Survey of Northern California Church Bodies, 1963

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AFTRDETH(Percentages are unweighted) What do you feel will probably happen to you after death? -- (I feel that I will do one of the following):   4) Go to heaven   3) Simply stop existing   1) Go to purgatory   5) Don't know   2) Go to hell   6) Reincarnation   7) Other

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go to heaven	1734	62.4%	62.4%	0.54
Simply stop existing	449	16.1%	78.5%	-0.32
Go to purgatory	452	16.3%	94.8%	-2.04
Don't know	94	3.4%	98.1%	1.40
Go to hell	35	1.3%	99.4%	-1.18
Reincarnation	10	.4%	99.7%	2.26
Other	7	.3%	100.0%	3.12

Variable Comparisons

Education Household income Religion Age Gender

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school degree	Some college	College degree	Post graduate	TOTAL
Go to heaven	65.9% 275	60.7% 377	61.5% 523	63.8% 291	61.2% 237	62.4% 1703
Simply stop existing	11.0% 46	14.5% 90	16.2% 138	18.4% 84	21.2% 82	16.1% 440
Go to purgatory	17.7% 74	20.6% 128	15.8% 134	13.4% 61	12.1% 47	16.3% 444
Don't know	3.4% 14	1.9% 12	4.1% 35	3.5% 16	3.9% 15	3.4% 92
Go to hell	1.7% 7	1.9% 12	1.1% 9	0.7% 3	1.0% 4	1.3% 35
Reincarnation	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 10
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 621	100.0% 850	100.0% 456	100.0% 387	2731

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$12K+	$10K+	$7K+	$5K+	$4K+	TOTAL
Go to heaven	59.9% 439	63.5% 271	64.2% 456	57.2% 253	68.8% 187	62.2% 1606
Simply stop existing	22.2% 163	18.5% 79	12.5% 89	13.1% 58	12.1% 33	16.3% 422
Go to purgatory	12.7% 93	13.3% 57	17.5% 124	23.8% 105	14.3% 39	16.2% 418
Don't know	3.3% 24	2.8% 12	3.9% 28	4.3% 19	1.8% 5	3.4% 88
Go to hell	1.4% 10	1.2% 5	1.4% 10	0.9% 4	1.8% 5	1.3% 34
Reincarnation	0.3% 2	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	1.1% 3	0.4% 10
Other	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 427	100.0% 710	100.0% 442	100.0% 272	2584

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Liberal Protestant (Congregational, Methodist, Episcopalian)	Moderate Protestant (Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian, American Lutheran, American Baptist)	Conservative Protestant (Missouri Lutheran, Southern Baptist, Sects)	Roman Catholic	TOTAL
Go to heaven	60.8% 571	79.6% 681	90.1% 401	14.7% 79	62.4% 1732
Simply stop existing	26.4% 248	14.3% 122	5.4% 24	10.1% 54	16.1% 448
Go to purgatory	6.3% 59	1.5% 13	0.7% 3	70.2% 377	16.3% 452
Don't know	4.5% 42	3.0% 26	1.3% 6	3.5% 19	3.3% 93
Go to hell	1.1% 10	0.9% 8	2.0% 9	1.5% 8	1.3% 35
Reincarnation	0.4% 4	0.5% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
Other	0.5% 5	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 939	100.0% 856	100.0% 445	100.0% 537	2777

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 39 and under	Age 40-59	Age 60 and over	TOTAL
Go to heaven	58.6% 663	63.2% 775	70.1% 296	62.4% 1734
Simply stop existing	16.2% 183	17.8% 219	11.1% 47	16.1% 449
Go to purgatory	18.3% 207	14.9% 183	14.7% 62	16.3% 452
Don't know	4.3% 49	2.9% 35	2.4% 10	3.4% 94
Go to hell	1.9% 22	0.8% 10	0.7% 3	1.3% 35
Reincarnation	0.4% 4	0.2% 3	0.7% 3	0.4% 10
Other	0.4% 4	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1132	100.0% 1227	100.0% 422	2781

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go to heaven	59.6% 599	63.9% 1134	62.3% 1733
Simply stop existing	19.3% 194	14.4% 255	16.2% 449
Go to purgatory	15.6% 157	16.6% 295	16.3% 452
Don't know	3.3% 33	3.4% 61	3.4% 94
Go to hell	1.4% 14	1.2% 21	1.3% 35
Reincarnation	0.6% 6	0.2% 4	0.4% 10
Other	0.2% 2	0.3% 5	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1005	100.0% 1775	2780