Preliminary Results

This survey was posted May 21, 1997. This is a summary of the data gathered in table form.
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total submitted		1419	

age
	129	10-16	9.091%
	242	17-22	17.054%
	235	23-30	16.561%
	308	31-40	21.705%
	434	40-55	30.585%
	55	56-65	3.876%
	10	66+	0.705%
			
gender
	995	f	70.120%
	258	m	18.182%
			
education
	271	elementary	19.098%
	663	high school	46.723%
	314	college	22.128%
	166	graduate degree	11.698%
			
faith now
	1097	christian	77.308%
	4	muslim	0.282%
	10	buddhist	0.705%
	14	jewish	0.987%
	291	other	20.507%
	13	agnostic	0.916%
	19	atheist	1.339%
	57	free thinker	4.017%
	7	unificationist	0.493%
	1	hare krishna	0.070%
	1	hindu	0.070%
	1	marxist	0.070%
	8	metaphysical	0.564%
	7	native american	0.493%
	26	new age	1.832%
	45	none	3.171%
	28	pagan	1.973%
	3	satanist	0.211%
	22	spiritualist	1.550%
	22	wicca	1.550%
			
denom now
	11	anglican	0.775%
	17	assy of god	1.198%
	181	baptist	12.755%
	289	catholic	20.366%
	12	church of christ	0.846%
	5	church of god	0.352%
	19	episcopal	1.339%
	55	lutheran	3.876%
	77	methodist	5.426%
	21	mormon	1.480%
	231	nondenom	16.279%
	41	pentecostal	2.889%
	25	presbyterian	1.762%
	6	unity	0.423%
	3	wesleyan	0.211%
			
raised
	1268	christian	89.359%
	4	muslim	0.282%
	8	buddhist	0.564%
	23	jewish	1.621%
	113	other	7.963%
			
faith group
	1119	believes	78.858%
	47	does not	3.312%
	253	unknown	17.829%
			
personal
 	1342	believes	94.574%
	40	does not	2.819%
	34	unknown	2.396%
			
parents
	750	believes	52.854%
	116	does not	8.175%
	552	unknown	38.901%
			
bible
	927	no	65.328%
	446	yes	31.431%
			
believed when
	317	always	22.340%
	31	as adult	2.185%
	24	as teen	1.691%
	265	as child	18.675%
	85	experience	5.990%
	141	unknown	9.937%
			
us	1195		84.214%
foreign	210		14.799%
state
	4	AK	0.282%
	18	AL	1.268%
	6	AR	0.423%
	22	AZ	1.550%
	140	CA	9.866%
	23	CO	1.621%
	11	CT	0.775%
	3	DC	0.211%
	2	DE	0.141%
	81	FL	5.708%
	25	GA	1.762%
	4	HI	0.282%
	14	IA	0.987%
	12	ID	0.846%
	31	IL	2.185%
	26	IN	1.832%
	16	KS	1.128%
	12	KY	0.846%
	23	LA	1.621%
	17	MA	1.198%
	28	MD	1.973%
	11	ME	0.775%
	39	MI	2.748%
	24	MN	1.691%
	27	MO	1.903%
	15	MS	1.057%
	7	MT	0.493%
	28	NC	1.973%
	7	ND	0.493%
	9	NE	0.634%
	10	NH	0.705%
	21	NJ	1.480%
	6	NM	0.423%
	5	NV	0.352%
	57	NY	4.017%
	57	OH	4.017%
	13	OK	0.916%
	32	OR	2.255%
	50	PA	3.524%
	7	RI	0.493%
	12	SC	0.846%
	1	SD	0.070%
	20	TN	1.409%
	98	TX	6.906%
	12	UT	0.846%
	29	VA	2.044%
	2	VT	0.141%
	41	WA	2.889%
	21	WI	1.480%
	14	WV	0.987%
	2	WY	0.141%
outside us
	1	ARGENTINA	0.070%
	33	AUSTRALIA	2.326%
	79	CANADA	5.567%
	3	BRAZIL	0.211%
	2	COLOMBIA	0.141%
	2	CZECH	0.141%
	1	Dominican Rep	0.070%
	1	EGYPT	0.070%
	1	FINLAND	0.070%
	4	GERMANY	0.282%
	1	GREECE	0.070%
	2	HONG KONG	0.141%
	1	HOLLAND	0.070%
	1	ICELAND	0.070%
	1	INDIA	0.070%
	1	INDONESIA	0.070%
	1	IRELAND	0.070%
	2	ISRAEL	0.141%
	1	ITALY	0.070%
	1	JAMAICA	0.070%
	5	JAPAN	0.352%
	1	KOREA	0.070%
	2	MALAYSIA	0.141%
	1	MAURITIUS	0.070%
	4	MEXICO	0.282%
	1	NETHERLANDS	0.070%
	7	NEW ZEALAND	0.493%
	1	NORWAY	0.070%
	1	PANAMA	0.070%
	5	PHILIPPINES	0.352%
	1	POLAND	0.070%
	1	PORTUGAL	0.070%
	3	PUERTO RICO	0.211%
	1	RUSSIA	0.070%
	8	S. AFRICA	0.564%
	1	SAMOA	0.070%
	2	SCOTLAND	0.141%
	1	SPAIN	0.070%
	3	SWEDEN	0.211%
	3	SWITZERLAND	0.211%
	2	THAILAND	0.141%
	18	UK	1.268%