Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GUNLAWS (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q37j. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should enact stricter gun laws?   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree   8) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	308	19.1%	19.1%
Disagree	366	22.7%	41.8%
Agree	423	26.3%	68.1%
Strongly agree	420	26.1%	94.2%
Undecided	92	5.7%	99.9%
Missing	39	%	%

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
Strongly disagree	21.7% 58	21.7% 68	20.0% 67	16.8% 51	18.9% 39	13.7% 25	19.1% 308
Disagree	16.1% 43	26.1% 82	25.1% 84	23.4% 71	26.2% 54	18.0% 33	22.8% 367
Agree	31.8% 85	24.8% 78	23.6% 79	25.0% 76	22.8% 47	31.7% 58	26.3% 423
Strongly agree	25.1% 67	19.1% 60	25.7% 86	28.0% 85	29.1% 60	33.3% 61	26.0% 419
Undecided	5.2% 14	8.3% 26	5.7% 19	6.9% 21	2.9% 6	3.3% 6	5.7% 92
Missing	4	7	8	5	6	9	39
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 314	100.0% 335	100.0% 304	100.0% 206	100.0% 183	1609

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	13.2% 15	21.0% 95	21.2% 92	27.3% 45	15.4% 33	12.0% 24	4	19.2% 304
Disagree	22.8% 26	20.1% 91	25.8% 112	22.4% 37	23.4% 50	20.0% 40	9	22.5% 356
Agree	20.2% 23	24.7% 112	24.0% 104	32.7% 54	30.4% 65	29.5% 59	6	26.4% 417
Strongly agree	36.8% 42	26.9% 122	23.5% 102	15.2% 25	24.3% 52	34.5% 69	8	26.1% 412
Undecided	7.0% 8	7.3% 33	5.5% 24	2.4% 4	6.5% 14	4.0% 8	1	5.8% 91
Missing	11	12	7	3	2	1	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 453	100.0% 434	100.0% 165	100.0% 214	100.0% 200	28	1580

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	27.4% 208	11.8% 100	19.1% 308
Disagree	24.7% 187	21.0% 179	22.7% 366
Agree	22.2% 168	30.1% 256	26.4% 424
Strongly agree	22.2% 168	29.6% 252	26.1% 420
Undecided	3.6% 27	7.5% 64	5.7% 91
Missing	16	23	39
TOTAL	100.0% 758	100.0% 851	1609

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	27.1% 140	13.5% 10	15.9% 51	11.9% 41	17.5% 22	21.7% 39	5	19.4% 303
Disagree	27.5% 142	4.1% 3	24.7% 79	22.0% 76	19.0% 24	20.0% 36	6	23.0% 360
Agree	21.5% 111	24.3% 18	28.1% 90	33.3% 115	23.0% 29	23.9% 43	19	26.0% 406
Strongly agree	18.6% 96	51.4% 38	26.9% 86	26.1% 90	31.7% 40	30.0% 54	16	25.9% 404
Undecided	5.4% 28	6.8% 5	4.4% 14	6.7% 23	8.7% 11	4.4% 8	3	5.7% 89
Missing	10	3	10	8	1	0	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 517	100.0% 74	100.0% 320	100.0% 345	100.0% 126	100.0% 180	49	1562

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	12.3% 43	16.4% 62	22.6% 118	23.7% 85	19.1% 308
Disagree	18.1% 63	22.7% 86	24.1% 126	25.4% 91	22.7% 366
Agree	28.7% 100	29.0% 110	24.7% 129	23.5% 84	26.3% 423
Strongly agree	34.7% 121	23.2% 88	23.7% 124	24.3% 87	26.1% 420
Undecided	6.3% 22	8.7% 33	5.0% 26	3.1% 11	5.7% 92
Missing	10	6	11	12	39
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 379	100.0% 523	100.0% 358	1609

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
Strongly disagree	20.9% 102	15.4% 25	22.5% 38	16.0% 30	22.2% 22	18.5% 89	1	19.3% 306
Disagree	22.7% 111	25.3% 41	21.9% 37	17.0% 32	18.2% 18	25.9% 125	3	22.9% 364
Agree	23.1% 113	27.2% 44	30.8% 52	28.7% 54	31.3% 31	25.3% 122	6	26.2% 416
Strongly agree	27.8% 136	27.2% 44	18.9% 32	30.3% 57	23.2% 23	24.7% 119	9	25.9% 411
Undecided	5.5% 27	4.9% 8	5.9% 10	8.0% 15	5.1% 5	5.6% 27	0	5.8% 92
Missing	13	5	4	3	0	11	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 162	100.0% 169	100.0% 188	100.0% 99	100.0% 482	19	1589