Arts and Religion Survey, 1999 - Analysis
INC_SPIR (Weighted by WEIGHT)
In the past five years, has your interest in each of the following been increasing, staying the same, or decreasing? - Spirituality
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
1) Increasing | 180400 | 42.6% | 42.6% |
2) Staying The Same | 204482 | 48.3% | 90.8% |
3) Decreasing | 30532 | 7.2% | 98.0% |
4) Don't Know, Refused | 8299 | 2.0% | 100.0% |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Increasing | 34.9%70091 | 49.5%110309 | 0 | 42.6%180400 |
Staying The Same | 54.4%109159 | 42.7%95323 | 0 | 48.3%204482 |
Decreasing | 8.9%17847 | 5.7%12685 | 0 | 7.2%30532 |
Don't Know, Refused | 1.8%3576 | 2.1%4723 | 0 | 2.0%8299 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%200673 | 100%223040 | 423713 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increasing | 31.7%31194 | 44.6%45489 | 49.7%68320 | 41.2%35397 | 0 | 42.6%180400 |
Staying The Same | 54.1%53189 | 44.9%45855 | 45.2%62136 | 50.4%43302 | 0 | 48.3%204482 |
Decreasing | 10.8%10594 | 8.4%8590 | 3.9%5353 | 7.0%5995 | 0 | 7.2%30532 |
Don't Know, Refused | 3.5%3425 | 2.1%2141 | 1.2%1586 | 1.3%1147 | 0 | 2.0%8299 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%98402 | 100%102075 | 100%137395 | 100%85841 | 423713 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Black or African American | Asian | Other or mixed race | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increasing | 41.8%142024 | 47.8%23130 | 54.7%4629 | 36.4%8319 | 9 | 42.5%178102 |
Staying The Same | 48.6%164910 | 47.5%23011 | 33.5%2836 | 52.3%11944 | 7 | 48.3%202701 |
Decreasing | 7.5%25628 | 3.3%1600 | 11.7%990 | 8.7%1996 | 2 | 7.2%30214 |
Don't Know, Refused | 2.1%7025 | 1.4%688 | 0.0%0 | 2.6%586 | 0 | 2.0%8299 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Total | 100%339587 | 100%48429 | 100%8455 | 100%22845 | 419316 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Roman Catholic | Jewish | Other | No Preference, Atheist, Agnostic | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increasing | 49.9%112399 | 35.1%38555 | 35.4%1963 | 51.0%16789 | 22.4%8792 | 7 | 43.2%178498 |
Staying The Same | 43.5%97948 | 54.3%59670 | 47.7%2645 | 39.5%13007 | 61.2%24000 | 21 | 47.8%197270 |
Decreasing | 5.1%11576 | 8.1%8911 | 16.9%935 | 7.4%2443 | 15.4%6027 | 4 | 7.2%29892 |
Don't Know, Refused | 1.5%3413 | 2.4%2684 | 0.0%0 | 2.1%697 | 1.1%424 | 3 | 1.7%7218 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Total | 100%225336 | 100%109820 | 100%5543 | 100%32936 | 100%39243 | 412878 |