Arts and Religion Survey, 1999

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GDPLSURE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Here are several pairs of statements. For each pair, tell me which one comes closest to your own view.   1) God Above All Wants Us To Avoid Worldly Pleasures   2) God Above All Wants Us To Enjoy Life

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
God Above All Wants Us To Avoid Worldly Pleasures	70750	17.6%	17.6%
God Above All Wants Us To Enjoy Life	332109	82.4%	100.0%
Missing	79

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Gender Region Race Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
God Above All Wants Us To Avoid Worldly Pleasures	15.8% 29776	19.1% 40974	17.6% 70750
God Above All Wants Us To Enjoy Life	84.2% 158765	80.9% 173344	82.4% 332109
TOTAL	100.0% 188541	100.0% 214318	402859

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
God Above All Wants Us To Avoid Worldly Pleasures	16.3% 15240	13.7% 13403	23.2% 30726	14.4% 11381	17.6% 70750
God Above All Wants Us To Enjoy Life	83.7% 78284	86.3% 84172	76.8% 101992	85.6% 67661	82.4% 332109
TOTAL	100.0% 93524	100.0% 97575	100.0% 132718	100.0% 79042	402859

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black or African American	Asian	Other or mixed race	TOTAL
God Above All Wants Us To Avoid Worldly Pleasures	14.4% 46298	35.4% 16693	18.5% 1354	25.4% 5729	17.6% 70074
God Above All Wants Us To Enjoy Life	85.6% 275462	64.6% 30421	81.5% 5964	74.6% 16812	82.4% 328659
TOTAL	100.0% 321760	100.0% 47114	100.0% 7318	100.0% 22541	398733

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Jewish	Other	No Preference, Atheist, Agnostic	TOTAL
God Above All Wants Us To Avoid Worldly Pleasures	20.3% 43928	10.5% 10780	0.0% 0	27.2% 8765	11.4% 4152	17.2% 67625
God Above All Wants Us To Enjoy Life	79.7% 171967	89.5% 92360	100.0% 5543	72.8% 23415	88.6% 32265	82.8% 325550
TOTAL	100.0% 215895	100.0% 103140	100.0% 5543	100.0% 32180	100.0% 36417	393175