Religion and Public Life Survey, 2008

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NONELIFE (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) If MANYRELS = 2: Do you think that people who have no religious faith can achieve eternal life, or not? (Question asked on Form 2 only) (Q55GF2)   1) Yes, they can   2) No, they cannot   9) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, they can	56.4%	56.4%
No, they cannot	31%	87.4%
Don't know/Refused	12.6%	100%
Total N = 837

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, they can	47.8%	60.6%	62.2%	52.8%	47.0%	56.4%
No, they cannot	42.5%	29.6%	26.6%	28.5%	33.3%	31.0%
Don't know/Refused	9.7%	9.7%	11.2%	18.8%	19.7%	12.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	829

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, they can	50.6%	44.0%	51.7%	62.0%	73.9%	80.5%	56.5%
No, they cannot	38.0%	40.9%	33.6%	23.5%	21.0%	14.6%	31.0%
Don't know/Refused	11.4%	15.1%	14.8%	14.4%	5.0%	4.9%	12.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	834

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, they can	45.4%	51.8%	57.1%	65.5%	66.3%	56.4%
No, they cannot	41.2%	36.2%	31.7%	19.7%	20.0%	30.9%
Don't know/Refused	13.4%	12.1%	11.1%	14.8%	13.7%	12.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	832

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, they can	51.1%	55.3%	48.2%	59.6%	68.3%	64.5%	57.4%
No, they cannot	35.3%	33.0%	41.1%	27.4%	21.8%	25.0%	31.0%
Don't know/Refused	13.5%	11.7%	10.6%	13.0%	9.9%	10.5%	11.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	756

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal or very liberal	TOTAL
Yes, they can	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
No, they cannot	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other or Jewish	None	TOTAL
Yes, they can	49.3%	64.3%	56.7%	0.0%	56.1%
No, they cannot	39.1%	21.0%	31.9%	0.0%	31.3%
Don't know/Refused	11.6%	14.7%	11.3%	0.0%	12.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	819

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, they can	57.4%	55.5%	56.4%
No, they cannot	30.3%	31.6%	31.0%
Don't know/Refused	12.2%	13.0%	12.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	837