Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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SEEKJUST (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q35a. How important is it to do the following if one wishes to be a good person? Actively seek social and economic justice   1) Not important   2) Not very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Very important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Not important	97	6.1%	6.1%
Not very important	194	12.2%	18.3%
Somewhat important	664	41.8%	60.1%
Very important	633	39.9%	100%
Missing	60	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Religion Region Church 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
Not important	5.0% 13	9.8% 31	3.9% 13	7.6% 23	5.5% 11	3.9% 7	6.2% 98
Not very important	10.7% 28	13.7% 43	17.7% 59	11.6% 35	9.5% 19	5.6% 10	12.2% 194
Somewhat important	41.8% 109	42.9% 135	47.4% 158	40.1% 121	40.5% 81	33.7% 60	41.8% 664
Very important	42.5% 111	33.7% 106	30.9% 103	40.7% 123	44.5% 89	56.7% 101	39.8% 633
Missing	12	5	10	8	12	13	60
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 315	100.0% 333	100.0% 302	100.0% 200	100.0% 178	1589

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	7.0% 8	7.4% 33	6.3% 27	7.7% 12	3.7% 8	3.0% 6	2	6.0% 94
Not very important	14.0% 16	13.9% 62	14.2% 61	10.9% 17	9.8% 21	6.5% 13	4	12.2% 190
Somewhat important	43.0% 49	42.2% 188	39.5% 170	47.4% 74	48.4% 104	35.8% 72	7	42.1% 657
Very important	36.0% 41	36.5% 163	40.0% 172	34.0% 53	38.1% 82	54.7% 110	13	39.8% 621
Missing	12	19	11	11	2	1	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 446	100.0% 430	100.0% 156	100.0% 215	100.0% 201	26	1562

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not important	5.4% 40	6.7% 56	6.1% 96
Not very important	13.9% 104	10.7% 90	12.2% 194
Somewhat important	41.1% 307	42.6% 357	41.9% 664
Very important	39.6% 296	40.0% 336	39.8% 632
Missing	28	33	61
TOTAL	100.0% 747	100.0% 839	1586

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	9.4% 48	2.8% 2	3.2% 10	5.0% 17	5.7% 7	5.1% 9	4	6.1% 93
Not very important	16.4% 84	9.9% 7	11.5% 36	11.2% 38	9.8% 12	4.5% 8	8	12.0% 185
Somewhat important	39.9% 204	43.7% 31	42.4% 133	46.2% 157	41.0% 50	41.0% 73	17	42.2% 648
Very important	34.2% 175	43.7% 31	43.0% 135	37.6% 128	43.4% 53	49.4% 88	22	39.7% 610
Missing	16	5	16	12	5	2	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 511	100.0% 71	100.0% 314	100.0% 340	100.0% 122	100.0% 178	51	1536

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not important	4.3% 15	3.5% 13	7.5% 39	8.5% 30	6.1% 97
Not very important	12.6% 44	10.8% 40	13.0% 67	12.5% 44	12.3% 195
Somewhat important	36.7% 128	48.0% 177	40.8% 211	41.6% 147	41.8% 663
Very important	46.4% 162	37.7% 139	38.7% 200	37.4% 132	39.9% 633
Missing	10	17	17	17	61
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 369	100.0% 517	100.0% 353	1588

Church 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	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	6.8% 33	4.9% 8	4.9% 8	2.7% 5	6.3% 6	7.6% 36	0	6.1% 96
Not very important	12.7% 62	12.3% 20	12.2% 20	14.2% 26	14.7% 14	10.8% 51	1	12.3% 193
Somewhat important	43.0% 210	44.2% 72	43.3% 71	45.4% 83	44.2% 42	37.6% 178	9	41.9% 656
Very important	37.5% 183	38.7% 63	39.6% 65	37.7% 69	34.7% 33	44.1% 209	10	39.7% 622
Missing	14	5	9	8	4	18	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 488	100.0% 163	100.0% 164	100.0% 183	100.0% 95	100.0% 474	20	1567