Touched by Beauty of Creation

• Introduction
• Patterns

Touched by Beauty of Creation (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent can you say you experience the following? I am spiritually touched by the beauty of creation.

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY DAY	17.0% 106	25.3% 181	21.4% 287
DAILY	32.1% 200	33.7% 241	32.9% 441
MOST DAYS	16.8% 105	19.4% 139	18.2% 244
SOME DAYS	13.6% 85	11.3% 81	12.4% 166
ONCE WHILE	9.5% 59	5.3% 38	7.2% 97
NEVER	9.0% 56	3.6% 26	6.1% 82
DON'T KNOW	0.6% 4	0.4% 3	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.4% 9	1.0% 7	1.2% 16
Missing	656	816	1472
TOTAL	100% 624	100% 716	1340

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY DAY	20.1% 216	32.5% 52	18.3% 19	21.4% 287
DAILY	32.5% 350	38.1% 61	28.8% 30	32.9% 441
MOST DAYS	19.1% 206	12.5% 20	17.3% 18	18.2% 244
SOME DAYS	13.1% 141	8.1% 13	11.5% 12	12.4% 166
ONCE WHILE	7.6% 82	1.9% 3	11.5% 12	7.2% 97
NEVER	6.0% 65	4.4% 7	9.6% 10	6.1% 82
DON'T KNOW	0.5% 5	0.6% 1	1.0% 1	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.0% 11	1.9% 3	1.9% 2	1.2% 16
Missing	1158	217	97	1472
TOTAL	100% 1076	100% 160	100% 104	1340

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	24.8% 177	21.3% 68	24.3% 25	8.5% 17	0	21.5% 287
DAILY	37.1% 265	31.6% 101	24.3% 25	25.1% 50	0	33.0% 441
MOST DAYS	17.9% 128	17.5% 56	19.4% 20	19.1% 38	2	18.1% 242
SOME DAYS	10.4% 74	14.4% 46	15.5% 16	15.1% 30	0	12.4% 166
ONCE WHILE	5.6% 40	8.8% 28	9.7% 10	9.5% 19	0	7.3% 97
NEVER	2.5% 18	5.0% 16	4.9% 5	21.6% 43	0	6.1% 82
DON'T KNOW	0.4% 3	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.3% 9	0.3% 1	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	2	1.0% 14
Missing	769	336	155	204	8	1472
TOTAL	100% 714	100% 320	100% 103	100% 199	12	1336

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	16.2% 47	21.4% 85	21.8% 95	28.3% 60	0	21.5% 287
DAILY	27.8% 81	32.5% 129	35.1% 153	36.8% 78	0	33.0% 441
MOST DAYS	20.6% 60	15.9% 63	21.3% 93	12.7% 27	1	18.2% 243
SOME DAYS	16.2% 47	14.6% 58	8.3% 36	11.8% 25	0	12.4% 166
ONCE WHILE	9.3% 27	8.8% 35	5.5% 24	4.7% 10	1	7.2% 96
NEVER	8.6% 25	5.0% 20	6.7% 29	3.3% 7	1	6.1% 81
DON'T KNOW	0.3% 1	1.0% 4	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	0.8% 3	1.1% 5	1.9% 4	1	1.1% 15
Missing	305	413	531	218	5	1472
TOTAL	100% 291	100% 397	100% 436	100% 212	9	1336

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	10.0% 23	16.3% 74	17.6% 50	38.0% 140	0	21.5% 287
DAILY	23.9% 55	30.4% 138	38.7% 110	37.5% 138	0	33.0% 441
MOST DAYS	21.3% 49	20.9% 95	19.0% 54	12.2% 45	1	18.2% 243
SOME DAYS	13.0% 30	16.1% 73	12.7% 36	7.3% 27	0	12.4% 166
ONCE WHILE	11.3% 26	8.6% 39	7.4% 21	3.0% 11	0	7.3% 97
NEVER	18.3% 42	6.2% 28	3.5% 10	0.5% 2	0	6.1% 82
DON'T KNOW	0.9% 2	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.3% 3	1.1% 5	0.7% 2	0.8% 3	3	1.0% 13
Missing	241	511	331	382	7	1472
TOTAL	100% 230	100% 454	100% 284	100% 368	11	1336

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	17.2% 55	22.1% 110	22.7% 112	10	21.2% 277
DAILY	29.5% 94	33.4% 166	35.5% 175	6	33.2% 435
MOST DAYS	20.7% 66	18.5% 92	17.2% 85	1	18.6% 243
SOME DAYS	10.0% 32	12.1% 60	13.8% 68	6	12.2% 160
ONCE WHILE	11.0% 35	6.2% 31	5.9% 29	2	7.3% 95
NEVER	9.7% 31	6.0% 30	3.7% 18	3	6.0% 79
DON'T KNOW	0.6% 2	0.6% 3	0.2% 1	1	0.5% 6
NO ANSWER	1.3% 4	1.0% 5	1.0% 5	2	1.1% 14
Missing	0	0	0	1472	1472
TOTAL	100% 319	100% 497	100% 493	1503	1309

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Touched by Beauty of Creation by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY DAY	24.3% 42	20.9% 146	26.8% 30	19.5% 43	19.1% 26	0	21.4% 287
DAILY	33.5% 58	35.5% 248	30.4% 34	27.3% 60	29.4% 40	1	32.9% 440
MOST DAYS	16.2% 28	18.6% 130	21.4% 24	15.9% 35	19.9% 27	0	18.2% 244
SOME DAYS	13.3% 23	10.3% 72	10.7% 12	16.4% 36	16.9% 23	0	12.4% 166
ONCE WHILE	6.4% 11	7.6% 53	2.7% 3	9.5% 21	6.6% 9	0	7.2% 97
NEVER	4.6% 8	5.7% 40	5.4% 6	7.7% 17	8.1% 11	0	6.1% 82
DON'T KNOW	1.2% 2	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	0.6% 1	0.6% 4	2.7% 3	3.6% 8	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 16
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: F. I am spiritually touched by the beauty of creation.