Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing

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Q518 Now I'd like to ask you a few more questions about events recorded in the Bible. Do you believe that God created the world and everything in it in six days, or not? (E43.1)   1) Yes   5) No   7) Not applicable   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	208	59.4%	59.4%	-.78
No	110	31.4%	90.9%	.86
Not applicable	8	2.3%	93.1%	1.68
Don't know	17	4.9%	98%	2.1
Refused	7	2%	100%	2.51

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	58.4% 111	74.1% 20	71.1% 32	64.3% 9	48.6% 36	59.4% 208
No	34.2% 65	11.1% 3	24.4% 11	28.6% 4	36.5% 27	31.4% 110
Not applicable	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.8% 5	2.3% 8
Don't know	4.2% 8	11.1% 3	4.4% 2	0.0% 0	5.4% 4	4.9% 17
Refused	1.6% 3	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	2.7% 2	2.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 27	100.0% 45	100.0% 14	100.0% 74	350

Age (I-AGE)

	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	52.2% 47	58.3% 84	67.6% 50	64.3% 27	59.4% 208
No	36.7% 33	33.3% 48	25.7% 19	23.8% 10	31.4% 110
Not applicable	5.6% 5	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 8
Don't know	5.6% 5	3.5% 5	6.8% 5	4.8% 2	4.9% 17
Refused	0.0% 0	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	2.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 144	100.0% 74	100.0% 42	350

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	49.6% 69	65.9% 139	59.4% 208
No	38.1% 53	27.0% 57	31.4% 110
Not applicable	5.0% 7	0.5% 1	2.3% 8
Don't know	5.0% 7	4.7% 10	4.9% 17
Refused	2.2% 3	1.9% 4	2.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 211	350

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	One year of college	Two years of college	Three years of college	Four years of college	Five or more years of college	TOTAL
Yes	67.2% 80	64.3% 27	64.6% 31	47.1% 8	46.0% 29	52.9% 27	59.4% 202
No	26.1% 31	28.6% 12	27.1% 13	47.1% 8	38.1% 24	39.2% 20	31.8% 108
Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.5% 6	3.9% 2	2.4% 8
Don't know	5.9% 7	4.8% 2	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 3	3.9% 2	4.4% 15
Refused	0.8% 1	2.4% 1	6.3% 3	5.9% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 42	100.0% 48	100.0% 17	100.0% 63	100.0% 51	340

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	56.0% 145	80.6% 50	43.8% 7	59.9% 202
No	35.9% 93	11.3% 7	31.3% 5	31.2% 105
Not applicable	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	25.0% 4	2.4% 8
Don't know	4.6% 12	6.5% 4	0.0% 0	4.7% 16
Refused	1.9% 5	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
Yes	73.5% 119	58.7% 64	70.0% 7	29.1% 16	25.0% 2	60.5% 208
No	21.6% 35	37.6% 41	30.0% 3	52.7% 29	0.0% 0	31.4% 108
Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.5% 3	62.5% 5	2.3% 8
Don't know	4.3% 7	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	10.9% 6	12.5% 1	4.9% 17
Refused	0.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 109	100.0% 10	100.0% 55	100.0% 8	344