[Phys-L] Re: Are Prisoners More Religious? (was: god friendly science)

[Richard Tarara <rbtarara@SPRYNET.COM>]

Such statistics are pretty much useless in determining how 'religious'
individuals really are.  Very few people will list atheist but very many
people who would list a religious affiliation either don't really believe
in god or fundamentally ignore the teachings of 'their' religion.  So I'm
not sure that you can draw anything meaningful from the below.

Rick

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> [Original Message]
> From: Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>
>
> > The Federal Bureau of Prisons does have statistics on religious
> > affiliations of inmates.  The following are total number of
> > inmates per religion category:
> >
> > Response              Number      %
> > ----------------------------  --------
> > Catholic               29267   39.164%
> > Protestant             26162   35.008%
> > Muslim                  5435    7.273%
> > American Indian         2408    3.222%
> > Nation                  1734    2.320%
> > Rasta                   1485    1.987%
> > Jewish                  1325    1.773%
> > Church of Christ        1303    1.744%
> > Pentecostal             1093    1.463%
> > Moorish                 1066    1.426%
> > Buddhist                 882    1.180%
> > Jehovah Witness          665    0.890%
> > Adventist                621    0.831%
> > Orthodox                 375    0.502%
> > Mormon                   298    0.399%
> > Scientology              190    0.254%
> > Atheist                  156    0.209%
> > Hindu                    119    0.159%
> > Santeria                 117    0.157%
> > Sikh                      14    0.019%
> > Bahai                      9    0.012%
> > Krishna                    7    0.009%
> > ----------------------------  --------
> > Total Known Responses  74731  100.001% (rounding to 3 digits does this)
> >
> >
> > Unknown/No Answer      18381
> > ----------------------------
> > Total Convicted        93112  80.259% (74731) prisoners' religion is
known.
> > Held in Custody         3856  (not surveyed due to temporary custody)
> > ----------------------------
> > Total In Prisons       96968
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