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Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > PALS > Analysis

RA_11 (Weighted by PAWT2)

I believe in Heaven where people live with God forever.

	-7) Refused
	-4) Don't know
	1) Strongly agree
	2) Somewhat agree
	3) Neither agree nor disagree
	4) Somewhat disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Refused	2	.1%	.1%
Don't know	9	.3%	.4%
Strongly agree	1671	64.1%	64.5%
Somewhat agree	389	14.9%	79.4%
Neither agree nor disagree	318	12.2%	91.6%
Somewhat disagree	70	2.7%	94.3%
Strongly disagree	146	5.6%	99.9%
Missing	3

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

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.5% 4	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.7% 1	0.4% 10
Strongly agree	60.0% 333	65.5% 489	64.5% 486	67.5% 276	61.5% 88	64.1% 1672
Somewhat agree	17.5% 97	14.5% 108	15.8% 119	11.0% 45	14.0% 20	14.9% 389
Neither agree nor disagree	13.7% 76	10.8% 81	12.3% 93	13.0% 53	10.5% 15	12.2% 318
Somewhat disagree	2.2% 12	2.8% 21	2.0% 15	4.2% 17	3.5% 5	2.7% 70
Strongly disagree	6.3% 35	5.9% 44	4.9% 37	4.2% 17	9.8% 14	5.6% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 409	100.0% 143	2608

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.5% 6	0.2% 3	0.3% 9
Strongly agree	56.9% 716	70.8% 955	64.1% 1671
Somewhat agree	17.1% 215	13.0% 175	15.0% 390
Neither agree nor disagree	14.8% 186	9.8% 132	12.2% 318
Somewhat disagree	3.4% 43	2.0% 27	2.7% 70
Strongly disagree	7.4% 93	4.0% 54	5.6% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 1259	100.0% 1348	2607

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.3% 9
Strongly agree	31.5% 53	51.1% 194	59.0% 373	71.0% 357	85.7% 192	71.9% 486	64.1% 1655
Somewhat agree	15.5% 26	17.4% 66	19.6% 124	14.9% 75	6.7% 15	11.7% 79	14.9% 385
Neither agree nor disagree	25.0% 42	16.1% 61	13.1% 83	10.1% 51	3.1% 7	10.5% 71	12.2% 315
Somewhat disagree	6.0% 10	6.3% 24	3.6% 23	1.6% 8	0.4% 1	0.6% 4	2.7% 70
Strongly disagree	21.4% 36	8.7% 33	4.0% 25	2.2% 11	4.0% 9	4.9% 33	5.7% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 380	100.0% 632	100.0% 503	100.0% 224	100.0% 676	2583

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.7% 2	1.9% 6	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
Strongly agree	63.6% 1150	75.8% 210	67.3% 216	39.8% 43	77.8% 7	54.9% 45	64.1% 1671
Somewhat agree	15.8% 285	10.1% 28	13.7% 44	14.8% 16	11.1% 1	18.3% 15	14.9% 389
Neither agree nor disagree	12.1% 218	8.3% 23	9.0% 29	32.4% 35	11.1% 1	14.6% 12	12.2% 318
Somewhat disagree	2.8% 50	1.8% 5	2.5% 8	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	2.7% 71
Strongly disagree	5.7% 104	2.9% 8	5.6% 18	6.5% 7	0.0% 0	9.8% 8	5.6% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 1809	100.0% 277	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.4% 10
Strongly agree	86.4% 127	87.4% 606	68.5% 248	67.2% 467	24.9% 102	40.7% 123	64.1% 1673
Somewhat agree	6.1% 9	8.2% 57	18.2% 66	17.3% 120	21.0% 86	16.6% 50	14.9% 388
Neither agree nor disagree	5.4% 8	3.0% 21	9.4% 34	9.9% 69	27.4% 112	24.8% 75	12.2% 319
Somewhat disagree	1.4% 2	0.6% 4	2.2% 8	1.7% 12	6.6% 27	5.6% 17	2.7% 70
Strongly disagree	0.7% 1	0.6% 4	1.7% 6	3.0% 21	19.6% 80	11.3% 34	5.6% 146
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 362	100.0% 695	100.0% 409	100.0% 302	2608

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.1% 1	0.6% 4	0.3% 9
Strongly agree	56.1% 247	74.1% 460	70.6% 621	51.5% 343	64.1% 1671
Somewhat agree	19.3% 85	13.4% 83	11.7% 103	17.6% 117	14.9% 388
Neither agree nor disagree	14.5% 64	9.5% 59	11.8% 104	13.8% 92	12.2% 319
Somewhat disagree	2.3% 10	0.3% 2	2.0% 18	6.0% 40	2.7% 70
Strongly disagree	7.5% 33	2.1% 13	3.6% 32	10.4% 69	5.6% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 879	100.0% 666	2606

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	1.3% 4	0.3% 3	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
Strongly agree	73.2% 224	68.5% 723	69.2% 332	57.4% 241	40.6% 108	54.9% 39	64.2% 1667
Somewhat agree	11.8% 36	14.0% 148	15.4% 74	17.9% 75	14.3% 38	25.4% 18	15.0% 389
Neither agree nor disagree	7.8% 24	10.5% 111	10.0% 48	14.0% 59	24.4% 65	11.3% 8	12.1% 315
Somewhat disagree	2.3% 7	1.7% 18	1.7% 8	4.3% 18	6.4% 17	2.8% 2	2.7% 70
Strongly disagree	3.6% 11	4.8% 51	3.1% 15	6.2% 26	14.3% 38	5.6% 4	5.6% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1055	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	2598