Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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BSPENG_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you believe in spiritual energy located in physical things, such as mountains, trees or crystals? (Q291B)   1) Yes, believe in   2) No, don't believe   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, believe in	2261	25.6%	25.6%
No, don't believe	6106	69.2%	94.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	462	5.2%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Marital status Religion Education Sex Political ideology

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	35.2% 408	27.1% 414	24.7% 381	27.4% 469	24.9% 330	16.7% 245	13	25.8% 2247
No, don't believe	62.8% 727	70.0% 1069	71.7% 1104	67.2% 1150	68.5% 908	73.5% 1076	73	69.1% 6034
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.0% 23	2.9% 45	3.6% 55	5.4% 92	6.6% 88	9.7% 142	18	5.1% 445
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	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	34.0% 407	32.1% 309	30.1% 479	23.4% 287	19.8% 190	19.4% 254	335	26.6% 1926
No, don't believe	59.8% 717	62.1% 597	64.8% 1033	73.8% 905	77.1% 741	76.8% 1005	1107	68.9% 4998
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.2% 74	5.8% 56	5.1% 82	2.8% 34	3.1% 30	3.7% 49	137	4.5% 325
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1198	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1308	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	20.9% 1016	33.7% 188	29.9% 223	33.3% 52	18.6% 115	36.1% 666	0	25.7% 2260
No, don't believe	74.2% 3606	61.8% 345	63.6% 475	53.8% 84	66.3% 409	62.3% 1149	37	69.1% 6068
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.9% 237	4.5% 25	6.6% 49	12.8% 20	15.1% 93	1.5% 28	10	5.1% 452
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1843	47	8780

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	19.4% 704	29.5% 584	24.3% 259	36.1% 48	53.4% 187	29.6% 460	19	25.7% 2242
No, don't believe	75.2% 2729	65.7% 1302	74.3% 794	54.9% 73	41.4% 145	63.3% 985	79	69.2% 6028
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.4% 197	4.8% 95	1.4% 15	9.0% 12	5.1% 18	7.1% 110	14	5.1% 447
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	112	8717

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	29.7% 349	28.7% 760	26.3% 653	20.1% 286	19.3% 201	12	25.6% 2249
No, don't believe	61.9% 729	66.0% 1748	68.4% 1699	76.6% 1092	77.3% 804	33	69.2% 6072
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.4% 99	5.3% 141	5.4% 133	3.4% 48	3.4% 35	7	5.2% 456
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	52	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	24.0% 1026	27.1% 1235	25.6% 2261
No, don't believe	71.3% 3050	67.2% 3055	69.1% 6105
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 204	5.7% 259	5.2% 463
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4549	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	11.1% 73	20.1% 560	28.8% 841	32.3% 441	42.9% 230	116	25.9% 2145
No, don't believe	83.2% 548	76.4% 2126	66.7% 1951	63.9% 874	47.8% 256	352	69.6% 5755
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 38	3.5% 96	4.5% 132	3.8% 52	9.3% 50	93	4.5% 368
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	561	8268