American Mosaic Project: A National Survey on Diversity

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V147B (Weighted by FINALWT) Going to religious services is something you should do only if it meets your personal needs.   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
Strongly agree	705	33.9%	33.9%
Somewhat agree	509	24.5%	58.4%
Somewhat disagree	359	17.3%	75.7%
Strongly disagree	489	23.5%	99.2%
Don't know	11	.5%	99.7%
Refused	7	.3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Education Church attendance Region

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years	30-44 years	45-54 years	55 or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	33.8% 154	36.0% 229	39.9% 146	28.3% 170	5	33.9% 699
Somewhat agree	26.5% 121	27.4% 174	18.9% 69	23.6% 142	4	24.6% 506
Somewhat disagree	17.3% 79	15.7% 100	14.5% 53	20.1% 121	5	17.1% 353
Strongly disagree	22.4% 102	20.3% 129	24.0% 88	27.5% 165	5	23.5% 484
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	1.1% 4	0.3% 2	2	0.5% 10
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 456	100.0% 636	100.0% 366	100.0% 601	21	2059

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.9% 311	36.7% 394	33.9% 705
Somewhat agree	24.8% 250	24.1% 259	24.5% 509
Somewhat disagree	19.3% 195	15.3% 164	17.3% 359
Strongly disagree	24.0% 242	23.1% 248	23.5% 490
Don't know	0.6% 6	0.5% 5	0.5% 11
Refused	0.4% 4	0.3% 3	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1008	100.0% 1073	2081

Race (I-RACE)

	African American (Black)	Asian American	Hispanic/Latino	Native American	White	Other or multiracial	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.3% 39	48.4% 15	29.1% 44	25.0% 6	35.6% 556	34.4% 42	2	33.9% 702
Somewhat agree	14.2% 26	16.1% 5	29.1% 44	25.0% 6	25.4% 397	25.4% 31	0	24.6% 509
Somewhat disagree	16.9% 31	19.4% 6	17.2% 26	20.8% 5	17.4% 271	14.8% 18	3	17.2% 357
Strongly disagree	47.0% 86	16.1% 5	24.5% 37	29.2% 7	20.6% 321	25.4% 31	4	23.5% 487
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 10	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 31	100.0% 151	100.0% 24	100.0% 1561	100.0% 122	9	2072

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school or less	High school graduate or GED	Technical degree	Some college	College graduate	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.5% 26	24.3% 130	36.0% 32	38.9% 210	40.5% 202	35.0% 105	33.8% 705
Somewhat agree	30.6% 37	24.5% 131	23.6% 21	22.0% 119	21.8% 109	31.0% 93	24.5% 510
Somewhat disagree	18.2% 22	18.5% 99	19.1% 17	16.3% 88	20.2% 101	11.0% 33	17.3% 360
Strongly disagree	28.9% 35	31.6% 169	20.2% 18	22.4% 121	16.8% 84	20.7% 62	23.5% 489
Don't know	0.8% 1	0.4% 2	1.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.6% 3	1.0% 3	0.6% 12
Refused	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 534	100.0% 89	100.0% 540	100.0% 499	100.0% 300	2083

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Hardly ever, except holidays	Less than once a month	About once a month	Two to three times a month	Once a week or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.1% 170	39.2% 157	32.5% 37	32.4% 61	29.4% 80	26.0% 198	2	33.9% 703
Somewhat agree	27.1% 92	31.4% 126	36.0% 41	23.4% 44	28.7% 78	16.5% 126	3	24.4% 507
Somewhat disagree	5.9% 20	15.7% 63	14.0% 16	23.4% 44	18.0% 49	21.7% 165	1	17.2% 357
Strongly disagree	15.3% 52	13.5% 54	17.5% 20	20.7% 39	23.2% 63	34.4% 262	0	23.6% 490
Don't know	1.5% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.5% 4	0	0.6% 12
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 7	0	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 339	100.0% 401	100.0% 114	100.0% 188	100.0% 272	100.0% 762	6	2076

Region (I-REGION)

	Northwest	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.3% 147	31.6% 175	29.9% 198	39.4% 186	33.9% 706
Somewhat agree	23.4% 92	24.7% 137	23.0% 152	27.1% 128	24.4% 509
Somewhat disagree	17.5% 69	18.2% 101	16.9% 112	16.5% 78	17.3% 360
Strongly disagree	21.1% 83	24.0% 133	30.2% 200	15.7% 74	23.5% 490
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	1.3% 6	0.5% 11
Refused	0.8% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 554	100.0% 662	100.0% 472	2082