Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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DECIDE1 ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO RESPONDED THAT THEY ARE VERY, SOMEWHAT, OR NOT TOO RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL: How important to you is using religious or spiritual beliefs to make financial decisions?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	239	30.9%	30.9%	-1.17
Somewhat important	212	27.4%	58.3%	-.29
Not too important	151	19.5%	77.9%	.59
Not at all important	171	22.1%	100%	1.47

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	24.4% 77	35.4% 162	31.0% 239
Somewhat important	27.0% 85	27.8% 127	27.5% 212
Not too important	22.2% 70	17.7% 81	19.6% 151
Not at all important	26.3% 83	19.0% 87	22.0% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 315	100.0% 457	772

Education (I-EDUC)

	Zero to 11 years	12 years	Some college	College degree or higher	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	43.5% 27	32.1% 72	34.0% 64	25.5% 75	33.3% 1	31.0% 239
Somewhat important	33.9% 21	25.9% 58	26.6% 50	27.9% 82	33.3% 1	27.5% 212
Not too important	9.7% 6	20.1% 45	17.6% 33	22.8% 67	0.0% 0	19.6% 151
Not at all important	12.9% 8	21.9% 49	21.8% 41	23.8% 70	33.3% 1	21.9% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 224	100.0% 188	100.0% 294	100.0% 3	771

Religious preference (I-REL)

	Catholic	Protestant	Oth Chrstn	Oth Rel	No pref	TOTAL
Very important	16.8% 24	38.6% 95	36.1% 74	38.4% 38	9.3% 7	31.0% 238
Somewhat important	27.3% 39	26.8% 66	27.3% 56	32.3% 32	21.3% 16	27.2% 209
Not too important	30.1% 43	15.9% 39	20.0% 41	11.1% 11	22.7% 17	19.7% 151
Not at all important	25.9% 37	18.7% 46	16.6% 34	18.2% 18	46.7% 35	22.1% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 246	100.0% 205	100.0% 99	100.0% 75	768

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-65	65 and up	Refused	TOTAL
Very important	24.0% 36	28.5% 75	31.4% 71	42.7% 56	50.0% 1	31.0% 239
Somewhat important	22.7% 34	28.9% 76	30.1% 68	26.0% 34	0.0% 0	27.5% 212
Not too important	26.7% 40	20.9% 55	17.3% 39	13.0% 17	0.0% 0	19.6% 151
Not at all important	26.7% 40	21.7% 57	21.2% 48	18.3% 24	50.0% 1	22.0% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 263	100.0% 226	100.0% 131	100.0% 2	772

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Wh and Ind	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Very important	22.9% 115	55.2% 80	21.4% 9	42.1% 32	50.0% 3	31.0% 239
Somewhat important	29.5% 148	28.3% 41	23.8% 10	15.8% 12	16.7% 1	27.5% 212
Not too important	22.7% 114	9.7% 14	21.4% 9	17.1% 13	16.7% 1	19.6% 151
Not at all important	24.9% 125	6.9% 10	33.3% 14	25.0% 19	16.7% 1	21.9% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 502	100.0% 145	100.0% 42	100.0% 76	100.0% 6	771

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Cohabiting	Widowed	Sep/ Div	Nvr marry	TOTAL
Very important	33.3% 119	16.7% 6	48.1% 26	26.1% 43	28.0% 44	30.9% 238
Somewhat important	28.9% 103	22.2% 8	27.8% 15	27.3% 45	25.5% 40	27.4% 211
Not too important	16.2% 58	27.8% 10	9.3% 5	26.1% 43	22.3% 35	19.6% 151
Not at all important	21.6% 77	33.3% 12	14.8% 8	20.6% 34	24.2% 38	22.0% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 357	100.0% 36	100.0% 54	100.0% 165	100.0% 157	769

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Democrat	Independnt	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Very important	27.4% 64	38.0% 101	24.3% 51	35.3% 18	50.0% 5	31.0% 239
Somewhat important	26.5% 62	27.1% 72	29.0% 61	25.5% 13	40.0% 4	27.5% 212
Not too important	21.4% 50	16.9% 45	19.5% 41	29.4% 15	0.0% 0	19.6% 151
Not at all important	24.8% 58	18.0% 48	27.1% 57	9.8% 5	10.0% 1	21.9% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 266	100.0% 210	100.0% 51	100.0% 10	771

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$0-19999	$20-29999	$30-39999	$40-49999	$60000+	TOTAL
Very important	39.5% 49	40.5% 47	32.5% 40	28.0% 49	21.2% 43	30.8% 228
Somewhat important	29.0% 36	22.4% 26	28.5% 35	29.1% 51	27.6% 56	27.5% 204
Not too important	13.7% 17	16.4% 19	22.0% 27	22.3% 39	20.7% 42	19.4% 144
Not at all important	17.7% 22	20.7% 24	17.1% 21	20.6% 36	30.5% 62	22.3% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 116	100.0% 123	100.0% 175	100.0% 203	741