ABC News Religion Poll, 1997

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ROSEDEAD (Weighted by WT1) Do you believe that Jesus rose from the dead or not?   1) Believe Jesus rose from the dead   2) Do not believe   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	750	84.4%	84.4%
Do not believe	87	9.8%	94.2%
DK/No opinion	52	5.8%	100%
Missing	7

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

Variable Comparisons

Education Race Age Region Religious preference Sex

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	93.3% 153	87.8% 259	84.3% 156	77.5% 124	68.8% 55	84.5% 747
Do not believe	4.9% 8	7.8% 23	10.3% 19	13.8% 22	17.5% 14	9.7% 86
DK/No opinion	1.8% 3	4.4% 13	5.4% 10	8.8% 14	13.8% 11	5.8% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 295	100.0% 185	100.0% 160	100.0% 80	884

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	83.5% 557	93.8% 90	91.8% 67	64.3% 27	84.4% 741
Do not believe	10.8% 72	4.2% 4	4.1% 3	14.3% 6	9.7% 85
DK/No opinion	5.7% 38	2.1% 2	4.1% 3	21.4% 9	5.9% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 667	100.0% 96	100.0% 73	100.0% 42	878

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	81.1% 180	84.0% 236	87.3% 213	84.6% 115	84.3% 744
Do not believe	13.5% 30	8.9% 25	8.2% 20	9.6% 13	10.0% 88
DK/No opinion	5.4% 12	7.1% 20	4.5% 11	5.9% 8	5.8% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 281	100.0% 244	100.0% 136	883

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	83.9% 146	88.2% 194	87.0% 275	75.8% 135	84.5% 750
Do not believe	10.9% 19	8.2% 18	8.2% 26	12.9% 23	9.7% 86
DK/No opinion	5.2% 9	3.6% 8	4.7% 15	11.2% 20	5.9% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 220	100.0% 316	100.0% 178	888

Religious preference (I-RELNOW)

	Protestant	Catholic	None	Christian (Non-Protestant)	Other Non-Christian	TOTAL
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	91.3% 366	91.2% 197	44.1% 30	94.5% 86	63.6% 70	84.5% 749
Do not believe	5.0% 20	6.0% 13	38.2% 26	2.2% 2	23.6% 26	9.8% 87
DK/No opinion	3.7% 15	2.8% 6	17.6% 12	3.3% 3	12.7% 14	5.6% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 216	100.0% 68	100.0% 91	100.0% 110	886

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Believe Jesus rose from the dead	81.5% 349	87.0% 401	84.4% 750
Do not believe	12.4% 53	7.4% 34	9.8% 87
DK/No opinion	6.1% 26	5.6% 26	5.8% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 461	889