General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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HELL(Percentages are unweighted) Do you believe in Hell?   4) No definitely not   0) Inapplicable   2) Yes, probably   1) Yes, definitely   8) Don't know   3) No, probably not   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No definitely not	163	4.6%	4.6%	2.37
Inapplicable	2194	61.6%	66.2%	-0.58
Yes, probably	270	7.6%	73.8%	0.90
Yes, definitely	698	19.6%	93.4%	0.16
Don't know	30	.8%	94.3%	5.33
No, probably not	196	5.5%	99.8%	1.64
No answer	8	.2%	100.0%	6.06

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
No definitely not	5.4% 31	4.0% 39	4.6% 46	3.8% 25	6.9% 21	4.6% 162
Inapplicable	58.7% 338	62.0% 604	61.2% 618	63.8% 423	61.3% 187	61.5% 2170
Yes, probably	8.2% 47	8.0% 78	6.9% 70	7.8% 52	6.9% 21	7.6% 268
Yes, definitely	21.0% 121	19.3% 188	20.9% 211	17.0% 113	19.7% 60	19.6% 693
Don't know	0.5% 3	1.1% 11	0.4% 4	1.1% 7	1.6% 5	0.9% 30
No, probably not	6.1% 35	5.3% 52	5.8% 59	6.0% 40	3.3% 10	5.6% 196
No answer	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 974	100.0% 1009	100.0% 663	100.0% 305	3527

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Several times a year or less	1-3 times a month	Every week or nearly every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
No definitely not	8.1% 60	5.2% 58	4.1% 22	1.8% 15	2.4% 7	4.6% 162
Inapplicable	61.8% 457	58.3% 649	60.9% 330	65.7% 562	63.6% 189	61.7% 2187
Yes, probably	7.0% 52	10.9% 121	9.6% 52	4.7% 40	1.3% 4	7.6% 269
Yes, definitely	11.8% 87	17.9% 199	20.7% 112	24.0% 205	31.3% 93	19.6% 696
Don't know	1.5% 11	1.1% 12	0.6% 3	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 30
No, probably not	9.5% 70	6.7% 75	4.1% 22	3.0% 26	1.0% 3	5.5% 196
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 739	100.0% 1114	100.0% 542	100.0% 855	100.0% 297	3547

Education (I-EDUC)

	Left high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor	Graduate	TOTAL
No definitely not	5.2% 25	3.4% 60	2.3% 7	6.0% 39	8.9% 32	4.6% 163
Inapplicable	57.9% 279	62.4% 1097	60.4% 183	60.6% 396	65.9% 238	61.7% 2193
Yes, probably	8.1% 39	7.5% 131	8.6% 26	7.6% 50	6.6% 24	7.6% 270
Yes, definitely	23.0% 111	20.5% 360	22.4% 68	17.7% 116	11.6% 42	19.6% 697
Don't know	1.7% 8	0.6% 11	1.0% 3	0.8% 5	0.8% 3	0.8% 30
No, probably not	3.5% 17	5.5% 96	5.0% 15	7.2% 47	5.8% 21	5.5% 196
No answer	0.6% 3	0.1% 2	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 1757	100.0% 303	100.0% 654	100.0% 361	3557

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No definitely not	5.2% 81	4.1% 82	4.6% 163
Inapplicable	60.6% 951	62.5% 1243	61.6% 2194
Yes, probably	8.2% 129	7.1% 141	7.6% 270
Yes, definitely	18.4% 288	20.6% 410	19.6% 698
Don't know	0.8% 13	0.9% 17	0.8% 30
No, probably not	6.6% 103	4.7% 93	5.5% 196
No answer	0.3% 4	0.2% 4	0.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1569	100.0% 1990	3559

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No definitely not	5.6% 34	4.8% 38	2.8% 37	6.4% 54	4.6% 163
Inapplicable	60.4% 367	61.7% 485	64.3% 847	58.3% 494	61.6% 2193
Yes, probably	10.0% 61	8.3% 65	5.9% 78	7.8% 66	7.6% 270
Yes, definitely	15.3% 93	17.9% 141	22.9% 301	19.2% 163	19.6% 698
Don't know	1.8% 11	1.0% 8	0.5% 6	0.6% 5	0.8% 30
No, probably not	6.7% 41	5.9% 46	3.4% 45	7.6% 64	5.5% 196
No answer	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 786	100.0% 1317	100.0% 847	3558

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
No definitely not	2.6% 48	3.8% 32	9.7% 6	10.5% 61	5.8% 14	4.5% 161
Inapplicable	61.8% 1124	60.9% 512	61.3% 38	62.5% 364	62.1% 151	61.7% 2189
Yes, probably	6.3% 115	10.8% 91	6.5% 4	6.7% 39	8.6% 21	7.6% 270
Yes, definitely	24.8% 451	17.5% 147	3.2% 2	8.9% 52	17.3% 42	19.6% 694
Don't know	0.4% 7	1.1% 9	8.1% 5	1.0% 6	1.2% 3	0.8% 30
No, probably not	3.9% 71	5.7% 48	9.7% 6	10.1% 59	4.9% 12	5.5% 196
No answer	0.2% 4	0.2% 2	1.6% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1820	100.0% 841	100.0% 62	100.0% 582	100.0% 243	3548