American Mosaic Project - A National Survey on Diversity - Analysis
V123 (Weighted by FINALWT)
Now we would like to ask you some questions more specifically about race and religion in American life. In the past, some people have called the United States a basically Christian nation. Would you characterize the United States as a Christian nation today?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
1) Yes | 1379 | 66.2% | 66.2% |
2) No | 670 | 32.2% | 98.5% |
8) Don't know | 30 | 1.4% | 99.9% |
9) Refused | 2 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
Age (I-AGE)
18-29 years | 30-44 years | 45-54 years | 55 or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 55.6%254 | 67.8%431 | 66.7%244 | 72.9%438 | 16 | 66.4%1367 |
No | 43.3%198 | 30.3%193 | 31.7%116 | 26.0%156 | 9 | 32.2%663 |
Don't know | 1.1%5 | 1.9%12 | 1.4%5 | 1.0%6 | 2 | 1.4%28 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.3%1 | 0.2%1 | 1 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Total | 100%457 | 100%636 | 100%366 | 100%601 | 2060 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 67.2%677 | 65.3%701 | 0 | 66.2%1378 |
No | 31.2%314 | 33.2%357 | 0 | 32.2%671 |
Don't know | 1.5%15 | 1.4%15 | 0 | 1.4%30 |
Refused | 0.1%1 | 0.1%1 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%1007 | 100%1074 | 2081 |
Race (I-RACE)
African American (Black) | Asian American | Hispanic/Latino | Native American | White | Other or multiracial | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 56.8%104 | 68.8%22 | 55.0%83 | 47.8%11 | 69.6%1086 | 55.7%68 | 6 | 66.3%1374 |
No | 38.3%70 | 28.1%9 | 43.7%66 | 52.2%12 | 29.2%456 | 43.4%53 | 6 | 32.1%666 |
Don't know | 4.4%8 | 3.1%1 | 1.3%2 | 0.0%0 | 1.2%18 | 0.8%1 | 0 | 1.4%30 |
Refused | 0.5%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.1%1 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Total | 100%183 | 100%32 | 100%151 | 100%23 | 100%1561 | 100%122 | 2072 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Some high school or less | High school graduate or GED | Technical degree | Some college | College graduate | Post-graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 52.5%63 | 66.2%354 | 79.8%71 | 63.1%340 | 71.7%358 | 64.2%192 | 0 | 66.2%1378 |
No | 45.8%55 | 32.3%173 | 18.0%16 | 35.6%192 | 26.5%132 | 34.4%103 | 1 | 32.2%671 |
Don't know | 1.7%2 | 1.3%7 | 2.2%2 | 1.3%7 | 1.6%8 | 1.3%4 | 0 | 1.4%30 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 100%120 | 100%535 | 100%89 | 100%539 | 100%499 | 100%299 | 2081 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Hardly ever, except holidays | Less than once a month | About once a month | Two to three times a month | Once a week or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 57.2%194 | 68.7%276 | 72.8%83 | 72.0%134 | 69.2%189 | 65.5%498 | 6 | 66.2%1374 |
No | 39.8%135 | 31.1%125 | 25.4%29 | 28.0%52 | 28.2%77 | 33.0%251 | 4 | 32.3%669 |
Don't know | 2.9%10 | 0.2%1 | 0.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 2.2%6 | 1.3%10 | 1 | 1.4%28 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.4%1 | 0.1%1 | 0 | 0.1%3 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 100%339 | 100%402 | 100%114 | 100%186 | 100%273 | 100%760 | 2074 |
Region (I-REGION)
Northwest | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 61.4%242 | 66.4%367 | 70.1%464 | 64.8%305 | 0 | 66.3%1378 |
No | 35.5%140 | 32.2%178 | 29.5%195 | 33.3%157 | 0 | 32.2%670 |
Don't know | 3.0%12 | 1.4%8 | 0.3%2 | 1.7%8 | 0 | 1.4%30 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.2%1 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%394 | 100%553 | 100%662 | 100%471 | 2080 |