Economic Values Survey, 1992

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GIVEFMLY (Weighted by WEIGHT) Would each of the following make you more likely to give money to a church, not make any difference, or make you less likely to give? -- if my family were benefiting more from the church's programs   1) More likely   2) Not make any difference   3) Less likely   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
More likely	1730	34.8%	34.8%
Not make any difference	2641	53.2%	88%
Less likely	318	6.4%	94.4%
Don't know	277	5.6%	100%
Missing	15

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

Variable Comparisons

Religious donations Race and gender Region Education Age Worship attendance Religious preference Importance of religion Family income View of the Bible

Religious donations (I-GIVECAT)

	0	1-149	150-499	500-999	1000-2499	2500 +	TOTAL
More likely	28.4% 61	47.4% 279	36.4% 188	36.4% 141	29.2% 119	38.5% 95	37.4% 883
Not make any difference	52.1% 112	40.2% 237	56.2% 290	55.3% 214	61.2% 249	49.8% 123	51.9% 1225
Less likely	14.0% 30	8.5% 50	6.2% 32	6.7% 26	5.4% 22	7.3% 18	7.5% 178
Don't know	5.6% 12	3.9% 23	1.2% 6	1.6% 6	4.2% 17	4.5% 11	3.2% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 215	100.0% 589	100.0% 516	100.0% 387	100.0% 407	100.0% 247	2361

Race and gender (I-RACEGNDR)

	White man	White woman	Black man	Black woman	Other man (specify)	Other woman (specify)	TOTAL
More likely	35.3% 816	33.8% 656	28.9% 71	35.5% 88	38.3% 46	54.6% 53	34.9% 1730
Not make any difference	52.5% 1213	55.3% 1073	51.6% 127	51.6% 128	50.8% 61	39.2% 38	53.2% 2640
Less likely	5.5% 127	6.6% 129	15.9% 39	8.1% 20	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	6.4% 317
Don't know	6.7% 156	4.2% 82	3.7% 9	4.8% 12	10.8% 13	4.1% 4	5.6% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 2312	100.0% 1940	100.0% 246	100.0% 248	100.0% 120	100.0% 97	4963

Region (I-REGION4)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
More likely	37.8% 444	33.4% 417	31.1% 476	38.9% 393	34.8% 1730
Not make any difference	50.9% 599	55.2% 690	54.6% 836	51.1% 516	53.2% 2641
Less likely	3.7% 44	7.0% 87	8.0% 123	6.3% 64	6.4% 318
Don't know	7.6% 89	4.4% 55	6.3% 97	3.6% 36	5.6% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 1176	100.0% 1249	100.0% 1532	100.0% 1009	4966

Education (I-EDUC)

	LT High Sc	High Schl	Tech/Trade	Some Coll	College	TOTAL
More likely	28.7% 172	29.8% 445	42.6% 182	36.5% 383	39.4% 547	34.8% 1729
Not make any difference	62.0% 372	55.5% 829	50.1% 214	51.8% 544	48.9% 680	53.2% 2639
Less likely	5.8% 35	7.5% 112	3.5% 15	7.5% 79	5.5% 77	6.4% 318
Don't know	3.5% 21	7.3% 109	3.7% 16	4.2% 44	6.2% 86	5.6% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 600	100.0% 1495	100.0% 427	100.0% 1050	100.0% 1390	4962

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55+	TOTAL
More likely	31.7% 205	38.4% 540	38.4% 520	32.5% 293	25.4% 164	34.8% 1722
Not make any difference	54.3% 351	50.1% 706	48.4% 656	57.2% 515	63.6% 411	53.3% 2639
Less likely	6.3% 41	6.1% 86	6.9% 93	6.8% 61	5.6% 36	6.4% 317
Don't know	7.6% 49	5.4% 76	6.3% 85	3.6% 32	5.4% 35	5.6% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 1408	100.0% 1354	100.0% 901	100.0% 646	4955

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	>1/week	1/week	Monthly +	Svrl/year	1/year	Never	TOTAL
More likely	30.7% 168	29.7% 316	38.7% 308	38.5% 314	37.7% 240	35.0% 374	34.9% 1720
Not make any difference	56.4% 309	63.1% 672	50.3% 400	51.5% 420	48.9% 311	49.0% 523	53.5% 2635
Less likely	10.8% 59	5.9% 63	4.9% 39	6.4% 52	5.2% 33	6.2% 66	6.3% 312
Don't know	2.2% 12	1.3% 14	6.2% 49	3.6% 29	8.2% 52	9.8% 105	5.3% 261
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 1065	100.0% 796	100.0% 815	100.0% 636	100.0% 1068	4928

Religious preference (I-DENOM)

	Evang Prot	Mainl Prot	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
More likely	32.9% 400	33.0% 351	41.2% 533	34.3% 47	36.1% 264	25.8% 114	35.0% 1709
Not make any difference	54.7% 666	55.4% 589	52.4% 678	56.9% 78	46.9% 343	54.1% 239	53.1% 2593
Less likely	7.8% 95	6.8% 72	3.9% 50	1.5% 2	8.9% 65	5.4% 24	6.3% 308
Don't know	4.6% 56	4.8% 51	2.5% 32	7.3% 10	8.1% 59	14.7% 65	5.6% 273
TOTAL	100.0% 1217	100.0% 1063	100.0% 1293	100.0% 137	100.0% 731	100.0% 442	4883

Importance of religion (I-RLGNIMP)

	Very Imp	Somewhat	Not very	TOTAL
More likely	32.4% 658	37.4% 646	35.2% 407	34.8% 1711
Not make any difference	57.5% 1166	50.6% 874	51.0% 590	53.6% 2630
Less likely	7.8% 158	5.9% 102	4.6% 53	6.4% 313
Don't know	2.3% 46	6.0% 104	9.2% 107	5.2% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 2028	100.0% 1726	100.0% 1157	4911

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	< $20,000	$20-39,000	$40-69,000	$70,000	TOTAL
More likely	35.6% 285	38.3% 558	32.5% 442	34.4% 233	35.4% 1518
Not make any difference	55.1% 441	49.6% 722	56.6% 770	52.1% 353	53.2% 2286
Less likely	4.0% 32	8.0% 117	5.8% 79	7.2% 49	6.5% 277
Don't know	5.3% 42	4.1% 59	5.1% 69	6.3% 43	5.0% 213
TOTAL	100.0% 800	100.0% 1456	100.0% 1360	100.0% 678	4294

View of the Bible (I-TRFAINSP)

	Inspired	Not inspr	Don't know	TOTAL
More likely	36.7% 1429	28.4% 190	27.6% 112	34.9% 1731
Not make any difference	52.6% 2047	59.3% 396	48.8% 198	53.2% 2641
Less likely	6.8% 266	3.0% 20	7.9% 32	6.4% 318
Don't know	3.9% 151	9.3% 62	15.8% 64	5.6% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 3893	100.0% 668	100.0% 406	4967