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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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BREINC_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Which, if any, of the following do you believe in? Do you believe in reincarnation, that people will be reborn in this world again and again? (Q291A) [Note: BREINC_B through BASTRO_B were read together as a block, but were read in a random order within the block.]

	1) Yes, believe in
	2) No, don't believe
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, believe in	2147	24.3%	24.3%
No, don't believe	6108	69.2%	93.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	574	6.5%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

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
Yes, believe in	29.8% 345	24.0% 367	25.5% 393	24.9% 426	24.7% 327	18.0% 263	26	24.3% 2121
No, don't believe	67.4% 780	70.4% 1076	70.5% 1087	71.3% 1220	64.5% 855	70.0% 1024	67	69.2% 6042
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.8% 33	5.6% 85	4.0% 61	3.8% 65	10.8% 143	12.0% 176	11	6.5% 563
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	104	8726

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
Yes, believe in	32.6% 391	25.4% 244	30.1% 479	24.4% 299	13.7% 132	17.1% 223	379	24.4% 1768
No, don't believe	62.9% 754	67.5% 649	64.8% 1033	68.2% 835	82.2% 791	78.2% 1022	1023	70.1% 5084
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.5% 54	7.2% 69	5.1% 82	7.4% 91	4.1% 39	4.7% 62	177	5.5% 397
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1225	100.0% 962	100.0% 1307	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	23.0% 1120	26.3% 147	31.7% 237	21.7% 34	20.1% 124	26.3% 484	1	24.4% 2146
No, don't believe	71.2% 3459	67.2% 375	62.7% 468	66.9% 105	64.2% 396	68.9% 1269	36	69.1% 6072
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 281	6.5% 36	5.6% 42	11.5% 18	15.7% 97	4.8% 89	10	6.4% 563
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	47	8781

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
Yes, believe in	19.6% 711	28.2% 559	20.4% 218	36.4% 48	60.0% 210	24.7% 384	17	24.4% 2130
No, don't believe	74.5% 2706	65.0% 1288	75.6% 808	52.3% 69	36.6% 128	66.2% 1029	79	69.2% 6028
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.9% 213	6.8% 134	4.0% 43	11.4% 15	3.4% 12	9.1% 141	17	6.4% 558
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 132	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	113	8716

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
Yes, believe in	33.3% 392	28.3% 749	22.9% 570	18.3% 261	16.1% 167	7	24.4% 2139
No, don't believe	61.3% 722	65.4% 1732	71.2% 1770	74.4% 1061	75.9% 789	34	69.2% 6074
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.4% 63	6.3% 168	5.8% 145	7.3% 104	8.0% 83	11	6.4% 563
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1039	52	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	20.7% 884	27.7% 1262	24.3% 2146
No, don't believe	73.6% 3148	65.1% 2959	69.2% 6107
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 247	7.2% 327	6.5% 574
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4279	100.0% 4548	8827

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	15.2% 100	18.2% 505	26.8% 785	27.6% 377	46.6% 250	130	24.4% 2017
No, don't believe	82.9% 546	77.7% 2163	67.3% 1969	63.4% 867	36.6% 196	368	69.4% 5741
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.0% 13	4.1% 114	5.8% 170	9.0% 123	16.8% 90	64	6.2% 510
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	562	8268