Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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CIVIC5 Overall, how important would you say it is for religious groups to promote religious values in Indianapolis?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	458	56.8%	56.8%	-.63
Somewhat important	259	32.1%	89%	.37
Not too important	48	6%	94.9%	1.37
Not at all important	35	4.3%	99.3%	2.38
Don't know	2	.2%	99.5%	6.38
Refused	4	.5%	100%	7.39

Variable Comparisons

Gender Education Religious preference Age Race Marital status Political party Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	48.7% 164	62.6% 293	56.8% 457
Somewhat important	35.6% 120	29.7% 139	32.2% 259
Not too important	8.6% 29	4.1% 19	6.0% 48
Not at all important	6.2% 21	3.0% 14	4.3% 35
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
Refused	0.6% 2	0.4% 2	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 337	100.0% 468	805

Education (I-EDUC)

	Zero to 11 years	12 years	Some college	College degree or higher	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	73.1% 49	60.7% 142	56.2% 109	50.7% 155	66.7% 2	56.8% 457
Somewhat important	20.9% 14	32.1% 75	30.9% 60	35.3% 108	33.3% 1	32.1% 258
Not too important	3.0% 2	2.1% 5	8.2% 16	8.2% 25	0.0% 0	6.0% 48
Not at all important	3.0% 2	4.3% 10	4.6% 9	4.6% 14	0.0% 0	4.4% 35
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 234	100.0% 194	100.0% 306	100.0% 3	804

Religious preference (I-REL)

	Catholic	Protestant	Oth Chrstn	Oth Rel	No pref	TOTAL
Very important	58.0% 83	62.5% 155	64.9% 133	57.4% 58	25.7% 26	57.0% 455
Somewhat important	36.4% 52	31.0% 77	26.8% 55	25.7% 26	47.5% 48	32.3% 258
Not too important	4.2% 6	5.2% 13	4.4% 9	6.9% 7	11.9% 12	5.9% 47
Not at all important	0.7% 1	1.2% 3	2.9% 6	7.9% 8	13.9% 14	4.0% 32
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Refused	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	1.0% 1	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 248	100.0% 205	100.0% 101	100.0% 101	798

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-65	65 and up	Refused	TOTAL
Very important	47.3% 78	58.4% 157	59.8% 140	60.4% 81	33.3% 1	56.8% 457
Somewhat important	38.2% 63	30.9% 83	29.9% 70	31.3% 42	33.3% 1	32.2% 259
Not too important	8.5% 14	5.9% 16	5.6% 13	3.7% 5	0.0% 0	6.0% 48
Not at all important	6.1% 10	3.3% 9	4.3% 10	4.5% 6	0.0% 0	4.3% 35
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 269	100.0% 234	100.0% 134	100.0% 3	805

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Wh and Ind	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Very important	52.9% 278	67.1% 100	53.3% 24	67.5% 52	50.0% 3	56.9% 457
Somewhat important	34.4% 181	28.9% 43	35.6% 16	20.8% 16	33.3% 2	32.1% 258
Not too important	7.4% 39	0.7% 1	4.4% 2	7.8% 6	0.0% 0	6.0% 48
Not at all important	4.9% 26	2.0% 3	4.4% 2	2.6% 2	16.7% 1	4.2% 34
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Refused	0.4% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 526	100.0% 149	100.0% 45	100.0% 77	100.0% 6	803

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Cohabiting	Widowed	Sep/ Div	Nvr marry	TOTAL
Very important	60.7% 219	51.3% 20	71.4% 40	51.7% 89	51.1% 89	57.0% 457
Somewhat important	30.5% 110	41.0% 16	23.2% 13	33.1% 57	34.5% 60	31.9% 256
Not too important	4.7% 17	5.1% 2	3.6% 2	7.0% 12	8.6% 15	6.0% 48
Not at all important	3.9% 14	2.6% 1	1.8% 1	7.6% 13	3.4% 6	4.4% 35
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.2% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.7% 3	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 39	100.0% 56	100.0% 172	100.0% 174	802

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Democrat	Independnt	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Very important	53.3% 128	59.2% 164	55.9% 124	60.0% 33	80.0% 8	56.8% 457
Somewhat important	38.8% 93	26.4% 73	33.8% 75	29.1% 16	10.0% 1	32.1% 258
Not too important	4.6% 11	9.0% 25	4.5% 10	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	6.0% 48
Not at all important	2.5% 6	4.3% 12	5.4% 12	7.3% 4	10.0% 1	4.4% 35
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Refused	0.4% 1	0.7% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 277	100.0% 222	100.0% 55	100.0% 10	804

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$0-19999	$20-29999	$30-39999	$40-49999	$60000+	TOTAL
Very important	55.2% 74	65.9% 81	61.4% 78	54.5% 97	51.9% 110	56.8% 440
Somewhat important	31.3% 42	25.2% 31	33.1% 42	36.5% 65	32.1% 68	32.0% 248
Not too important	8.2% 11	4.9% 6	2.4% 3	5.6% 10	8.5% 18	6.2% 48
Not at all important	4.5% 6	4.1% 5	2.4% 3	2.8% 5	6.6% 14	4.3% 33
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774