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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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AHINDU_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 Hindu religion and your own beliefs are very similar, somewhat similar, somewhat different, or very different? (Q191G) [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	12	.8%	.8%
Somewhat similar	190	12.7%	13.5%
Somewhat different	300	20.1%	33.6%
Very different	457	30.7%	64.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	532	35.7%	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 5	3.4% 7	0.7% 1	0	0.9% 13
Somewhat similar	9.6% 33	15.4% 46	10.0% 27	16.9% 37	18.8% 39	6.6% 9	0	12.9% 191
Somewhat different	23.8% 82	27.5% 82	12.2% 33	19.6% 43	12.6% 26	19.1% 26	7	19.8% 292
Very different	45.2% 156	26.5% 79	24.1% 65	26.5% 58	29.0% 60	27.2% 37	1	30.8% 455
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	21.4% 74	30.5% 91	53.7% 145	34.7% 76	36.2% 75	46.3% 63	7	35.5% 524
Missing	1979	2637	2897	3206	2401	2840	0	15960
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 298	100.0% 270	100.0% 219	100.0% 207	100.0% 136	15	1475

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	1.7% 5	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	2.4% 5	0	1.0% 13
Somewhat similar	4.0% 12	27.4% 54	24.0% 56	7.4% 15	4.9% 7	19.5% 41	5	14.4% 185
Somewhat different	33.0% 99	8.6% 17	12.0% 28	33.8% 69	13.4% 19	21.0% 44	23	21.5% 276
Very different	22.3% 67	36.5% 72	30.9% 72	34.3% 70	50.7% 72	26.2% 55	49	31.7% 408
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	39.0% 117	26.9% 53	33.0% 77	24.5% 50	29.6% 42	31.0% 65	127	31.4% 404
Missing	2514	1733	2924	2117	1750	2365	0	13403
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 197	100.0% 233	100.0% 204	100.0% 142	100.0% 210	204	1286

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	1.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.8% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.9% 13
Somewhat similar	10.2% 62	21.7% 23	5.1% 7	50.0% 19	0.0% 0	13.8% 75	4	12.6% 186
Somewhat different	17.1% 104	29.2% 31	24.6% 34	0.0% 0	46.8% 22	20.3% 110	0	20.4% 301
Very different	32.5% 197	23.6% 25	16.7% 23	26.3% 10	17.0% 8	35.4% 192	1	30.8% 455
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	39.0% 237	25.5% 27	53.6% 74	23.7% 9	23.4% 11	30.6% 166	7	35.4% 524
Missing	8858	1029	1480	341	1098	3290	0	16096
TOTAL	100.0% 607	100.0% 106	100.0% 138	100.0% 38	100.0% 47	100.0% 543	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	0.8% 12	0	0.8% 12
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.0% 173	17	12.0% 173
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.7% 283	17	19.7% 283
Very different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	31.6% 455	2	31.6% 455
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	35.9% 516	16	35.9% 516
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% 1439	52	1439

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	1.0% 5	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	3.2% 6	0	0.9% 13
Somewhat similar	12.9% 25	14.7% 74	7.1% 27	7.1% 16	26.5% 49	0	12.8% 191
Somewhat different	32.5% 63	9.7% 49	29.0% 110	14.6% 33	23.2% 43	0	20.0% 298
Very different	25.3% 49	29.3% 148	35.9% 136	34.1% 77	24.3% 45	2	30.6% 455
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	29.4% 57	45.3% 229	27.4% 104	44.2% 100	22.7% 42	0	35.7% 532
Missing	2189	5008	4435	2613	1844	0	16089
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 505	100.0% 379	100.0% 226	100.0% 185	2	1489

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very similar	1.2% 11	0.2% 1	0.8% 12
Somewhat similar	14.4% 131	10.2% 59	12.8% 190
Somewhat different	22.1% 201	17.0% 99	20.1% 300
Very different	25.4% 231	38.9% 226	30.7% 457
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	36.9% 335	33.7% 196	35.6% 531
Missing	7645	8522	16167
TOTAL	100.0% 909	100.0% 581	1490

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	3.0% 6	0	0.9% 13
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	11.6% 33	14.6% 88	10.5% 29	19.1% 38	3	13.4% 188
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	20.4% 58	23.5% 142	22.5% 62	13.6% 27	11	20.6% 289
Very different	31.7% 13	13.0% 37	37.3% 225	35.3% 97	33.2% 66	18	31.2% 438
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	68.3% 28	54.2% 154	23.8% 144	31.6% 87	31.2% 62	56	33.9% 475
Missing	1226	5350	5378	2325	890	0	15169
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 284	100.0% 604	100.0% 275	100.0% 199	88	1403