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Economic Values Survey, 1992

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AGGODCAL (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Do you mostly agree or mostly disagree with each statement on this card? -- I feel God has called me to the particular line of work I am in.

	1) Mostly agree
	2) Mostly disagree
	3) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Mostly agree	1484	29.6%	29.6%
Mostly disagree	2985	59.5%	89.1%
Don't know	550	11%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Religious donations (I-GIVECAT)

	0	1-149	150-499	500-999	1000-2499	2500 +	TOTAL
Mostly agree	31.1% 69	32.8% 193	37.8% 196	38.8% 150	47.8% 197	54.3% 134	39.5% 939
Mostly disagree	58.6% 130	62.5% 368	57.5% 298	55.0% 213	45.9% 189	42.1% 104	54.8% 1302
Don't know	10.4% 23	4.8% 28	4.6% 24	6.2% 24	6.3% 26	3.6% 9	5.6% 134
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 589	100.0% 518	100.0% 387	100.0% 412	100.0% 247	2375

Race and gender (I-RACEGNDR)

	White man	White woman	Black man	Black woman	Other man (specify)	Other woman (specify)	TOTAL
Mostly agree	26.1% 610	32.3% 633	30.4% 75	28.2% 72	44.8% 56	38.8% 38	29.6% 1484
Mostly disagree	63.5% 1482	58.4% 1144	54.3% 134	48.6% 124	41.6% 52	51.0% 50	59.5% 2986
Don't know	10.4% 243	9.3% 183	15.4% 38	23.1% 59	13.6% 17	10.2% 10	11.0% 550
TOTAL	100.0% 2335	100.0% 1960	100.0% 247	100.0% 255	100.0% 125	100.0% 98	5020

Region (I-REGION4)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly agree	20.9% 247	30.7% 384	34.3% 534	30.8% 318	29.6% 1483
Mostly disagree	66.2% 781	64.5% 806	52.2% 812	56.8% 586	59.5% 2985
Don't know	12.9% 152	4.7% 59	13.6% 211	12.3% 127	10.9% 549
TOTAL	100.0% 1180	100.0% 1249	100.0% 1557	100.0% 1031	5017

Education (I-EDUC)

	LT High Sc	High Schl	Tech/Trade	Some Coll	College	TOTAL
Mostly agree	27.1% 166	26.9% 406	33.6% 146	26.9% 285	34.3% 481	29.6% 1484
Mostly disagree	50.4% 309	60.8% 917	59.1% 257	64.7% 684	58.3% 818	59.5% 2985
Don't know	22.5% 138	12.3% 186	7.4% 32	8.4% 89	7.5% 105	11.0% 550
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 1509	100.0% 435	100.0% 1058	100.0% 1404	5019

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55+	TOTAL
Mostly agree	21.7% 140	25.2% 359	31.2% 430	33.5% 304	38.3% 250	29.6% 1483
Mostly disagree	66.4% 429	65.4% 932	56.9% 783	56.3% 511	49.2% 321	59.4% 2976
Don't know	11.9% 77	9.4% 134	11.9% 164	10.2% 93	12.4% 81	11.0% 549
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1377	100.0% 908	100.0% 652	5008

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	>1/week	1/week	Monthly +	Svrl/year	1/year	Never	TOTAL
Mostly agree	54.9% 312	42.0% 449	37.5% 301	21.9% 179	15.9% 102	12.5% 135	29.7% 1478
Mostly disagree	37.5% 213	47.8% 511	54.7% 439	67.0% 547	73.6% 473	73.2% 791	59.7% 2974
Don't know	7.6% 43	10.3% 110	7.8% 63	11.0% 90	10.6% 68	14.3% 155	10.6% 529
TOTAL	100.0% 568	100.0% 1070	100.0% 803	100.0% 816	100.0% 643	100.0% 1081	4981

Religious preference (I-DENOM)

	Evang Prot	Mainl Prot	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Mostly agree	37.1% 460	33.1% 354	31.3% 408	5.8% 8	27.1% 201	4.5% 20	29.4% 1451
Mostly disagree	50.2% 622	58.1% 622	60.7% 792	84.7% 116	59.1% 439	78.6% 349	59.6% 2940
Don't know	12.7% 157	8.8% 94	8.0% 104	9.5% 13	13.9% 103	16.9% 75	11.1% 546
TOTAL	100.0% 1239	100.0% 1070	100.0% 1304	100.0% 137	100.0% 743	100.0% 444	4937

Importance of religion (I-RLGNIMP)

	Very Imp	Somewhat	Not very	TOTAL
Mostly agree	47.3% 973	25.7% 446	5.0% 58	29.8% 1477
Mostly disagree	43.8% 900	62.9% 1091	84.6% 980	60.0% 2971
Don't know	8.9% 182	11.4% 198	10.4% 121	10.1% 501
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 1735	100.0% 1159	4949

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	< $20,000	$20-39,000	$40-69,000	$70,000	TOTAL
Mostly agree	27.5% 221	32.4% 474	28.2% 388	25.8% 176	29.1% 1259
Mostly disagree	59.9% 482	57.3% 839	62.3% 857	68.5% 468	61.1% 2646
Don't know	12.7% 102	10.4% 152	9.5% 131	5.7% 39	9.8% 424
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 1465	100.0% 1376	100.0% 683	4329

View of the Bible (I-TRFAINSP)

	Inspired	Not inspr	Don't know	TOTAL
Mostly agree	35.8% 1403	7.2% 48	7.3% 32	29.5% 1483
Mostly disagree	55.7% 2183	85.5% 570	53.4% 233	59.5% 2986
Don't know	8.5% 331	7.3% 49	39.2% 171	11.0% 551
TOTAL	100.0% 3917	100.0% 667	100.0% 436	5020