Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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POSSESS (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q27c. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about evil in the world: It is possible for people to be possessed by the Devil/demons   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree   8) Undecided

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	241	15%	15%
Disagree	261	16.3%	31.3%
Agree	513	32%	63.3%
Strongly agree	342	21.3%	84.6%
Undecided	245	15.3%	99.9%
Missing	45

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Religion Region Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-39 years old	40-49 years old	50-59 years old	60-69 years old	70 years and older	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	14.6% 38	18.1% 57	12.8% 43	16.2% 50	14.2% 29	13.8% 25	15.1% 242
Disagree	15.8% 41	19.0% 60	16.0% 54	15.3% 47	14.7% 30	16.0% 29	16.3% 261
Agree	29.2% 76	29.2% 92	35.0% 118	31.8% 98	32.4% 66	34.8% 63	32.0% 513
Strongly agree	26.5% 69	23.2% 73	19.6% 66	21.1% 65	22.1% 45	13.3% 24	21.3% 342
Undecided	13.8% 36	10.5% 33	16.6% 56	15.6% 48	16.7% 34	22.1% 40	15.4% 247
TOTAL	100.0% 260	100.0% 315	100.0% 337	100.0% 308	100.0% 204	100.0% 181	1605

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.7% 8	12.2% 55	12.0% 52	11.7% 19	19.8% 42	30.7% 61	15.1% 237
Disagree	12.6% 15	15.3% 69	14.4% 62	20.4% 33	17.5% 37	17.6% 35	15.9% 251
Agree	37.0% 44	31.6% 142	34.3% 148	33.3% 54	32.1% 68	26.6% 53	32.3% 509
Strongly agree	26.1% 31	24.0% 108	23.8% 103	21.6% 35	14.6% 31	14.6% 29	21.4% 337
Undecided	17.6% 21	16.9% 76	15.5% 67	13.0% 21	16.0% 34	10.6% 21	15.2% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 450	100.0% 432	100.0% 162	100.0% 212	100.0% 199	1574

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	18.1% 137	12.4% 105	15.1% 242
Disagree	16.3% 124	16.3% 138	16.3% 262
Agree	30.0% 228	33.7% 285	32.0% 513
Strongly agree	20.0% 152	22.5% 190	21.3% 342
Undecided	15.5% 118	15.0% 127	15.3% 245
TOTAL	100.0% 759	100.0% 845	1604

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.5% 34	5.4% 4	14.4% 45	6.8% 23	31.5% 39	48.6% 87	15.0% 232
Disagree	9.6% 50	10.8% 8	22.7% 71	19.4% 66	19.4% 24	17.9% 32	16.2% 251
Agree	37.3% 194	21.6% 16	33.5% 105	37.4% 127	25.8% 32	15.6% 28	32.4% 502
Strongly agree	35.4% 184	51.4% 38	10.5% 33	15.9% 54	10.5% 13	3.9% 7	21.2% 329
Undecided	11.2% 58	10.8% 8	18.8% 59	20.6% 70	12.9% 16	14.0% 25	15.2% 236
TOTAL	100.0% 520	100.0% 74	100.0% 313	100.0% 340	100.0% 124	100.0% 179	1550

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	17.0% 59	12.9% 48	10.9% 57	21.4% 77	15.0% 241
Disagree	23.3% 81	15.6% 58	12.2% 64	16.1% 58	16.3% 261
Agree	28.0% 97	32.8% 122	35.4% 185	30.3% 109	32.0% 513
Strongly agree	18.2% 63	20.2% 75	27.2% 142	17.2% 62	21.3% 342
Undecided	13.5% 47	18.5% 69	14.3% 75	15.0% 54	15.3% 245
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 372	100.0% 523	100.0% 360	1602

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	Once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	About weekly	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	30.3% 150	17.3% 28	10.8% 18	10.3% 19	7.1% 7	2.9% 14	14.9% 236
Disagree	20.6% 102	24.1% 39	21.0% 35	17.9% 33	11.1% 11	8.6% 41	16.5% 261
Agree	24.6% 122	31.5% 51	35.9% 60	29.3% 54	45.5% 45	37.4% 178	32.2% 510
Strongly agree	6.9% 34	8.0% 13	19.2% 32	21.7% 40	21.2% 21	40.5% 193	21.0% 333
Undecided	17.6% 87	19.1% 31	13.2% 22	20.7% 38	15.2% 15	10.5% 50	15.4% 243
TOTAL	100.0% 495	100.0% 162	100.0% 167	100.0% 184	100.0% 99	100.0% 476	1583