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DATA TABLES

Table 1. The Importance of Personal Goals

Christian
Christian
Catholic
Protestant
Orthodox
S. Korea
Peru
USA
USA mainstream
USA born-again
Russia
Rank
High
Med
Low
Rank
High
Med
Low
Rank
High
Med
Low
Rank
High
Med
Low
Rank
High
Med
Low
Rank
High
Med
Low
Achieving econ. security
6
54
23
20
3
90
6
4
3
84
12
4
4
84
10
5
5
78
13
7
1
89
7
4
Being well-educated
4
62
17
19
1
96
3
1
2
92
7
1
2
91
6
3
3
85
12
3
2
85
12
4
Learning a valuable skill
5
56
21
18
2
92
6
2
4
82
16
2
3
86
10
4
2
87
9
3
4
73
18
9
Spending time w/ family
2
67
13
16
4
86
11
3
1
97
1
1
1
95
2
3
1
97
1
2
3
77
18
5
Travel w/in your country
7
30
34
34
7
46
28
26
7
44
38
18
7
44
33
23
7
46
36
18
7
50
24
25
Travel outside your country
7
30
32
34
7
46
25
29
9
20
27
52
9
26
21
52
9
16
19
66
5
54
15
29
Being actively religious
1
70
15
13
5
62
24
13
6
55
22
23
6
56
23
20
4
84
11
5
9
10
20
69
Doing charitable work
3
63
19
14
6
60
25
14
5
64
24
12
5
63
24
12
6
72
23
5
8
26
32
42
Being active in politics
8
18
22
55
8
19
22
59
8
28
31
40
8
31
29
40
8
39
30
31
6
51
19
29

The Importance of Personal Goals

	Muslim												Hindu				Judaism				Buddhist
	India				Israel				Saudi Arabia				India				Israel				S. Korea
	Rank	High	Med.	Low	Rank	High	Med.	Low	Rank	High	Med.	Low	Rank	High	Med.	Low	Rank	High	Med.	Low	Rank	High	Med.	Low
Achieving economic security	2	94	3	3	4	83	10	7	1	70	16	14	5	86	8	6	1	91	8	1	1	53	23	19
Being well-educated	1	98	2	--	1	96	2	1	2	60	27	14	1	96	2	2	2	89	8	3	2	52	30	14
Learning a valuable skill	4	87	10	2	6	74	20	5	6	40	31	30	2	93	4	3	4	82	12	5	1	53	28	15
Spending time with family	3	88	12	1	2	95	4	2	1	70	15	15	3	91	6	3	3	85	12	3	1	53	25	16
Travel within your country	7	65	28	8	5	81	14	5	7	42	20	38	7	75	14	11	5	60	26	13	4	30	30	35
Travel outside your country	8	33	22	44	7	66	19	16	5	52	18	31	8	36	24	40	7	34	33	32	5	23	20	47
Being actively religious	5	86	8	6	5	81	8	11	3	58	20	21	6	83	10	7	8	32	18	49	4	31	35	30
Doing charitable work	6	84	15	1	3	89	9	3	4	56	13	32	4	89	6	4	6	54	23	22	3	41	35	20
Being active in politics	9	19	15	66	8	40	20	40	8	22	21	57	9	24	15	61	9	11	19	69	6	19	20	52

Table 2. Frequency of Worship

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
At least once a day	29	13	34	32	51	7
Several times a week	35	11	22	24	29	9
Once a week	25	23	16	12	8	10
Several times a month	3	22	11	8	4	13
Once a month	3	11	5	4	3	16
Several times a year	0	10	5	8	3	28
Once a year	1	2	2	2	1	5
Rarely or never	1	8	5	10	2	12
Not sure	3	1	0	1	--	1

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
At least once a day	70	87	54	72	19	2
Several times a week	16	6	27	11	7	7
Once a week	7	1	3	4	12	11
Several times a month	4	--	7	1	2	9
Once a month	1	--	7	3	3	20
Several times a year	1	1	1	2	16	17
Once a year	2	--	1	1	9	11
Rarely or never	--	2	1	5	28	14
Not sure	1	4	0	1	4	11

Table 3. Consequences of Disobedience to Faith

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
I will be punished in this life	19	27	15	18	17	19
I will be punished after I die	16	24	16	8	14	23
I will suffer both in this life and in the next	27	33	29	23	39	24
There will be no consequences	10	10	28	31	15	17
Not sure	26	6	12	21	16	18

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
I will be punished in this life	45	14	8	57	4	8
I will be punished after I die	34	15	14	7	10	14
I will suffer both in this life and in the next	17	67	76	18	18	21
There will be no consequences	1	--	1	13	40	25
Not sure	3	4	1	5	28	30

Table 4. Who In Family Has Taught You the Most about Religion?

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
Spouse	18	5	11	12	14	8
Children	2	1	3	4	4	3
Parents	41	61	58	54	49	25
Brothers/sisters	13	6	2	2	4	3
Grandparents	1	16	12	11	13	28
A cousin, uncle, aunt or other family member	10	3	2	4	6	10
No one	9	4	10	12	10	20
Not sure	5	3	2	1	2	3

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
Spouse	2	5	15	2	4	9
Children	--	1	10	1	3	5
Parents	81	66	40	82	58	45
Brothers/sisters	1	2	13	1	2	10
Grandparents	11	11	7	8	8	6
A cousin, uncle, aunt or other family member	1	1	10	1	4	8
No one	5	13	6	7	18	8
Not sure	1	1	--	1	3	8

Table 5. Who Outside Family Has Taught You the Most about Religion?

	India	Israel	Peru	Russia	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	USA
A religious leader in your community	18	11	20	12	11	44	39
Friends	10	13	30	24	42	27	28
A political figure	1	2	1	5	5	1	1
A person in the media	2	1	1	5	10	4	1
A non-religious historical figure	3	--	--	10	8	1	1
Teacher	47	40	35	5	16	6	12
Co-worker	4	1	9	11	9	6	2
*Other	5	8	1	--	--	1	13
No one	--	20	1	--	--	--	--
Not sure	11	4	5	28	1	10	4

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
A religious leader in your community	61	20	32	40	45	12
Friends	22	29	26	28	29	24
A political figure	1	1	0	1	0	5
A person in the media	1	1	2	0	1	5
A non-religious historical figure	1	--	0	2	0	10
Teacher	5	35	18	8	8	5
Co-worker	3	9	3	3	1	11
*Other	2	1	14	15	12	--
No one	--	1	--	--	--	--
Not sure	6	5	4	5	3	28

Table 6. Evaluating the True Path to God

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
My religion offers the one true path to God and success in the next life	65	23	15	16	41	24
Other religions which share beliefs similar to mine might also offer a path to God	7	45	18	16	23	26
My religion is but one of many paths to God and salvation; nearly all religious traditions also lead to God and salvation	7	21	63	61	31	41
Not sure	21	12	4	7	5	10

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
My religion offers the one true path to God and success in the next life	49	37	79	37	33	31
Other religions which share beliefs similar to mine might also offer a path to God	26	7	13	26	15	16
My religion is but one of many paths to God and salvation; nearly all religious traditions also lead to God and salvation	24	55	7	37	25	25
Not sure	1	1	1	0	27	29

Table 7. Considering the Equality of People of Other Religious Faiths

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
Yes	35	81	95	92	83	65
No	56	15	3	3	10	18
Not sure	10	4	2	6	7	17

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
Yes	84	73	29	79	69	52
No	12	15	71	17	24	28
Not sure	4	12	1	4	8	21

Table 8. Approval of Interfaith Marriage

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
Approve	8	73	86	86	63	34
Disapprove	82	17	9	6	29	23
Not sure	10	11	5	8	8	44

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
Approve	26	28	32	34	25	35
Disapprove	70	69	68	61	67	35
Not sure	3	3	0	5	8	31

Table 9. Religion as a Source of Trouble and Unrest

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
Agree	27	12	35	44	36	14
Disagree	59	81	63	50	58	64
Not sure	14	8	3	6	6	22

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
Agree	33	7	1	40	46	13
Disagree	65	90	99	55	44	52
Not sure	2	3	1	6	10	36

Table 10. Origin of Violence in Country

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
Part of religion	12	6	20	20	17	4
Violence is political	41	79	62	58	62	55
Not sure	47	15	18	23	22	41

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
Part of religion	16	5		25	26	2
Violence is political	75	80		67	56	35
Not sure	10	15		8	19	62

Table 11. Impact of a More Religious Society

	Christian
	Christian	Catholic		Protestant		Orthodox
	S. Korea	Peru	USA	USA mainstream	USA born-again	Russia
Greatly help	55	22	42	38	67	18
Somewhat help	22	62	37	38	25	41
Help	77	84	79	76	92	59
Somewhat harm	5	2	10	6	2	9
Greatly harm	6	--	5	6	1	3
Harm	11	2	15	12	3	12
Not sure	12	14	7	12	5	29

	Muslim			Hindu	Judaism	Buddhist
	India	Israel	Saudi Arabia	India	Israel	S. Korea
Greatly help	20	26	38	18	21	7
Somewhat help	36	63	54	43	30	32
Help	56	89	92	61	51	39
Somewhat harm	33	3	7	23	16	25
Greatly harm	7	6	1	9	15	15
Harm	40	9	8	32	31	40
Not sure	5	3	0	7	19	22

Last modified: Friday, 17-Oct-2003 13:24:01 EDT

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