Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q37A Q37 How do you feel about the following... a. The consumption of alcohol   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	139	8.2%	8.2%	-2.44
Almost always wrong	132	7.8%	16%	-1.32
Only wrong sometimes	709	41.9%	58%	-.2
Not wrong at all	711	42%	100%	.92

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	6.8% 50	9.3% 89	8.2% 139
Almost always wrong	6.6% 48	8.8% 84	7.8% 132
Only wrong sometimes	40.8% 299	42.8% 410	41.9% 709
Not wrong at all	45.8% 335	39.2% 376	42.0% 711
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 959	1691

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	7.7% 114	22.6% 14	6.9% 7	8.2% 135
Almost always wrong	7.7% 115	8.1% 5	11.8% 12	8.0% 132
Only wrong sometimes	41.9% 623	25.8% 16	50.0% 51	41.8% 690
Not wrong at all	42.7% 635	43.5% 27	31.4% 32	42.0% 694
TOTAL	100.0% 1487	100.0% 62	100.0% 102	1651

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Always wrong	1.9% 7	11.3% 110	14.0% 18	1.6% 3	8.3% 138
Almost always wrong	4.2% 16	10.1% 98	7.8% 10	3.3% 6	7.8% 130
Only wrong sometimes	36.3% 137	43.5% 422	45.7% 59	40.2% 74	41.7% 692
Not wrong at all	57.6% 217	35.1% 340	32.6% 42	54.9% 101	42.2% 700
TOTAL	100.0% 377	100.0% 970	100.0% 129	100.0% 184	1660

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Always wrong	9.2% 12	4.6% 17	5.8% 43	14.4% 62	8.0% 134
Almost always wrong	4.6% 6	4.6% 17	8.1% 60	10.9% 47	7.8% 130
Only wrong sometimes	42.0% 55	41.0% 152	41.6% 308	44.0% 189	42.1% 704
Not wrong at all	44.3% 58	49.9% 185	44.5% 330	30.7% 132	42.1% 705
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 371	100.0% 741	100.0% 430	1673

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Always wrong	3.4% 12	2.8% 13	5.7% 11	15.3% 101	8.2% 137
Almost always wrong	4.8% 17	4.3% 20	6.7% 13	12.0% 79	7.7% 129
Only wrong sometimes	40.8% 145	44.3% 206	43.5% 84	40.2% 265	41.8% 700
Not wrong at all	51.0% 181	48.6% 226	44.0% 85	32.6% 215	42.3% 707
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 465	100.0% 193	100.0% 660	1673

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Always wrong	10.4% 85	5.8% 39	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	13.5% 5	8.0% 134
Almost always wrong	10.2% 84	4.9% 33	0.0% 0	9.7% 12	5.4% 2	7.8% 131
Only wrong sometimes	41.7% 342	41.4% 278	66.7% 16	41.1% 51	51.4% 19	42.1% 706
Not wrong at all	37.7% 309	47.9% 322	33.3% 8	45.2% 56	29.7% 11	42.1% 706
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 672	100.0% 24	100.0% 124	100.0% 37	1677

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	36.2% 21	17.9% 45	6.6% 27	8.8% 12	5.1% 21	2.5% 10	8.2% 136
Almost always wrong	15.5% 9	12.0% 30	9.3% 38	5.1% 7	6.8% 28	5.0% 20	7.9% 132
Only wrong sometimes	27.6% 16	37.8% 95	42.3% 172	42.6% 58	42.9% 176	45.2% 182	42.0% 699
Not wrong at all	20.7% 12	32.3% 81	41.8% 170	43.4% 59	45.1% 185	47.4% 191	41.9% 698
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 251	100.0% 407	100.0% 136	100.0% 410	100.0% 403	1665

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Always wrong	6.9% 13	7.3% 75	5.0% 3	9.7% 23	14.9% 22	8.2% 136
Almost always wrong	5.3% 10	8.2% 85	8.3% 5	6.3% 15	11.5% 17	7.9% 132
Only wrong sometimes	43.9% 83	42.0% 433	35.0% 21	40.9% 97	43.9% 65	42.0% 699
Not wrong at all	43.9% 83	42.5% 438	51.7% 31	43.0% 102	29.7% 44	41.9% 698
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 1031	100.0% 60	100.0% 237	100.0% 148	1665

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Always wrong	20.6% 39	13.1% 30	7.3% 22	4.1% 22	2.7% 9	7.7% 122
Almost always wrong	14.3% 27	11.8% 27	8.0% 24	6.8% 37	3.6% 12	8.0% 127
Only wrong sometimes	37.6% 71	46.7% 107	42.0% 126	44.4% 241	39.4% 130	42.4% 675
Not wrong at all	27.5% 52	28.4% 65	42.7% 128	44.8% 243	54.2% 179	41.9% 667
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 229	100.0% 300	100.0% 543	100.0% 330	1591