Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006

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RA_2 (Weighted by PAWT2) God is not a personal being, but more like an impersonal spiritual force.   -7) Refused   -4) Don't know   1) Strongly agree   2) Somewhat agree   3) Neither agree nor disagree   4) Somewhat disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Refused	9	.3%	.3%
Don't know	53	2.0%	2.3%
Strongly agree	776	29.8%	32.1%
Somewhat agree	492	18.9%	51.0%
Neither agree nor disagree	347	13.3%	64.3%
Somewhat disagree	182	7.0%	71.3%
Strongly disagree	749	28.7%	100.0%
Missing	3

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

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Political ideology Race Religion Region Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.3% 2	0.7% 3	0.7% 1	0.3% 9
Don't know	1.8% 10	0.5% 4	1.3% 10	5.6% 23	3.5% 5	2.0% 52
Strongly agree	25.3% 140	31.9% 238	31.3% 236	28.2% 116	32.6% 46	29.8% 776
Somewhat agree	21.3% 118	19.3% 144	16.0% 121	19.0% 78	22.0% 31	18.9% 492
Neither agree nor disagree	21.1% 117	14.7% 110	10.5% 79	8.5% 35	4.3% 6	13.3% 347
Somewhat disagree	7.8% 43	7.6% 57	6.1% 46	6.3% 26	7.1% 10	7.0% 182
Strongly disagree	22.7% 126	25.6% 191	34.5% 260	31.6% 130	29.8% 42	28.7% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2607

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Refused	0.2% 3	0.4% 6	0.3% 9
Don't know	1.4% 17	2.7% 36	2.0% 53
Strongly agree	30.6% 385	29.0% 390	29.7% 775
Somewhat agree	21.8% 274	16.2% 218	18.9% 492
Neither agree nor disagree	13.2% 166	13.4% 181	13.3% 347
Somewhat disagree	7.5% 94	6.5% 87	6.9% 181
Strongly disagree	25.4% 320	31.8% 429	28.7% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 1259	100.0% 1347	2606

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 3	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.3% 9
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1.1% 7	0.4% 2	4.4% 10	4.1% 28	1.9% 49
Strongly agree	39.3% 66	34.5% 131	25.4% 160	22.6% 114	26.2% 59	34.9% 236	29.6% 766
Somewhat agree	24.4% 41	20.3% 77	24.2% 153	17.6% 89	8.0% 18	16.6% 112	19.0% 490
Neither agree nor disagree	19.6% 33	13.7% 52	15.4% 97	11.1% 56	5.8% 13	14.3% 97	13.5% 348
Somewhat disagree	3.0% 5	7.6% 29	8.2% 52	9.1% 46	5.8% 13	5.5% 37	7.0% 182
Strongly disagree	13.1% 22	23.2% 88	25.2% 159	38.6% 195	49.8% 112	24.4% 165	28.7% 741
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 380	100.0% 631	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	2585

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.2% 4	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	0.3% 9
Don't know	1.7% 31	4.0% 11	1.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	2.0% 53
Strongly agree	23.0% 416	42.0% 116	45.5% 146	50.0% 54	77.8% 7	44.6% 37	29.8% 776
Somewhat agree	20.5% 370	13.4% 37	16.5% 53	15.7% 17	0.0% 0	18.1% 15	18.9% 492
Neither agree nor disagree	14.4% 261	8.3% 23	11.5% 37	13.9% 15	22.2% 2	9.6% 8	13.3% 346
Somewhat disagree	7.5% 136	7.2% 20	5.9% 19	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	6.9% 181
Strongly disagree	32.7% 591	24.6% 68	18.4% 59	15.7% 17	0.0% 0	16.9% 14	28.7% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 1809	100.0% 276	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.7% 3	0.7% 2	0.3% 9
Don't know	4.1% 6	2.0% 14	1.7% 6	2.0% 14	1.5% 6	2.7% 8	2.1% 54
Strongly agree	44.2% 65	22.7% 157	23.4% 85	36.2% 251	30.7% 126	30.6% 92	29.8% 776
Somewhat agree	10.9% 16	11.7% 81	23.7% 86	21.2% 147	25.6% 105	18.6% 56	18.8% 491
Neither agree nor disagree	8.8% 13	7.4% 51	14.3% 52	12.1% 84	21.7% 89	19.3% 58	13.3% 347
Somewhat disagree	6.1% 9	8.7% 60	7.4% 27	6.6% 46	6.6% 27	4.0% 12	6.9% 181
Strongly disagree	25.9% 38	47.2% 327	29.5% 107	21.8% 151	13.2% 54	24.3% 73	28.8% 750
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 301	2608

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 7	0.3% 2	0.3% 9
Don't know	0.9% 4	1.9% 12	2.7% 24	2.0% 13	2.0% 53
Strongly agree	30.7% 135	24.3% 151	32.2% 283	31.0% 206	29.7% 775
Somewhat agree	20.5% 90	16.9% 105	16.9% 149	22.3% 148	18.9% 492
Neither agree nor disagree	14.1% 62	12.7% 79	12.8% 113	14.0% 93	13.3% 347
Somewhat disagree	8.2% 36	7.9% 49	6.3% 55	6.3% 42	7.0% 182
Strongly disagree	25.7% 113	36.3% 226	28.3% 249	24.2% 161	28.7% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 622	100.0% 880	100.0% 665	2607

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.6% 6	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.3% 8
Don't know	6.9% 21	1.7% 18	1.3% 6	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	5.6% 4	2.0% 53
Strongly agree	41.2% 126	27.1% 286	30.1% 144	24.3% 102	35.7% 95	30.6% 22	29.8% 775
Somewhat agree	18.0% 55	18.7% 197	18.6% 89	18.3% 77	21.1% 56	23.6% 17	18.9% 491
Neither agree nor disagree	12.7% 39	12.6% 133	12.7% 61	16.0% 67	14.3% 38	5.6% 4	13.2% 342
Somewhat disagree	3.3% 10	8.5% 90	5.8% 28	9.3% 39	4.5% 12	4.2% 3	7.0% 182
Strongly disagree	18.0% 55	30.9% 326	31.3% 150	31.4% 132	24.1% 64	29.2% 21	28.8% 748
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 479	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 72	2599