Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q42C Q42 How important is it to do the following.. in order to be a good person; c. Teach others your morals   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	399	23.8%	23.8%	-1.32
Somewhat important	612	36.6%	60.4%	-.3
Not very important	421	25.2%	85.6%	.71
Not at all important	241	14.4%	100%	1.72

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	20.7% 151	26.2% 248	23.8% 399
Somewhat important	38.0% 277	35.4% 335	36.6% 612
Not very important	26.8% 195	23.9% 226	25.2% 421
Not at all important	14.4% 105	14.4% 136	14.4% 241
TOTAL	100.0% 728	100.0% 945	1673

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	23.9% 353	33.9% 20	19.8% 20	24.0% 393
Somewhat important	36.3% 536	39.0% 23	38.6% 39	36.6% 598
Not very important	25.3% 373	16.9% 10	23.8% 24	24.9% 407
Not at all important	14.4% 213	10.2% 6	17.8% 18	14.5% 237
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 59	100.0% 101	1635

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	21.9% 82	28.9% 276	19.4% 25	4.9% 9	23.9% 392
Somewhat important	39.7% 149	38.4% 367	34.9% 45	23.5% 43	36.8% 604
Not very important	27.7% 104	22.4% 214	29.5% 38	32.8% 60	25.3% 416
Not at all important	10.7% 40	10.3% 98	16.3% 21	38.8% 71	14.0% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 955	100.0% 129	100.0% 183	1642

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	22.0% 28	24.2% 91	22.2% 163	27.0% 114	23.9% 396
Somewhat important	42.5% 54	35.6% 134	35.7% 262	36.3% 153	36.4% 603
Not very important	22.0% 28	25.5% 96	26.7% 196	23.9% 101	25.4% 421
Not at all important	13.4% 17	14.6% 55	15.3% 112	12.8% 54	14.4% 238
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 376	100.0% 733	100.0% 422	1658

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very important	10.4% 37	17.8% 82	24.2% 46	35.1% 228	23.7% 393
Somewhat important	26.8% 95	38.8% 179	42.1% 80	39.0% 253	36.7% 607
Not very important	29.0% 103	31.5% 145	25.8% 49	18.5% 120	25.2% 417
Not at all important	33.8% 120	11.9% 55	7.9% 15	7.4% 48	14.4% 238
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 461	100.0% 190	100.0% 649	1655

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	31.2% 254	15.5% 104	8.3% 2	21.1% 26	29.4% 10	23.8% 396
Somewhat important	39.3% 320	32.4% 217	29.2% 7	38.2% 47	47.1% 16	36.5% 607
Not very important	19.0% 155	32.6% 218	41.7% 10	26.0% 32	14.7% 5	25.2% 420
Not at all important	10.4% 85	19.4% 130	20.8% 5	14.6% 18	8.8% 3	14.5% 241
TOTAL	100.0% 814	100.0% 669	100.0% 24	100.0% 123	100.0% 34	1664

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very important	30.9% 17	34.0% 84	24.8% 100	27.6% 37	21.1% 86	17.0% 68	23.8% 392
Somewhat important	43.6% 24	34.8% 86	37.4% 151	37.3% 50	40.5% 165	31.8% 127	36.6% 603
Not very important	12.7% 7	21.1% 52	21.3% 86	23.1% 31	25.6% 104	33.0% 132	25.0% 412
Not at all important	12.7% 7	10.1% 25	16.6% 67	11.9% 16	12.8% 52	18.3% 73	14.6% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 247	100.0% 404	100.0% 134	100.0% 407	100.0% 400	1647

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	17.6% 33	25.3% 259	22.0% 13	19.7% 46	28.3% 41	23.8% 392
Somewhat important	40.1% 75	36.7% 375	27.1% 16	36.8% 86	35.2% 51	36.6% 603
Not very important	24.1% 45	24.5% 251	33.9% 20	26.9% 63	23.4% 34	25.1% 413
Not at all important	18.2% 34	13.5% 138	16.9% 10	16.7% 39	13.1% 19	14.6% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 1023	100.0% 59	100.0% 234	100.0% 145	1648

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very important	30.1% 56	25.4% 58	24.8% 73	22.0% 119	19.4% 63	23.4% 369
Somewhat important	39.2% 73	35.5% 81	35.7% 105	36.9% 200	35.4% 115	36.4% 574
Not very important	16.7% 31	24.6% 56	26.9% 79	26.0% 141	28.9% 94	25.5% 401
Not at all important	14.0% 26	14.5% 33	12.6% 37	15.1% 82	16.3% 53	14.7% 231
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 228	100.0% 294	100.0% 542	100.0% 325	1575