Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q42A Q42 How important is it to do the following.. in order to be a good person; a. Actively seek social and economic justice   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	670	40.3%	40.3%	-.98
Somewhat important	703	42.2%	82.5%	.2
Not very important	196	11.8%	94.3%	1.38
Not at all important	95	5.7%	100%	2.56

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	39.6% 288	40.8% 382	40.3% 670
Somewhat important	42.0% 306	42.4% 397	42.2% 703
Not very important	13.3% 97	10.6% 99	11.8% 196
Not at all important	5.1% 37	6.2% 58	5.7% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 728	100.0% 936	1664

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	40.0% 587	54.8% 34	37.0% 37	40.4% 658
Somewhat important	42.2% 619	30.6% 19	49.0% 49	42.2% 687
Not very important	12.2% 179	4.8% 3	8.0% 8	11.7% 190
Not at all important	5.6% 82	9.7% 6	6.0% 6	5.8% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 1467	100.0% 62	100.0% 100	1629

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	38.4% 142	36.9% 352	52.7% 68	51.1% 93	40.1% 655
Somewhat important	44.9% 166	44.1% 421	37.2% 48	31.9% 58	42.4% 693
Not very important	11.9% 44	13.2% 126	6.2% 8	8.8% 16	11.9% 194
Not at all important	4.9% 18	5.8% 55	3.9% 5	8.2% 15	5.7% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 370	100.0% 954	100.0% 129	100.0% 182	1635

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	36.4% 47	27.7% 103	40.1% 295	53.4% 220	40.4% 665
Somewhat important	46.5% 60	47.8% 178	42.0% 309	35.9% 148	42.2% 695
Not very important	12.4% 16	16.9% 63	12.1% 89	6.6% 27	11.8% 195
Not at all important	4.7% 6	7.5% 28	5.7% 42	4.1% 17	5.6% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 372	100.0% 735	100.0% 412	1648

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very important	44.9% 159	38.9% 179	36.0% 68	39.6% 255	40.1% 661
Somewhat important	35.6% 126	46.1% 212	43.9% 83	43.2% 278	42.4% 699
Not very important	12.1% 43	10.4% 48	16.9% 32	11.2% 72	11.8% 195
Not at all important	7.3% 26	4.6% 21	3.2% 6	6.1% 39	5.6% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 460	100.0% 189	100.0% 644	1647

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	29.8% 241	51.3% 344	39.1% 9	48.8% 60	40.6% 13	40.3% 667
Somewhat important	45.9% 371	38.1% 255	52.2% 12	37.4% 46	46.9% 15	42.2% 699
Not very important	16.5% 133	7.5% 50	0.0% 0	8.1% 10	6.3% 2	11.8% 195
Not at all important	7.8% 63	3.1% 21	8.7% 2	5.7% 7	6.3% 2	5.7% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 808	100.0% 670	100.0% 23	100.0% 123	100.0% 32	1656

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very important	42.6% 23	45.3% 110	38.5% 155	34.1% 46	33.5% 136	47.9% 192	40.3% 662
Somewhat important	42.6% 23	40.7% 99	40.9% 165	45.2% 61	47.8% 194	37.9% 152	42.3% 694
Not very important	9.3% 5	7.8% 19	12.2% 49	14.1% 19	12.8% 52	12.0% 48	11.7% 192
Not at all important	5.6% 3	6.2% 15	8.4% 34	6.7% 9	5.9% 24	2.2% 9	5.7% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 243	100.0% 403	100.0% 135	100.0% 406	100.0% 401	1642

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	45.0% 85	37.5% 381	50.8% 30	41.4% 98	47.9% 67	40.3% 661
Somewhat important	36.0% 68	44.2% 450	35.6% 21	43.0% 102	37.9% 53	42.3% 694
Not very important	13.2% 25	12.5% 127	10.2% 6	9.3% 22	9.3% 13	11.8% 193
Not at all important	5.8% 11	5.8% 59	3.4% 2	6.3% 15	5.0% 7	5.7% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 1017	100.0% 59	100.0% 237	100.0% 140	1642

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very important	45.1% 83	44.5% 101	43.7% 129	34.8% 188	40.5% 132	40.3% 633
Somewhat important	40.2% 74	41.4% 94	39.7% 117	44.8% 242	42.3% 138	42.3% 665
Not very important	10.3% 19	7.9% 18	9.2% 27	15.0% 81	12.3% 40	11.8% 185
Not at all important	4.3% 8	6.2% 14	7.5% 22	5.4% 29	4.9% 16	5.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 227	100.0% 295	100.0% 540	100.0% 326	1572