Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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STATE1E Thinking about Indianapolis, please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - Only politicians who believe in God are fit for public office.   1) Strongly agree   2) Somewhat agree   3) Somewhat disagree   4) Strongly disagree   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	129	16%	16%	-1.72
Somewhat agree	98	12.2%	28.2%	-.91
Somewhat disagree	144	17.9%	46%	-.11
Strongly disagree	428	53.1%	99.1%	.69
Don't know	3	.4%	99.5%	3.91
Refused	4	.5%	100%	4.71

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.2% 48	17.3% 81	16.0% 129
Somewhat agree	11.9% 40	12.4% 58	12.2% 98
Somewhat disagree	17.2% 58	18.4% 86	17.9% 144
Strongly disagree	56.4% 190	50.9% 238	53.2% 428
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.4% 3
Refused	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 3
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
Strongly agree	23.9% 16	20.1% 47	15.5% 30	11.8% 36	0.0% 0	16.0% 129
Somewhat agree	19.4% 13	12.4% 29	14.4% 28	9.2% 28	0.0% 0	12.2% 98
Somewhat disagree	16.4% 11	18.8% 44	17.0% 33	18.0% 55	33.3% 1	17.9% 144
Strongly disagree	38.8% 26	48.3% 113	53.1% 103	59.8% 183	66.7% 2	53.1% 427
Don't know	1.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
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
Strongly agree	13.3% 19	16.5% 41	18.5% 38	20.8% 21	8.9% 9	16.0% 128
Somewhat agree	11.9% 17	15.7% 39	11.7% 24	11.9% 12	5.9% 6	12.3% 98
Somewhat disagree	16.8% 24	23.4% 58	17.6% 36	13.9% 14	9.9% 10	17.8% 142
Strongly disagree	56.6% 81	42.7% 106	52.2% 107	52.5% 53	75.2% 76	53.0% 423
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Refused	1.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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
Strongly agree	15.2% 25	13.4% 36	15.4% 36	23.9% 32	0.0% 0	16.0% 129
Somewhat agree	10.3% 17	11.5% 31	12.0% 28	15.7% 21	33.3% 1	12.2% 98
Somewhat disagree	17.6% 29	17.5% 47	17.1% 40	20.9% 28	0.0% 0	17.9% 144
Strongly disagree	57.0% 94	57.2% 154	55.1% 129	37.3% 50	33.3% 1	53.2% 428
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	33.3% 1	0.4% 3
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
Strongly agree	13.9% 73	24.2% 36	17.8% 8	14.3% 11	16.7% 1	16.1% 129
Somewhat agree	11.0% 58	14.8% 22	15.6% 7	14.3% 11	0.0% 0	12.2% 98
Somewhat disagree	16.9% 89	18.1% 27	20.0% 9	24.7% 19	0.0% 0	17.9% 144
Strongly disagree	57.2% 301	42.3% 63	46.7% 21	46.8% 36	83.3% 5	53.1% 426
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Refused	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
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
Strongly agree	16.9% 61	23.1% 9	25.0% 14	12.2% 21	13.8% 24	16.1% 129
Somewhat agree	11.1% 40	10.3% 4	21.4% 12	14.0% 24	9.2% 16	12.0% 96
Somewhat disagree	22.4% 81	5.1% 2	12.5% 7	15.7% 27	15.5% 27	18.0% 144
Strongly disagree	49.3% 178	61.5% 24	35.7% 20	58.1% 100	60.3% 105	53.2% 427
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 3
Refused	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 3
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
Strongly agree	15.0% 36	19.9% 55	11.7% 26	20.0% 11	10.0% 1	16.0% 129
Somewhat agree	14.2% 34	12.3% 34	10.8% 24	9.1% 5	10.0% 1	12.2% 98
Somewhat disagree	23.8% 57	15.9% 44	17.1% 38	7.3% 4	10.0% 1	17.9% 144
Strongly disagree	46.7% 112	51.3% 142	59.5% 132	63.6% 35	60.0% 6	53.1% 427
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.4% 3
Refused	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
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
Strongly agree	20.1% 27	21.1% 26	17.3% 22	17.4% 31	10.8% 23	16.7% 129
Somewhat agree	20.9% 28	13.8% 17	10.2% 13	11.2% 20	8.0% 17	12.3% 95
Somewhat disagree	13.4% 18	17.9% 22	17.3% 22	18.0% 32	19.3% 41	17.4% 135
Strongly disagree	44.8% 60	47.2% 58	55.1% 70	51.7% 92	61.3% 130	53.0% 410
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.5% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774