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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of three student populations

From: Different evolution acceptance instruments lead to different research findings

 

Arizona (n = 742)

Colorado (n = 102)

Utah (n = 79)

Politics

 Republican

16.0%

15.7%

57.0%

 Other affiliation

84.0%

76.5%

33.0%

Race/ethnicity

 Black/African Am.

3.9%

3.9%

0%

 Hispanic

22.4%

14.7%

1.3%

 Asian

15.0%

2.0%

.0%

 White

52.3%

69.8%

86.1%

 Other race/ethnicity

6.5%

17.6%

8.9%

Gender

 Male

35.1%

26.7%

36.7%

 Female

62.9%

73.3%

60.8%

Religion

 Mormon/LDS

1.8%

1.0%

92.2%

 Protestant

21.0%

33.3%

.0%

 Catholic

24.7%

21.6%

.0%

 Other religion

9.6%

4.9%

.0%

 No religion

42.2%

33.3%

7.6%

Religiosity on scale of 1–10: Mean (SD)

4.45 (3.59)

4.74 (3.27)

7.85 (3.29)