Feel Peace and Harmony

• Introduction
• Patterns

Feel Peace and Harmony (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent can you say you experience the following? I feel deep inner peace or harmony.

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY DAY	9.6% 60	18.7% 134	14.5% 194
DAILY	24.7% 154	23.9% 171	24.3% 325
MOST DAYS	24.0% 150	27.5% 197	25.9% 347
SOME DAYS	18.4% 115	15.4% 110	16.8% 225
ONCE WHILE	12.0% 75	8.5% 61	10.1% 136
NEVER	9.5% 59	4.9% 35	7.0% 94
DON'T KNOW	0.5% 3	0.1% 1	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	1.3% 8	1.0% 7	1.1% 15
Missing	656	816	1472
TOTAL	100% 624	100% 716	1340

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY DAY	13.1% 141	25.0% 40	12.5% 13	14.5% 194
DAILY	22.5% 242	33.8% 54	27.9% 29	24.3% 325
MOST DAYS	27.5% 296	18.8% 30	20.2% 21	25.9% 347
SOME DAYS	17.6% 189	10.6% 17	18.3% 19	16.8% 225
ONCE WHILE	11.0% 118	5.0% 8	9.6% 10	10.1% 136
NEVER	7.1% 76	5.0% 8	9.6% 10	7.0% 94
DON'T KNOW	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	0.9% 10	1.9% 3	1.9% 2	1.1% 15
Missing	1158	217	97	1472
TOTAL	100% 1076	100% 160	100% 104	1340

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	16.8% 120	11.9% 38	20.4% 21	7.5% 15	0	14.5% 194
DAILY	27.0% 193	27.2% 87	17.5% 18	13.6% 27	0	24.3% 325
MOST DAYS	28.6% 204	21.6% 69	26.2% 27	23.6% 47	0	26.0% 347
SOME DAYS	13.7% 98	18.8% 60	20.4% 21	23.1% 46	0	16.8% 225
ONCE WHILE	7.7% 55	11.9% 38	9.7% 10	16.6% 33	0	10.2% 136
NEVER	5.0% 36	7.2% 23	3.9% 4	14.6% 29	2	6.9% 92
DON'T KNOW	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	1.1% 8	0.3% 1	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	2	1.0% 13
Missing	769	336	155	204	8	1472
TOTAL	100% 714	100% 320	100% 103	100% 199	12	1336

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	13.1% 38	14.1% 56	13.3% 58	19.8% 42	0	14.5% 194
DAILY	18.6% 54	25.2% 100	25.9% 113	27.4% 58	0	24.3% 325
MOST DAYS	26.5% 77	24.9% 99	26.8% 117	25.5% 54	0	26.0% 347
SOME DAYS	20.3% 59	19.4% 77	14.9% 65	10.8% 23	1	16.8% 224
ONCE WHILE	13.4% 39	8.6% 34	9.6% 42	9.9% 21	0	10.2% 136
NEVER	7.2% 21	6.5% 26	8.3% 36	4.2% 9	2	6.9% 92
DON'T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	0.8% 3	0.9% 4	1.9% 4	1	1.0% 14
Missing	305	413	531	218	5	1472
TOTAL	100% 291	100% 397	100% 436	100% 212	9	1336

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	7.0% 16	8.4% 38	11.6% 33	29.1% 107	0	14.5% 194
DAILY	13.5% 31	17.0% 77	29.2% 83	36.4% 134	0	24.3% 325
MOST DAYS	26.1% 60	28.9% 131	28.2% 80	20.7% 76	0	26.0% 347
SOME DAYS	19.6% 45	22.0% 100	17.3% 49	8.4% 31	0	16.8% 225
ONCE WHILE	18.3% 42	12.6% 57	8.5% 24	3.5% 13	0	10.2% 136
NEVER	14.3% 33	9.7% 44	4.6% 13	0.8% 3	1	7.0% 93
DON'T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	1.3% 3	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.8% 3	3	0.9% 12
Missing	241	511	331	382	7	1472
TOTAL	100% 230	100% 454	100% 284	100% 368	11	1336

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	11.0% 35	13.7% 68	16.4% 81	10	14.1% 184
DAILY	21.6% 69	24.9% 124	26.0% 128	4	24.5% 321
MOST DAYS	26.0% 83	25.4% 126	27.2% 134	4	26.2% 343
SOME DAYS	16.9% 54	16.9% 84	16.6% 82	5	16.8% 220
ONCE WHILE	12.2% 39	11.5% 57	7.9% 39	1	10.3% 135
NEVER	10.7% 34	6.6% 33	4.5% 22	5	6.8% 89
DON'T KNOW	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	1.3% 4	0.8% 4	1.0% 5	2	1.0% 13
Missing	0	0	0	1472	1472
TOTAL	100% 319	100% 497	100% 493	1503	1309

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Feel Peace and Harmony by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	20.8% 36	13.0% 91	18.8% 21	12.7% 28	12.5% 17	1	14.4% 193
DAILY	23.7% 41	25.2% 176	27.7% 31	20.0% 44	24.3% 33	0	24.3% 325
MOST DAYS	19.7% 34	26.1% 182	29.5% 33	25.5% 56	30.9% 42	0	25.9% 347
SOME DAYS	15.6% 27	16.9% 118	11.6% 13	19.1% 42	18.4% 25	0	16.8% 225
ONCE WHILE	11.0% 19	10.5% 73	6.3% 7	9.5% 21	11.8% 16	0	10.2% 136
NEVER	8.7% 15	7.2% 50	4.5% 5	9.5% 21	2.2% 3	0	7.0% 94
DON'T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 4
NO ANSWER	0.6% 1	0.6% 4	1.8% 2	3.6% 8	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 15
Missing	191	737	112	287	145	0	1472
TOTAL	100% 173	100% 698	100% 112	100% 220	100% 136	1	1339

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2004: General Social Survey: Since 1972, the National Opinion Research Center has conducted a nationwide survey of a random sample of U.S. citizens on a near-yearly basis—the General Social Survey (GSS). In addition to gathering detailed demographic information on respondents, the GSS gathers opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the role of government in public life, controversial issues such as abortion, confidence in public institutions and a host of others. Of course, respondents are unlikely to spend five hours completing a survey so in order to gather data on a broad range of issues the GSS has adopted the practice of rotating groups of questions into and out of the survey in different years.

* The following questions deal with possible daily spiritual experiences. To what extent can you say you experience the following: C. I feel deep inner peace or harmony.