Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q36D Q36 How do you feel about the following marriage and family related issues... d. The adoption of a child by a gay couple   1) Always wrong   2) Almost always wrong   3) Only wrong sometimes   4) Not wrong at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	645	38.5%	38.5%	-1.12
Almost always wrong	187	11.2%	49.7%	-.36
Only wrong sometimes	255	15.2%	64.9%	.4
Not wrong at all	588	35.1%	100%	1.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Religion Age Church attendance Political ideology Education Marital status Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	40.2% 292	37.2% 353	38.5% 645
Almost always wrong	11.0% 80	11.3% 107	11.2% 187
Only wrong sometimes	17.4% 126	13.6% 129	15.2% 255
Not wrong at all	31.4% 228	37.9% 360	35.1% 588
TOTAL	100.0% 726	100.0% 949	1675

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	38.3% 565	50.0% 31	32.0% 31	38.3% 627
Almost always wrong	11.5% 170	6.5% 4	9.3% 9	11.2% 183
Only wrong sometimes	15.3% 226	4.8% 3	17.5% 17	15.0% 246
Not wrong at all	34.9% 516	38.7% 24	41.2% 40	35.5% 580
TOTAL	100.0% 1477	100.0% 62	100.0% 97	1636

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.1% 112	50.1% 482	24.4% 31	7.7% 14	38.9% 639
Almost always wrong	13.4% 50	12.8% 123	4.7% 6	2.7% 5	11.2% 184
Only wrong sometimes	22.3% 83	13.5% 130	11.8% 15	12.6% 23	15.3% 251
Not wrong at all	34.1% 127	23.6% 227	59.1% 75	77.0% 141	34.7% 570
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 962	100.0% 127	100.0% 183	1644

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Always wrong	31.8% 41	33.6% 125	35.8% 263	49.3% 208	38.4% 637
Almost always wrong	7.0% 9	9.1% 34	12.3% 90	12.3% 52	11.2% 185
Only wrong sometimes	11.6% 15	17.5% 65	14.4% 106	15.4% 65	15.1% 251
Not wrong at all	49.6% 64	39.8% 148	37.5% 275	23.0% 97	35.2% 584
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 372	100.0% 734	100.0% 422	1657

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Always wrong	17.8% 63	28.6% 132	40.5% 77	56.1% 365	38.5% 637
Almost always wrong	5.4% 19	11.1% 51	13.2% 25	13.8% 90	11.2% 185
Only wrong sometimes	13.8% 49	19.7% 91	17.4% 33	12.3% 80	15.3% 253
Not wrong at all	63.0% 223	40.6% 187	28.9% 55	17.8% 116	35.1% 581
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 461	100.0% 190	100.0% 651	1656

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Always wrong	58.6% 474	17.7% 118	8.3% 2	26.6% 33	34.2% 13	38.5% 640
Almost always wrong	13.3% 108	8.4% 56	4.2% 1	12.1% 15	15.8% 6	11.2% 186
Only wrong sometimes	12.7% 103	16.8% 112	33.3% 8	19.4% 24	15.8% 6	15.2% 253
Not wrong at all	15.3% 124	57.1% 381	54.2% 13	41.9% 52	34.2% 13	35.1% 583
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 667	100.0% 24	100.0% 124	100.0% 38	1662

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	50.0% 28	53.8% 134	42.4% 170	48.9% 66	36.6% 149	21.6% 87	38.4% 634
Almost always wrong	12.5% 7	10.4% 26	13.0% 52	8.9% 12	11.5% 47	10.2% 41	11.2% 185
Only wrong sometimes	14.3% 8	14.9% 37	12.7% 51	15.6% 21	16.5% 67	15.7% 63	15.0% 247
Not wrong at all	23.2% 13	20.9% 52	31.9% 128	26.7% 36	35.4% 144	52.5% 211	35.4% 584
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 249	100.0% 401	100.0% 135	100.0% 407	100.0% 402	1650

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Always wrong	25.9% 49	41.2% 421	23.0% 14	35.6% 84	46.5% 66	38.4% 634
Almost always wrong	8.5% 16	12.7% 130	1.6% 1	7.2% 17	14.8% 21	11.2% 185
Only wrong sometimes	15.9% 30	14.8% 151	9.8% 6	15.3% 36	16.9% 24	15.0% 247
Not wrong at all	49.7% 94	31.3% 320	65.6% 40	41.9% 99	21.8% 31	35.4% 584
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 1022	100.0% 61	100.0% 236	100.0% 142	1650

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Always wrong	53.2% 99	46.4% 104	37.2% 111	34.4% 186	27.7% 91	37.5% 591
Almost always wrong	9.1% 17	10.3% 23	12.8% 38	10.9% 59	12.8% 42	11.4% 179
Only wrong sometimes	11.8% 22	17.0% 38	13.8% 41	15.7% 85	14.9% 49	14.9% 235
Not wrong at all	25.8% 48	26.3% 59	36.2% 108	38.9% 210	44.5% 146	36.2% 571
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 224	100.0% 298	100.0% 540	100.0% 328	1576