Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Brazil

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ONLYWAY (Percentages are weighted by GPWGT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) [Question asked if respondent is Christian.] Now I am going to read you another series of statements on some different topics. For each one, please tell me if you completely agree with it, mostly agree with it, mostly disagree with it, or completely disagree with it. Belief in Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved from eternal damnation.   1) Completely agree   2) Mostly agree   3) Mostly disagree   4) Completely disagree   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Completely agree	62.2%	62.2%
Mostly agree	18.1%	80.3%
Mostly disagree	7.6%	87.9%
Completely disagree	10.7%	98.6%
Don't know	1.4%	100.0%
Refused	.0%	100.0%
Total N = 853

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 23	24 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 or more	TOTAL
Completely agree	51.5%	59.3%	61.8%	66.9%	73.1%	62.2%
Mostly agree	22.7%	23.0%	16.0%	14.0%	15.4%	18.1%
Mostly disagree	11.3%	4.4%	10.4%	5.8%	5.1%	7.6%
Completely disagree	12.4%	12.4%	11.1%	11.6%	3.8%	10.7%
Don't know	2.1%	0.9%	0.7%	1.7%	2.6%	1.4%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	853

Education (I-EDUC)

	Incomplete primary	Complt. primary OR Incomp. secondary. (inc. voc/tech)	Complt. sec.school: tech./voc. Type	Incompl. or complt. secondary: prep. for univ.	Some univ. level, with or without a diploma	TOTAL
Completely agree	66.2%	65.2%	61.1%	59.8%	46.2%	62.2%
Mostly agree	16.0%	16.9%	22.2%	20.6%	17.3%	18.1%
Mostly disagree	8.4%	6.7%	4.4%	10.3%	5.8%	7.6%
Completely disagree	7.6%	11.2%	10.0%	8.2%	28.8%	10.7%
Don't know	1.8%	0.0%	2.2%	1.0%	1.9%	1.4%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	853

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree	60.7%	63.6%	62.2%
Mostly agree	19.5%	16.8%	18.1%
Mostly disagree	7.9%	7.3%	7.6%
Completely disagree	10.5%	10.8%	10.7%
Don't know	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	853

Household income (I-INCOME)

	LT 400 reals per month	401 to 600 reals/ mon.	601 to 1,000 reals/ mon.	1,001 to 1,400 reals/ mon.	MT 1,401 reals/ mon.	TOTAL
Completely agree	70.6%	61.7%	53.3%	62.1%	61.4%	62.1%
Mostly agree	14.3%	23.3%	18.1%	18.2%	15.7%	18.1%
Mostly disagree	7.6%	7.5%	9.5%	12.1%	3.6%	7.9%
Completely disagree	6.7%	7.5%	16.2%	7.6%	19.3%	11.2%
Don't know	0.8%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	736

Race (I-RACE)

	Branco	Pardo/mulato	Negro	Amarelo/mestico	Indigena	TOTAL
Completely agree	57.8%	68.9%	62.9%	55.0%	66.7%	62.2%
Mostly agree	18.5%	14.7%	22.9%	30.0%	0.0%	18.1%
Mostly disagree	8.9%	6.3%	8.6%	0.0%	0.0%	7.6%
Completely disagree	13.3%	9.5%	2.9%	10.0%	33.3%	10.7%
Don't know	1.5%	0.5%	2.9%	5.0%	0.0%	1.4%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	853

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not at all important	TOTAL
Completely agree	81.7%	63.3%	50.0%	35.5%	50.0%	62.3%
Mostly agree	9.7%	18.8%	22.4%	22.6%	20.0%	18.1%
Mostly disagree	5.4%	8.2%	7.1%	12.9%	0.0%	7.6%
Completely disagree	3.2%	8.5%	16.3%	29.0%	30.0%	10.5%
Don't know	0.0%	1.3%	4.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	851