Williamsburg Charter Survey On Religion and Public Life, 1987 - Analysis
CREATION
Do you think public schools should only teach the Bible's account of the creation of life on Earth, or should they only teach evolution, or should they teach both?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Only Bible's account | 271 | 8.1% | 8.1% | -1.31 |
2) Only evolution | 512 | 15.2% | 23.3% | -0.69 |
3) Both | 2286 | 68.0% | 91.3% | -0.07 |
6) Neither | 9 | 0.3% | 91.5% | 1.79 |
8) Don't know | 285 | 8.5% | 100.0% | 3.02 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Men | Women | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Only Bible's account | 6.6%126 | 10.0%145 | 0 | 8.1%271 |
Only evolution | 19.0%363 | 10.2%148 | 1 | 15.2%511 |
Both | 67.1%1280 | 69.1%1004 | 2 | 68.0%2284 |
Neither | 0.2%4 | 0.3%5 | 0 | 0.3%9 |
Don't know | 7.1%135 | 10.3%150 | 0 | 8.5%285 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 100%1908 | 100%1452 | 3360 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | No preference | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Only Bible's account | 12.2%212 | 3.2%28 | 1.2%2 | 8.9%21 | 2.2%8 | 0 | 8.1%271 |
Only evolution | 10.2%177 | 12.9%112 | 42.1%72 | 23.8%56 | 26.7%95 | 0 | 15.2%512 |
Both | 69.0%1197 | 75.3%653 | 48.5%83 | 56.2%132 | 62.1%221 | 0 | 68.0%2286 |
Neither | 0.2%3 | 0.5%4 | 0.0%0 | 0.9%2 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.3%9 |
Don't know | 8.4%145 | 8.1%70 | 8.2%14 | 10.2%24 | 9.0%32 | 0 | 8.5%285 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%1734 | 100%867 | 100%171 | 100%235 | 100%356 | 3363 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Only Bible's account | 10.7%121 | 6.7%81 | 4.7%35 | 12.8%34 | 0 | 8.1%271 |
Only evolution | 11.8%134 | 20.0%243 | 15.0%112 | 8.7%23 | 0 | 15.2%512 |
Both | 70.9%805 | 64.8%787 | 70.5%526 | 62.6%166 | 2 | 68.0%2284 |
Neither | 0.2%2 | 0.2%3 | 0.5%4 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.3%9 |
Don't know | 6.4%73 | 8.3%101 | 9.2%69 | 15.8%42 | 0 | 8.5%285 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 100%1135 | 100%1215 | 100%746 | 100%265 | 3361 |
Region (I-REGION)
West | Midwest | South | Northeast | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Only Bible's account | 6.7%38 | 7.0%65 | 11.5%130 | 5.2%38 | 0 | 8.1%271 |
Only evolution | 14.7%84 | 14.9%137 | 14.1%160 | 17.8%131 | 0 | 15.2%512 |
Both | 69.4%396 | 70.1%646 | 65.3%740 | 68.4%504 | 0 | 68.0%2286 |
Neither | 0.7%4 | 0.1%1 | 0.3%3 | 0.1%1 | 0 | 0.3%9 |
Don't know | 8.6%49 | 7.9%73 | 8.8%100 | 8.5%63 | 0 | 8.5%285 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%571 | 100%922 | 100%1133 | 100%737 | 3363 |
Household income (I-INCOME)
Less than $20,000 | $20K-40,000 | $40K-80,000 | Greater than $80,000 | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Only Bible's account | 13.7%100 | 7.6%96 | 4.8%39 | 4.9%14 | 22 | 8.1%249 |
Only evolution | 6.4%47 | 14.6%183 | 20.0%162 | 31.0%88 | 32 | 15.6%480 |
Both | 68.1%498 | 69.3%870 | 70.6%572 | 56.0%159 | 187 | 68.1%2099 |
Neither | 0.3%2 | 0.5%6 | 0.0%0 | 0.4%1 | 0 | 0.3%9 |
Don't know | 11.5%84 | 8.0%101 | 4.6%37 | 7.7%22 | 41 | 7.9%244 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 0 |
Total | 100%731 | 100%1256 | 100%810 | 100%284 | 3081 |