General Social Survey, 2004

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BIBLE Select from: a. Bible is actual word of God and is to be taken literally...; b. Bible is the inspired word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally ...; c. The Bible is an ancient book of fables, ... recorded by men.   1) Actual   2) Inspired   3) Ancient Book   4) Other   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Actual	450	33.6%	33.6%	-.88
Inspired	627	46.8%	80.4%	.04
Ancient Book	219	16.3%	96.7%	.95
Other	23	1.7%	98.4%	1.86
Don't know	14	1%	99.5%	5.52
No answer	7	.5%	100%	6.43

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Actual	31.3% 91	35.8% 142	31.7% 138	37.3% 79	33.7% 450
Inspired	50.2% 146	45.1% 179	47.0% 205	44.8% 95	46.8% 625
Ancient Book	15.8% 46	15.4% 61	17.9% 78	15.6% 33	16.3% 218
Other	1.7% 5	1.3% 5	2.1% 9	1.4% 3	1.6% 22
Don't know	0.7% 2	1.8% 7	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 14
No answer	0.3% 1	0.8% 3	0.2% 1	0.9% 2	0.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 397	100.0% 436	100.0% 212	1336

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Actual	28.7% 179	37.8% 271	33.6% 450
Inspired	47.0% 293	46.6% 334	46.8% 627
Ancient Book	20.4% 127	12.8% 92	16.3% 219
Other	2.2% 14	1.3% 9	1.7% 23
Don't know	1.4% 9	0.7% 5	1.0% 14
No answer	0.3% 2	0.7% 5	0.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 716	1340

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Actual	59.0% 102	35.0% 244	31.3% 35	24.5% 54	10.3% 14	33.5% 449
Inspired	26.0% 45	49.3% 344	52.7% 59	48.6% 107	52.9% 72	46.8% 627
Ancient Book	13.3% 23	12.6% 88	12.5% 14	22.7% 50	32.4% 44	16.4% 219
Other	0.6% 1	1.9% 13	0.9% 1	2.7% 6	1.5% 2	1.7% 23
Don't know	1.2% 2	1.0% 7	0.9% 1	0.9% 2	1.5% 2	1.0% 14
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.8% 2	0.5% 1	1.5% 2	0.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 173	100.0% 698	100.0% 112	100.0% 220	100.0% 136	1339

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Actual	23.2% 74	34.4% 171	38.7% 191	33.3% 436
Inspired	43.3% 138	46.9% 233	49.5% 244	47.0% 615
Ancient Book	29.2% 93	15.5% 77	9.5% 47	16.6% 217
Other	2.5% 8	1.4% 7	1.2% 6	1.6% 21
Don't know	0.9% 3	1.4% 7	0.8% 4	1.1% 14
No answer	0.9% 3	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 497	100.0% 493	1309

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Actual	35.2% 239	43.7% 45	30.0% 61	44.7% 21	27.3% 84	33.6% 450
Inspired	48.6% 330	41.7% 43	46.8% 95	27.7% 13	47.4% 146	46.8% 627
Ancient Book	13.4% 91	13.6% 14	19.2% 39	21.3% 10	21.1% 65	16.3% 219
Other	1.8% 12	1.0% 1	2.5% 5	2.1% 1	1.3% 4	1.7% 23
Don't know	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	2.1% 1	2.3% 7	1.0% 14
No answer	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	2.1% 1	0.6% 2	0.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 679	100.0% 103	100.0% 203	100.0% 47	100.0% 308	1340

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Actual	29.2% 314	63.8% 102	32.7% 34	33.6% 450
Inspired	50.6% 544	23.8% 38	43.3% 45	46.8% 627
Ancient Book	17.6% 189	9.4% 15	14.4% 15	16.3% 219
Other	1.6% 17	0.6% 1	4.8% 5	1.7% 23
Don't know	0.7% 8	1.3% 2	3.8% 4	1.0% 14
No answer	0.4% 4	1.3% 2	1.0% 1	0.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1076	100.0% 160	100.0% 104	1340

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Actual	45.8% 327	20.6% 66	5.9% 1	11.6% 23	38.4% 33	33.7% 450
Inspired	45.2% 323	64.7% 207	35.3% 6	30.2% 60	36.0% 31	46.9% 627
Ancient Book	7.7% 55	11.3% 36	52.9% 9	50.8% 101	18.6% 16	16.2% 217
Other	0.8% 6	1.9% 6	0.0% 0	4.5% 9	2.3% 2	1.7% 23
Don't know	0.4% 3	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	2.0% 4	3.5% 3	1.0% 14
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	5.9% 1	1.0% 2	1.2% 1	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 320	100.0% 17	100.0% 199	100.0% 86	1336