Religion and Public Life Survey, 2008

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MUSLIFE (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) If R does not identify as Muslim on RELIG: Do you think that Islam, the Muslim religion can lead to eternal life, or not? (Q55E)   1) Yes, can lead to eternal life   2) No, cannot lead to eternal life   9) Don't know/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, can lead to eternal life	52%	52%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	29.3%	81.3%
Don't know/Refused	18.7%	100%
Total N = 1664

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Household income Political ideology Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	62.5%	54.4%	54.4%	43.6%	33.3%	52.1%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	26.4%	28.9%	30.0%	31.8%	29.4%	29.3%
Don't know/Refused	11.2%	16.7%	15.7%	24.7%	37.3%	18.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1642

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	38.7%	43.1%	59.0%	56.9%	56.4%	65.5%	52.2%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	39.4%	32.9%	24.4%	27.2%	26.7%	28.6%	29.3%
Don't know/Refused	21.9%	24.0%	16.5%	15.8%	16.9%	6.0%	18.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1657

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school graduate (grade 12 or GED certificate)	Business, technical or vocational school AFTER high school or some college (no four-year degree)	College graduate (B.S., B.A., or other four-year degree)	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	40.6%	45.1%	50.9%	64.3%	67.6%	51.9%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	41.1%	34.8%	28.0%	21.0%	15.4%	29.3%
Don't know/Refused	18.3%	20.0%	21.1%	14.7%	17.0%	18.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1649

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	44.9%	44.2%	48.8%	56.3%	58.8%	64.8%	53.1%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	36.9%	39.0%	26.6%	26.6%	31.6%	20.2%	29.4%
Don't know/Refused	18.3%	16.9%	24.6%	17.1%	9.6%	15.0%	17.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1483

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal or very liberal	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	39.8%	44.5%	62.1%	66.7%	54.2%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	41.7%	31.3%	21.8%	19.9%	27.3%
Don't know/Refused	18.5%	24.2%	16.1%	13.5%	18.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	821

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other or Jewish	None	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	47.6%	56.1%	56.0%	0.0%	52.0%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	33.8%	26.2%	23.2%	0.0%	29.4%
Don't know/Refused	18.6%	17.6%	20.8%	0.0%	18.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1636

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, can lead to eternal life	54.2%	50.2%	52.0%
No, cannot lead to eternal life	29.3%	29.2%	29.3%
Don't know/Refused	16.5%	20.6%	18.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1664