Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GOD (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q19. Which one statement comes closest to your personal beliefs about God? (Please mark only one box.)   1) I have no doubts that God exists   2) I believe in God, but with some doubts   3) I sometimes believe in God   4) I believe in a higher power or cosmic force   5) I don't know and there is no way to find out   6) I am an atheist   7) I have no opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I have no doubts that God exists	1022	63.4%	63.4%
I believe in God, but with some doubts	188	11.7%	75.1%
I sometimes believe in God	30	1.9%	77%
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	185	11.5%	88.5%
I don't know and there is no way to find out	96	6%	94.5%
I am an atheist	68	4.2%	98.7%
I have no opinion	22	1.4%	100.1%
Missing	37	%	%

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
I have no doubts that God exists	55.0% 143	58.5% 186	69.9% 235	61.8% 188	68.9% 142	68.8% 128	63.5% 1022
I believe in God, but with some doubts	15.8% 41	13.5% 43	8.0% 27	10.9% 33	10.2% 21	11.8% 22	11.6% 187
I sometimes believe in God	3.5% 9	0.9% 3	2.4% 8	2.0% 6	0.5% 1	1.6% 3	1.9% 30
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	15.0% 39	11.3% 36	11.0% 37	13.5% 41	9.2% 19	7.5% 14	11.6% 186
I don't know and there is no way to find out	4.2% 11	8.2% 26	4.2% 14	6.6% 20	7.3% 15	5.9% 11	6.0% 97
I am an atheist	5.4% 14	5.7% 18	3.9% 13	4.3% 13	2.4% 5	2.2% 4	4.2% 67
I have no opinion	1.2% 3	1.9% 6	0.6% 2	1.0% 3	1.5% 3	2.2% 4	1.3% 21
Missing	11	2	7	6	5	5	36
TOTAL	100.0% 260	100.0% 318	100.0% 336	100.0% 304	100.0% 206	100.0% 186	1610

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
I have no doubts that God exists	69.2% 83	70.5% 318	64.8% 280	68.7% 114	58.4% 125	44.0% 88	14	63.7% 1008
I believe in God, but with some doubts	10.8% 13	11.8% 53	13.2% 57	9.0% 15	9.3% 20	14.0% 28	3	11.7% 186
I sometimes believe in God	1.7% 2	2.4% 11	1.4% 6	0.6% 1	2.3% 5	1.0% 2	3	1.7% 27
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	5.0% 6	6.0% 27	11.1% 48	13.9% 23	13.6% 29	22.5% 45	7	11.2% 178
I don't know and there is no way to find out	4.2% 5	4.4% 20	5.1% 22	4.8% 8	7.5% 16	12.0% 24	0	6.0% 95
I am an atheist	2.5% 3	3.3% 15	3.9% 17	3.0% 5	7.9% 17	5.5% 11	0	4.3% 68
I have no opinion	6.7% 8	1.6% 7	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.0% 2	2	1.3% 21
Missing	7	12	10	1	3	1	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 451	100.0% 432	100.0% 166	100.0% 214	100.0% 200	29	1583

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
I have no doubts that God exists	56.7% 430	69.4% 592	63.4% 1022
I believe in God, but with some doubts	14.0% 106	9.6% 82	11.7% 188
I sometimes believe in God	1.8% 14	1.9% 16	1.9% 30
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	11.5% 87	11.5% 98	11.5% 185
I don't know and there is no way to find out	8.3% 63	3.9% 33	6.0% 96
I am an atheist	6.1% 46	2.7% 23	4.3% 69
I have no opinion	1.7% 13	1.1% 9	1.4% 22
Missing	16	20	36
TOTAL	100.0% 759	100.0% 853	1612

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
I have no doubts that God exists	83.8% 430	94.5% 69	57.6% 185	69.7% 241	45.2% 57	9.1% 16	23	64.2% 998
I believe in God, but with some doubts	7.8% 40	2.7% 2	20.2% 65	14.2% 49	9.5% 12	6.3% 11	8	11.5% 179
I sometimes believe in God	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	2.8% 9	3.8% 13	1.6% 2	0.6% 1	0	1.9% 29
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	4.5% 23	1.4% 1	12.1% 39	7.5% 26	26.2% 33	27.8% 49	16	11.0% 171
I don't know and there is no way to find out	2.1% 11	1.4% 1	5.0% 16	3.5% 12	11.9% 15	21.6% 38	3	6.0% 93
I am an atheist	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.3% 1	4.8% 6	30.1% 53	2	4.2% 66
I have no opinion	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.2% 4	0.8% 1	4.5% 8	3	1.2% 19
Missing	13	4	8	6	0	3	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 513	100.0% 73	100.0% 321	100.0% 346	100.0% 126	100.0% 176	55	1555

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
I have no doubts that God exists	52.4% 184	66.0% 250	75.7% 390	54.0% 198	63.4% 1022
I believe in God, but with some doubts	16.0% 56	14.8% 56	6.8% 35	11.2% 41	11.7% 188
I sometimes believe in God	3.4% 12	2.1% 8	1.0% 5	1.4% 5	1.9% 30
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	14.0% 49	9.8% 37	8.5% 44	15.3% 56	11.5% 186
I don't know and there is no way to find out	8.8% 31	4.7% 18	3.1% 16	8.4% 31	6.0% 96
I am an atheist	3.4% 12	1.8% 7	4.1% 21	7.6% 28	4.2% 68
I have no opinion	2.0% 7	0.8% 3	0.8% 4	2.2% 8	1.4% 22
Missing	7	6	19	4	36
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 379	100.0% 515	100.0% 367	1612

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
I have no doubts that God exists	30.3% 148	49.4% 80	69.9% 121	75.8% 141	73.0% 73	92.7% 446	13	63.4% 1009
I believe in God, but with some doubts	13.3% 65	20.4% 33	12.7% 22	14.5% 27	16.0% 16	4.8% 23	3	11.7% 186
I sometimes believe in God	2.9% 14	3.1% 5	2.9% 5	2.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	1.9% 30
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	22.5% 110	16.0% 26	11.6% 20	4.8% 9	11.0% 11	1.5% 7	2	11.5% 183
I don't know and there is no way to find out	14.3% 70	9.3% 15	2.3% 4	2.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0	6.0% 96
I am an atheist	13.3% 65	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	4.1% 66
I have no opinion	3.5% 17	1.2% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	1.3% 21
Missing	13	4	1	5	0	12	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 162	100.0% 173	100.0% 186	100.0% 100	100.0% 481	20	1591