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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABUDDH_A (Weighted by WEIGHT)

If RELIG = 9-10, 12, or (RELIG = 99 or CHR = 2 or 9): From what you know, do you think that the Buddhist religion and your own beliefs are very similar, somewhat similar, somewhat different, or very different? (Q191F) [See Note 2: Randomization of Religious Similarity Variables on the ARDA Summary Page for randomization information.]

	1) Very similar
	2) Somewhat similar
	3) Somewhat different
	4) Very different
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very similar	46	3.1%	3.1%
Somewhat similar	339	22.7%	25.8%
Somewhat different	227	15.2%	41%
Very different	441	29.6%	70.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	438	29.4%	100%
Missing	16166	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	6.4% 19	0.0% 0	4.5% 10	5.4% 11	4.4% 6	0	3.1% 46
Somewhat similar	27.0% 93	24.5% 73	18.5% 50	17.7% 39	26.3% 54	22.1% 30	0	23.0% 339
Somewhat different	17.7% 61	19.5% 58	11.8% 32	13.2% 29	9.8% 20	17.6% 24	3	15.2% 224
Very different	42.2% 145	20.8% 62	27.7% 75	32.3% 71	26.3% 54	24.3% 33	0	29.9% 440
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.1% 45	28.9% 86	42.1% 114	32.3% 71	32.2% 66	31.6% 43	13	28.8% 425
Missing	1979	2637	2897	3206	2401	2840	0	15960
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 298	100.0% 271	100.0% 220	100.0% 205	100.0% 136	16	1474

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	4.6% 9	11.6% 27	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	1.9% 4	3	3.3% 43
Somewhat similar	15.0% 45	37.2% 73	14.6% 34	32.0% 65	18.2% 26	35.9% 75	20	24.7% 318
Somewhat different	24.3% 73	10.2% 20	9.4% 22	18.2% 37	14.7% 21	11.5% 24	29	15.3% 197
Very different	30.2% 91	28.1% 55	29.2% 68	29.6% 60	42.0% 60	29.7% 62	45	30.8% 396
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	30.6% 92	19.9% 39	35.2% 82	20.2% 41	23.1% 33	21.1% 44	107	25.8% 331
Missing	2514	1733	2924	2117	1750	2365	0	13403
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 196	100.0% 233	100.0% 203	100.0% 143	100.0% 209	204	1285

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	3.6% 22	7.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	2.4% 13	0	3.1% 46
Somewhat similar	15.7% 95	43.4% 46	15.8% 22	31.6% 12	17.4% 8	27.9% 152	4	22.7% 335
Somewhat different	14.0% 85	6.6% 7	23.0% 32	0.0% 0	34.8% 16	15.6% 85	1	15.2% 225
Very different	36.3% 220	22.6% 24	11.5% 16	26.3% 10	21.7% 10	29.8% 162	0	29.9% 442
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	30.4% 184	19.8% 21	49.6% 69	42.1% 16	19.6% 9	24.3% 132	7	29.1% 431
Missing	8858	1029	1480	341	1098	3290	0	16096
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 106	100.0% 139	100.0% 38	100.0% 46	100.0% 544	12	1479

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 38	8	2.6% 38
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.9% 330	9	22.9% 330
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.6% 210	17	14.6% 210
Very different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.5% 439	2	30.5% 439
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	29.4% 423	16	29.4% 423
Missing	7103	3999	2428	282	576	1554	0	15942
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1440	52	1440

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college, no four-year degree	Four-year college degree	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	3.8% 19	2.6% 10	1.3% 3	7.1% 13	0	3.0% 45
Somewhat similar	3.6% 7	18.1% 91	28.3% 107	22.0% 50	45.1% 83	0	22.7% 338
Somewhat different	19.6% 38	9.7% 49	18.0% 68	16.3% 37	18.5% 34	0	15.2% 226
Very different	41.8% 81	33.3% 168	25.4% 96	30.0% 68	14.1% 26	2	29.5% 439
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	35.1% 68	35.1% 177	25.7% 97	30.4% 69	15.2% 28	0	29.5% 439
Missing	2189	5008	4435	2613	1844	0	16089
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 504	100.0% 378	100.0% 227	100.0% 184	2	1487

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very similar	3.8% 35	1.9% 11	3.1% 46
Somewhat similar	20.8% 189	25.8% 150	22.7% 339
Somewhat different	14.6% 133	16.2% 94	15.2% 227
Very different	28.4% 258	31.4% 183	29.6% 441
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	32.4% 295	24.7% 144	29.4% 439
Missing	7645	8522	16167
TOTAL	100.0% 910	100.0% 582	1492

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 8	4.7% 13	11.0% 22	3	3.1% 43
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	16.9% 48	22.0% 133	29.1% 80	32.0% 64	15	23.1% 325
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	13.0% 37	17.2% 104	18.9% 52	11.5% 23	11	15.4% 216
Very different	51.2% 21	19.7% 56	34.1% 206	34.2% 94	22.5% 45	20	30.1% 422
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	48.8% 20	50.4% 143	25.3% 153	13.1% 36	23.0% 46	40	28.3% 398
Missing	1226	5350	5378	2325	890	0	15169
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 284	100.0% 604	100.0% 275	100.0% 200	89	1404