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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2011 Sep 10;90(1):181–208. doi: 10.1093/sf/90.1.181

Table 1.

Percent with Religious Characteristics by Educational Attainment

Overall Ever
attended
four-year
college		 Never
attended
four-year
college
No longer believes in personal God 25.4 23.2 29.1
No longer believes in miracles 23.5 23.4 23.6
Has increased doubts about religion 27.0 29.7 21.5
No longer believes it is OK to convert others 34.4 32.3 38.3
No longer believes it is not OK to pick and choose religious beliefs 42.8 41.8 44.3
No longer believes only one religion is true 34.3 32.9 36.9
Has become more “spiritual but not religious” 33.1 32.0 35.0

Note: Percentages are column percentages.