International Social Survey Program: Religion II, 1998

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MAKEFATE Do you agree or disagree with the following? -- We each make our own fate.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Neither agree or disagree   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree   8) Can't choose, don't know   9) No answer, refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	8555	21.9%	21.9%	-.96
Agree	15743	40.3%	62.2%	-.36
Neither agree or disagree	7176	18.4%	80.6%	.24
Disagree	4110	10.5%	91.2%	.84
Strongly disagree	1568	4%	95.2%	1.45
Can't choose, don't know	1321	3.4%	98.6%	3.26
No answer, refused	561	1.4%	100%	3.86

Variable Comparisons

Sex Worship attendance Age Religion Marital status

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.1% 4363	20.0% 4185	21.9% 8548
Agree	41.6% 7528	39.2% 8200	40.3% 15728
Neither agree or disagree	17.1% 3099	19.5% 4072	18.4% 7171
Disagree	9.1% 1650	11.7% 2457	10.5% 4107
Strongly disagree	3.7% 675	4.3% 890	4.0% 1565
Can't choose, don't know	3.0% 542	3.7% 779	3.4% 1321
No answer, refused	1.2% 225	1.6% 333	1.4% 558
TOTAL	100.0% 18082	100.0% 20916	38998

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a week or more, nearly every week	2-3 times a month	Once a month	Several times a year	Less frequently	Never	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.7% 1194	19.5% 523	19.7% 380	21.9% 1396	20.9% 1378	26.0% 2562	21.8% 7433
Agree	35.0% 2370	39.6% 1060	41.2% 793	42.2% 2686	45.1% 2965	41.2% 4063	40.8% 13937
Neither agree or disagree	17.7% 1199	18.7% 501	18.0% 346	18.9% 1206	19.7% 1298	17.4% 1712	18.3% 6262
Disagree	15.6% 1056	12.9% 345	12.7% 245	9.7% 618	7.4% 488	8.2% 813	10.4% 3565
Strongly disagree	8.2% 557	4.4% 118	3.8% 73	3.3% 213	2.4% 155	2.4% 235	4.0% 1351
Can't choose, don't know	3.5% 235	3.4% 91	3.1% 60	3.0% 188	2.9% 193	3.6% 358	3.3% 1125
No answer, refused	2.2% 151	1.5% 40	1.5% 28	1.0% 62	1.6% 104	1.2% 116	1.5% 501
TOTAL	100.0% 6762	100.0% 2678	100.0% 1925	100.0% 6369	100.0% 6581	100.0% 9859	34174

Age (I-AGE)

	16-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.7% 2402	21.4% 2476	21.2% 2419	18.8% 1258	21.9% 8555
Agree	41.1% 3848	41.6% 4815	39.8% 4542	37.9% 2538	40.3% 15743
Neither agree or disagree	17.9% 1673	19.2% 2221	18.2% 2076	18.0% 1206	18.4% 7176
Disagree	8.4% 783	10.1% 1166	11.4% 1304	12.8% 857	10.5% 4110
Strongly disagree	3.3% 310	3.9% 446	4.5% 514	4.5% 298	4.0% 1568
Can't choose, don't know	3.1% 288	3.0% 348	3.2% 362	4.8% 323	3.4% 1321
No answer, refused	0.6% 53	0.8% 96	1.7% 197	3.2% 215	1.4% 561
TOTAL	100.0% 9357	100.0% 11568	100.0% 11414	100.0% 6695	39034

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Orthodox	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.6% 3416	15.0% 1252	20.9% 603	23.6% 262	27.0% 469	26.2% 2328	21.9% 8330
Agree	41.4% 6261	41.0% 3411	41.0% 1186	35.4% 393	31.0% 538	40.3% 3579	40.4% 15368
Neither agree or disagree	17.0% 2573	20.5% 1704	21.4% 618	17.7% 197	17.0% 294	18.4% 1637	18.5% 7023
Disagree	10.8% 1627	12.7% 1060	10.6% 305	15.8% 175	10.9% 189	7.8% 695	10.6% 4051
Strongly disagree	3.9% 585	5.3% 441	1.9% 56	5.9% 65	8.5% 147	2.7% 241	4.0% 1535
Can't choose, don't know	3.2% 483	3.0% 251	4.0% 117	0.5% 6	3.8% 66	3.4% 306	3.2% 1229
No answer, refused	1.1% 171	2.5% 210	0.2% 5	1.2% 13	1.8% 31	1.1% 99	1.4% 529
TOTAL	100.0% 15116	100.0% 8329	100.0% 2890	100.0% 1111	100.0% 1734	100.0% 8885	38065

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married or living as married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married, not married, single	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.6% 5099	18.7% 638	22.4% 497	20.2% 152	24.1% 2153	21.9% 8539
Agree	40.6% 9583	37.3% 1271	38.8% 862	42.3% 318	41.0% 3655	40.3% 15689
Neither agree or disagree	18.3% 4313	18.5% 632	20.3% 450	19.4% 146	18.2% 1619	18.4% 7160
Disagree	10.8% 2546	12.2% 417	10.4% 232	9.7% 73	9.3% 830	10.5% 4098
Strongly disagree	4.2% 997	4.7% 159	3.3% 73	3.1% 23	3.5% 310	4.0% 1562
Can't choose, don't know	3.2% 755	5.5% 188	3.0% 66	3.5% 26	3.2% 282	3.4% 1317
No answer, refused	1.4% 329	3.0% 103	1.8% 41	1.7% 13	0.8% 69	1.4% 555
TOTAL	100.0% 23622	100.0% 3408	100.0% 2221	100.0% 751	100.0% 8918	38920