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Table 6 Proportion (percentage) of the different religions, stated by level 1 evolution accepters and rejecters 1991–1995 (from Downie and Barron 2000), 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 combined; and by level 4 high and low evolution students: 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 combined

From: Evolution and Religion: Attitudes of Scottish Bioscience Students to the Teaching of Evolutionary Biology

 

Level 1

Level 4

Religion

Accepters

Rejecters

High

Low

1991–1995 (n = 500)

2008–2010 (n = 161)

1991–1995 (n = 114)

2008–2010 (n = 58)

(n = 33)

(n = 40)

Judaism

0.5

2

1

0

3

3

Islam

3

7

18

19

6

10

All Christianity

94

84

80

80

91

85

Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu

2.5

7

1

1

0

3