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Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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DECIDE3

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 in making decisions about family or children?

	1) Very important
	2) Somewhat important
	3) Not too important
	4) Not at all important
	8) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	491	63.5%	63.5%	-.63
Somewhat important	230	29.8%	93.3%	.72
Not too important	29	3.8%	97%	2.07
Not at all important	22	2.8%	99.9%	3.42
Don't know	1	.1%	100%	8.82

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	55.6% 175	68.9% 315	63.5% 490
Somewhat important	35.6% 112	25.8% 118	29.8% 230
Not too important	5.4% 17	2.6% 12	3.8% 29
Not at all important	3.5% 11	2.4% 11	2.8% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
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	75.8% 47	63.4% 142	66.5% 125	59.2% 174	66.7% 2	63.6% 490
Somewhat important	21.0% 13	31.3% 70	26.1% 49	33.0% 97	0.0% 0	29.7% 229
Not too important	0.0% 0	2.7% 6	2.7% 5	5.8% 17	33.3% 1	3.8% 29
Not at all important	3.2% 2	2.7% 6	4.3% 8	2.0% 6	0.0% 0	2.9% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	62.2% 89	69.5% 171	69.3% 142	64.6% 64	30.7% 23	63.7% 489
Somewhat important	35.0% 50	25.6% 63	25.9% 53	30.3% 30	41.3% 31	29.6% 227
Not too important	1.4% 2	2.4% 6	4.4% 9	3.0% 3	12.0% 9	3.8% 29
Not at all important	1.4% 2	2.0% 5	0.5% 1	2.0% 2	16.0% 12	2.9% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	60.7% 91	63.1% 166	62.4% 141	69.5% 91	50.0% 1	63.5% 490
Somewhat important	33.3% 50	30.8% 81	30.5% 69	22.1% 29	50.0% 1	29.8% 230
Not too important	4.7% 7	3.8% 10	3.5% 8	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.8% 29
Not at all important	1.3% 2	2.3% 6	3.1% 7	5.3% 7	0.0% 0	2.8% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	61.0% 306	73.8% 107	54.8% 23	65.8% 50	66.7% 4	63.6% 490
Somewhat important	31.5% 158	22.8% 33	35.7% 15	27.6% 21	33.3% 2	29.7% 229
Not too important	3.8% 19	2.8% 4	7.1% 3	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	3.8% 29
Not at all important	3.6% 18	0.7% 1	2.4% 1	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 22
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	66.9% 239	66.7% 24	75.9% 41	59.4% 98	54.8% 86	63.5% 488
Somewhat important	28.3% 101	22.2% 8	11.1% 6	33.3% 55	37.6% 59	29.8% 229
Not too important	3.6% 13	8.3% 3	3.7% 2	1.2% 2	5.7% 9	3.8% 29
Not at all important	1.1% 4	2.8% 1	9.3% 5	5.5% 9	1.9% 3	2.9% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	63.2% 148	64.7% 172	59.5% 125	70.6% 36	90.0% 9	63.6% 490
Somewhat important	31.2% 73	27.4% 73	34.3% 72	19.6% 10	10.0% 1	29.7% 229
Not too important	3.8% 9	4.1% 11	2.4% 5	7.8% 4	0.0% 0	3.8% 29
Not at all important	1.7% 4	3.8% 10	3.3% 7	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	66.1% 82	68.1% 79	66.7% 82	62.9% 110	58.1% 118	63.6% 471
Somewhat important	26.6% 33	26.7% 31	30.9% 38	29.7% 52	32.0% 65	29.6% 219
Not too important	4.0% 5	0.9% 1	1.6% 2	3.4% 6	7.4% 15	3.9% 29
Not at all important	3.2% 4	4.3% 5	0.8% 1	3.4% 6	2.5% 5	2.8% 21
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 116	100.0% 123	100.0% 175	100.0% 203	741