Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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BYOGA_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you believe in yoga, not just as exercise, but as a spiritual practice? (Q291C)   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	2071	23.5%	23.5%
No, don't believe	6145	69.6%	93.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	613	6.9%	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	32.3% 374	32.4% 496	24.1% 372	21.9% 374	19.2% 255	12.1% 177	23	23.5% 2048
No, don't believe	64.3% 744	64.0% 978	72.1% 1111	70.3% 1202	70.5% 934	75.5% 1105	71	69.6% 6074
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.4% 39	3.6% 55	3.8% 58	7.9% 135	10.3% 136	12.4% 181	9	6.9% 604
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1529	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	103	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	27.5% 329	26.5% 255	25.7% 410	21.3% 261	23.8% 229	23.4% 306	279	24.7% 1790
No, don't believe	66.4% 795	68.4% 657	68.0% 1084	71.4% 875	70.9% 682	72.9% 953	1099	69.6% 5046
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.2% 74	5.1% 49	6.3% 100	7.3% 89	5.3% 51	3.7% 49	201	5.7% 412
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1198	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1225	100.0% 962	100.0% 1308	1579	7248

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	19.8% 961	42.1% 235	23.0% 172	32.7% 51	13.8% 85	30.3% 559	8	23.5% 2063
No, don't believe	73.1% 3553	53.2% 297	68.4% 511	59.6% 93	73.1% 451	65.7% 1210	29	69.6% 6115
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.1% 345	4.7% 26	8.6% 64	7.7% 12	13.1% 81	4.0% 74	10	6.9% 602
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	17.6% 639	27.4% 543	22.8% 243	41.4% 55	41.4% 145	28.0% 436	10	23.6% 2061
No, don't believe	74.5% 2704	64.7% 1282	73.6% 786	56.4% 75	52.3% 183	66.0% 1026	89	69.5% 6056
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.9% 287	7.8% 155	3.7% 39	2.3% 3	6.3% 22	6.0% 93	13	6.9% 599
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	112	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	24.6% 290	22.3% 590	23.0% 572	21.5% 306	29.7% 309	4	23.6% 2067
No, don't believe	62.6% 738	70.9% 1877	71.4% 1775	72.9% 1039	66.0% 686	30	69.7% 6115
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.7% 150	6.9% 182	5.6% 138	5.6% 80	4.2% 44	19	6.8% 594
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1039	53	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	19.2% 821	27.5% 1250	23.5% 2071
No, don't believe	74.5% 3187	65.0% 2958	69.6% 6145
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.4% 272	7.5% 341	6.9% 613
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	16.8% 111	15.1% 420	25.4% 743	33.9% 464	51.9% 278	56	24.4% 2016
No, don't believe	81.6% 538	79.0% 2198	66.8% 1954	60.5% 827	43.5% 233	394	69.5% 5750
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.5% 10	5.9% 164	7.8% 227	5.6% 76	4.7% 25	111	6.1% 502
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