Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q37D Q 37 How do you feel about the following... d. Physician-assisted suicide   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	611	36.2%	36.2%	-1.15
Almost always wrong	227	13.4%	49.6%	-.33
Only wrong sometimes	412	24.4%	74%	.49
Not wrong at all	440	26%	100%	1.31

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	31.5% 230	39.7% 381	36.2% 611
Almost always wrong	12.7% 93	14.0% 134	13.4% 227
Only wrong sometimes	26.2% 191	23.0% 221	24.4% 412
Not wrong at all	29.6% 216	23.3% 224	26.0% 440
TOTAL	100.0% 730	100.0% 960	1690

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.3% 526	59.0% 36	31.3% 31	35.9% 593
Almost always wrong	14.2% 211	3.3% 2	12.1% 12	13.6% 225
Only wrong sometimes	24.5% 366	16.4% 10	28.3% 28	24.5% 404
Not wrong at all	26.0% 388	21.3% 13	28.3% 28	26.0% 429
TOTAL	100.0% 1491	100.0% 61	100.0% 99	1651

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Always wrong	39.1% 147	43.9% 426	18.6% 24	4.3% 8	36.5% 605
Almost always wrong	18.1% 68	14.0% 136	9.3% 12	3.8% 7	13.4% 223
Only wrong sometimes	21.5% 81	23.6% 229	30.2% 39	32.1% 59	24.6% 408
Not wrong at all	21.3% 80	18.5% 179	41.9% 54	59.8% 110	25.5% 423
TOTAL	100.0% 376	100.0% 970	100.0% 129	100.0% 184	1659

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Always wrong	38.9% 51	33.1% 124	32.6% 241	43.8% 187	36.1% 603
Almost always wrong	13.0% 17	15.5% 58	13.8% 102	11.5% 49	13.5% 226
Only wrong sometimes	28.2% 37	23.7% 89	25.2% 186	22.0% 94	24.3% 406
Not wrong at all	19.8% 26	27.7% 104	28.4% 210	22.7% 97	26.1% 437
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 375	100.0% 739	100.0% 427	1672

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Always wrong	10.9% 39	22.2% 103	32.6% 63	60.1% 396	35.9% 601
Almost always wrong	6.2% 22	14.7% 68	18.1% 35	15.3% 101	13.5% 226
Only wrong sometimes	34.2% 122	27.9% 129	28.0% 54	15.9% 105	24.5% 410
Not wrong at all	48.7% 174	35.2% 163	21.2% 41	8.6% 57	26.0% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 357	100.0% 463	100.0% 193	100.0% 659	1672

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Always wrong	52.0% 426	17.4% 117	12.5% 3	29.8% 37	57.9% 22	36.1% 605
Almost always wrong	14.7% 120	12.2% 82	12.5% 3	12.1% 15	13.2% 5	13.4% 225
Only wrong sometimes	19.5% 160	30.7% 206	50.0% 12	22.6% 28	7.9% 3	24.4% 409
Not wrong at all	13.8% 113	39.7% 267	25.0% 6	35.5% 44	21.1% 8	26.1% 438
TOTAL	100.0% 819	100.0% 672	100.0% 24	100.0% 124	100.0% 38	1677

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	58.9% 33	53.6% 135	40.1% 163	31.6% 43	32.8% 135	22.6% 91	36.1% 600
Almost always wrong	5.4% 3	11.1% 28	14.5% 59	11.8% 16	14.6% 60	14.6% 59	13.5% 225
Only wrong sometimes	19.6% 11	17.9% 45	21.4% 87	23.5% 32	27.5% 113	28.8% 116	24.3% 404
Not wrong at all	16.1% 9	17.5% 44	23.9% 97	33.1% 45	25.1% 103	34.0% 137	26.1% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 252	100.0% 406	100.0% 136	100.0% 411	100.0% 403	1664

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Always wrong	31.6% 60	37.3% 385	24.6% 15	33.6% 79	42.5% 62	36.1% 601
Almost always wrong	11.6% 22	15.0% 155	4.9% 3	12.8% 30	10.3% 15	13.5% 225
Only wrong sometimes	26.8% 51	23.6% 244	27.9% 17	25.1% 59	21.9% 32	24.2% 403
Not wrong at all	30.0% 57	24.0% 248	42.6% 26	28.5% 67	25.3% 37	26.1% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1032	100.0% 61	100.0% 235	100.0% 146	1664

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.9% 97	43.7% 100	37.0% 111	31.0% 169	25.7% 84	35.3% 561
Almost always wrong	7.5% 14	14.0% 32	15.0% 45	15.8% 86	12.5% 41	13.7% 218
Only wrong sometimes	21.9% 41	23.6% 54	20.0% 60	26.4% 144	29.7% 97	24.9% 396
Not wrong at all	18.7% 35	18.8% 43	28.0% 84	26.9% 147	32.1% 105	26.1% 414
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 229	100.0% 300	100.0% 546	100.0% 327	1589