Origin of Man (Demographic Patterns)

After I read off three statements, please tell me which one comes closest to your views about the origin and development of man. 1. God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years 2. Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. God had no part in this process 3. Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, including man's creation 4. Other/Don't know

Origin of Man by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
GOD CRETD	36.9% 242	44.9% 366	41.3% 608
NO GOD	14.2% 93	9.4% 77	11.5% 170
GOD GUIDE	42.2% 277	39.3% 321	40.6% 598
OTHER/DK	3.8% 25	3.3% 27	3.5% 52
CANT CHSE	1.7% 11	1.8% 15	1.8% 26
NO ANSWER	1.2% 8	1.2% 10	1.2% 18
Missing	624	716	1340
TOTAL	100% 656	100% 816	1472

Origin of Man by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
GOD CRETD	40.0% 463	54.8% 119	26.8% 26	41.3% 608
NO GOD	12.7% 147	5.5% 12	11.3% 11	11.5% 170
GOD GUIDE	41.1% 476	35.0% 76	47.4% 46	40.6% 598
OTHER/DK	3.5% 40	3.2% 7	5.2% 5	3.5% 52
CANT CHSE	1.7% 20	0.9% 2	4.1% 4	1.8% 26
NO ANSWER	1.0% 12	0.5% 1	5.2% 5	1.2% 18
Missing	1076	160	104	1340
TOTAL	100% 1158	100% 217	100% 97	1472

Origin of Man by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
GOD CRETD	53.1% 408	35.1% 118	27.1% 42	19.1% 39	1	41.5% 607
NO GOD	6.1% 47	7.7% 26	21.3% 33	30.9% 63	1	11.5% 169
GOD GUIDE	35.8% 275	51.8% 174	40.6% 63	41.7% 85	1	40.8% 597
OTHER/DK	2.7% 21	2.7% 9	6.5% 10	4.9% 10	2	3.4% 50
CANT CHSE	1.2% 9	1.2% 4	3.2% 5	3.4% 7	1	1.7% 25
NO ANSWER	1.2% 9	1.5% 5	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	2	1.1% 16
Missing	714	320	103	199	4	1340
TOTAL	100% 769	100% 336	100% 155	100% 204	12	1464

Origin of Man by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
GOD CRETD	36.1% 110	43.3% 179	41.1% 218	45.0% 98	3	41.2% 605
NO GOD	11.8% 36	9.0% 37	12.6% 67	13.3% 29	1	11.5% 169
GOD GUIDE	45.2% 138	42.4% 175	38.6% 205	36.7% 80	0	40.8% 598
OTHER/DK	3.3% 10	3.4% 14	4.5% 24	1.8% 4	0	3.5% 52
CANT CHSE	2.6% 8	0.5% 2	2.1% 11	2.3% 5	0	1.8% 26
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	1.5% 6	1.1% 6	0.9% 2	1	1.2% 17
Missing	291	397	436	212	4	1340
TOTAL	100% 305	100% 413	100% 531	100% 218	9	1467

Origin of Man by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
GOD CRETD	23.7% 57	27.4% 140	48.9% 162	64.7% 247	2	41.4% 606
NO GOD	26.1% 63	16.6% 85	4.8% 16	1.0% 4	2	11.5% 168
GOD GUIDE	41.1% 99	49.5% 253	41.4% 137	28.5% 109	0	40.8% 598
OTHER/DK	4.6% 11	3.7% 19	2.4% 8	3.4% 13	1	3.5% 51
CANT CHSE	4.1% 10	2.0% 10	1.2% 4	0.3% 1	1	1.7% 25
NO ANSWER	0.4% 1	0.8% 4	1.2% 4	2.1% 8	1	1.2% 17
Missing	230	454	284	368	4	1340
TOTAL	100% 241	100% 511	100% 331	100% 382	11	1465

Origin of Man by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
GOD CRETD	44.0% 84	47.4% 349	50.0% 56	31.4% 90	20.0% 29	0	41.3% 608
NO GOD	9.9% 19	9.4% 69	3.6% 4	15.7% 45	22.8% 33	0	11.5% 170
GOD GUIDE	35.1% 67	38.4% 283	37.5% 42	45.6% 131	51.7% 75	0	40.6% 598
OTHER/DK	3.7% 7	3.1% 23	6.3% 7	3.1% 9	4.1% 6	0	3.5% 52
CANT CHSE	5.2% 10	1.2% 9	1.8% 2	1.7% 5	0.0% 0	0	1.8% 26
NO ANSWER	2.1% 4	0.5% 4	0.9% 1	2.4% 7	1.4% 2	0	1.2% 18
Missing	173	698	112	220	136	1	1340
TOTAL	100% 191	100% 737	100% 112	100% 287	100% 145	1	1472

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.