.5% 33
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 well	73.8% 76	73.5% 205	69.4% 252	82.8% 48	73.7% 252	69.2% 162	72.2% 995
Fairly well	15.5% 16	22.9% 64	24.5% 89	15.5% 9	20.5% 70	17.5% 41	21.0% 289
Not very well	5.8% 6	1.8% 5	5.0% 18	0.0% 0	4.1% 14	6.4% 15	4.2% 58
Not at all	4.9% 5	1.8% 5	1.1% 4	1.7% 1	1.8% 6	6.8% 16	2.7% 37
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 well	75.8% 646	66.2% 349	72.2% 995
Fairly well	18.4% 157	25.0% 132	21.0% 289
Not very well	3.5% 30	5.3% 28	4.2% 58
Not at all	2.2% 19	3.4% 18	2.7% 37
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 well	65.4% 142	72.7% 604	84.6% 22	72.5% 95	81.9% 122	100.0% 1	37.5% 9	72.2% 995
Fairly well	24.0% 52	21.5% 179	7.7% 2	23.7% 31	13.4% 20	0.0% 0	20.8% 5	21.0% 289
Not very well	6.0% 13	3.5% 29	7.7% 2	2.3% 3	4.0% 6	0.0% 0	20.8% 5	4.2% 58
Not at all	4.6% 10	2.3% 19	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	20.8% 5	2.7% 37
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 well	66.7% 44	70.5% 765	85.3% 151	67.6% 25	71.4% 10	72.2% 995
Fairly well	15.2% 10	22.7% 246	13.0% 23	18.9% 7	21.4% 3	21.0% 289
Not very well	7.6% 5	4.2% 46	1.7% 3	10.8% 4	0.0% 0	4.2% 58
Not at all	10.6% 7	2.6% 28	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	7.1% 1	2.7% 37
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 well	75.1% 543	73.5% 155	81.7% 58	69.6% 32	70.5% 31	60.7% 17	74.4% 836
Fairly well	22.0% 159	19.0% 40	15.5% 11	17.4% 8	27.3% 12	25.0% 7	21.1% 237
Not very well	2.5% 18	5.7% 12	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	2.3% 1	10.7% 3	3.3% 37
Not at all	0.4% 3	1.9% 4	2.8% 2	6.5% 3	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 723	100.0% 211	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	100.0% 44	100.0% 28	1123