Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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REL7 Overall, how religious or spiritual would you say you are? Would you say:   1) Very religious   2) Somewhat religious   3) Not too religious   4) Not at all religious   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very religious	324	40.2%	40.2%	-.87
Somewhat religious	372	46.2%	86.4%	.21
Not too religious	73	9.1%	95.4%	1.3
Not at all religious	33	4.1%	99.5%	2.39
Don't know	1	.1%	99.6%	6.73
Refused	3	.4%	100%	7.82

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very religious	34.7% 117	44.2% 207	40.2% 324
Somewhat religious	44.5% 150	47.2% 221	46.1% 371
Not too religious	13.4% 45	6.0% 28	9.1% 73
Not at all religious	6.5% 22	2.4% 11	4.1% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
Refused	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	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
Very religious	40.3% 27	36.3% 85	42.8% 83	41.8% 128	33.3% 1	40.3% 324
Somewhat religious	43.3% 29	48.7% 114	46.9% 91	44.1% 135	33.3% 1	46.0% 370
Not too religious	7.5% 5	10.3% 24	7.2% 14	9.5% 29	33.3% 1	9.1% 73
Not at all religious	7.5% 5	4.3% 10	3.1% 6	3.9% 12	0.0% 0	4.1% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused	1.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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
Very religious	32.9% 47	48.4% 120	42.9% 88	48.5% 49	17.8% 18	40.4% 322
Somewhat religious	60.8% 87	44.0% 109	45.4% 93	42.6% 43	36.6% 37	46.2% 369
Not too religious	6.3% 9	6.5% 16	11.2% 23	5.9% 6	18.8% 19	9.1% 73
Not at all religious	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	25.7% 26	3.8% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.4% 3
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 religious	26.1% 43	38.3% 103	45.3% 106	52.2% 70	66.7% 2	40.2% 324
Somewhat religious	52.7% 87	50.6% 136	41.9% 98	37.3% 50	0.0% 0	46.1% 371
Not too religious	12.1% 20	8.6% 23	8.5% 20	7.5% 10	0.0% 0	9.1% 73
Not at all religious	9.1% 15	2.2% 6	3.4% 8	2.2% 3	33.3% 1	4.1% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	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
Very religious	36.9% 194	52.3% 78	31.1% 14	44.2% 34	66.7% 4	40.3% 324
Somewhat religious	48.3% 254	38.9% 58	51.1% 23	44.2% 34	16.7% 1	46.1% 370
Not too religious	9.9% 52	6.0% 9	11.1% 5	9.1% 7	0.0% 0	9.1% 73
Not at all religious	4.6% 24	2.7% 4	6.7% 3	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 32
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	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
Very religious	46.5% 168	30.8% 12	60.7% 34	35.5% 61	27.6% 48	40.3% 323
Somewhat religious	44.0% 159	51.3% 20	28.6% 16	51.2% 88	50.0% 87	46.1% 370
Not too religious	7.5% 27	10.3% 4	5.4% 3	9.3% 16	12.6% 22	9.0% 72
Not at all religious	1.1% 4	7.7% 3	3.6% 2	4.1% 7	9.8% 17	4.1% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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
Very religious	41.3% 99	41.2% 114	37.8% 84	38.2% 21	60.0% 6	40.3% 324
Somewhat religious	48.8% 117	43.7% 121	46.4% 103	49.1% 27	20.0% 2	46.0% 370
Not too religious	7.5% 18	10.8% 30	9.5% 21	5.5% 3	10.0% 1	9.1% 73
Not at all religious	2.5% 6	4.0% 11	5.4% 12	7.3% 4	0.0% 0	4.1% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	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
Very religious	40.3% 54	35.0% 43	34.6% 44	46.1% 82	40.1% 85	39.8% 308
Somewhat religious	40.3% 54	49.6% 61	55.9% 71	46.6% 83	42.9% 91	46.5% 360
Not too religious	11.9% 16	9.8% 12	6.3% 8	5.1% 9	11.8% 25	9.0% 70
Not at all religious	7.5% 10	5.7% 7	3.1% 4	1.7% 3	4.2% 9	4.3% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.1% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774