Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q42D Q42 How important is it to do the following.. in order to be a good person; d. Convert others to your religious faith   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	159	9.5%	9.5%	-2.08
Somewhat important	300	17.9%	27.4%	-1.07
Not very important	487	29.1%	56.5%	-.07
Not at all important	727	43.5%	100%	.94

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	7.7% 56	10.9% 103	9.5% 159
Somewhat important	15.5% 113	19.8% 187	17.9% 300
Not very important	29.9% 218	28.5% 269	29.1% 487
Not at all important	46.8% 341	40.8% 386	43.5% 727
TOTAL	100.0% 728	100.0% 945	1673

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	9.6% 142	20.7% 12	3.0% 3	9.6% 157
Somewhat important	17.8% 263	15.5% 9	18.0% 18	17.7% 290
Not very important	29.0% 429	32.8% 19	26.0% 26	29.0% 474
Not at all important	43.5% 643	31.0% 18	53.0% 53	43.7% 714
TOTAL	100.0% 1477	100.0% 58	100.0% 100	1635

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	2.1% 8	14.6% 140	6.9% 9	0.5% 1	9.6% 158
Somewhat important	13.1% 49	24.8% 237	9.2% 12	0.5% 1	18.2% 299
Not very important	41.6% 156	30.1% 288	16.9% 22	9.3% 17	29.4% 483
Not at all important	43.2% 162	30.4% 291	66.9% 87	89.6% 164	42.8% 704
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 956	100.0% 130	100.0% 183	1644

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	12.4% 16	11.5% 43	9.0% 66	8.1% 34	9.6% 159
Somewhat important	16.3% 21	17.3% 65	16.7% 122	20.9% 88	17.9% 296
Not very important	24.8% 32	28.8% 108	29.8% 218	30.3% 128	29.3% 486
Not at all important	46.5% 60	42.4% 159	44.5% 326	40.8% 172	43.2% 717
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 375	100.0% 732	100.0% 422	1658

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very important	0.8% 3	2.2% 10	9.0% 17	19.4% 127	9.5% 157
Somewhat important	2.8% 10	11.9% 55	20.6% 39	29.6% 193	17.9% 297
Not very important	20.7% 73	32.5% 150	39.2% 74	28.8% 188	29.3% 485
Not at all important	75.6% 267	53.4% 246	31.2% 59	22.2% 145	43.3% 717
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 461	100.0% 189	100.0% 653	1656

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	16.1% 131	3.0% 20	0.0% 0	4.9% 6	2.9% 1	9.5% 158
Somewhat important	25.5% 208	9.0% 60	16.7% 4	15.4% 19	20.6% 7	17.9% 298
Not very important	29.9% 244	27.8% 186	20.8% 5	30.1% 37	35.3% 12	29.1% 484
Not at all important	28.5% 232	60.3% 404	62.5% 15	49.6% 61	41.2% 14	43.6% 726
TOTAL	100.0% 815	100.0% 670	100.0% 24	100.0% 123	100.0% 34	1666

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very important	11.1% 6	12.2% 30	9.1% 37	8.8% 12	9.0% 37	8.8% 35	9.5% 157
Somewhat important	22.2% 12	21.6% 53	21.7% 88	16.2% 22	17.6% 72	11.8% 47	17.8% 294
Not very important	37.0% 20	25.7% 63	29.1% 118	33.8% 46	32.5% 133	24.6% 98	29.0% 478
Not at all important	29.6% 16	40.4% 99	40.0% 162	41.2% 56	40.8% 167	54.9% 219	43.6% 719
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 245	100.0% 405	100.0% 136	100.0% 409	100.0% 399	1648

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	7.4% 14	11.2% 115	5.1% 3	7.3% 17	5.6% 8	9.5% 157
Somewhat important	12.8% 24	20.1% 206	10.2% 6	15.1% 35	15.4% 22	17.8% 293
Not very important	28.2% 53	29.1% 299	28.8% 17	28.0% 65	31.5% 45	29.1% 479
Not at all important	51.6% 97	39.6% 406	55.9% 33	49.6% 115	47.6% 68	43.6% 719
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 1026	100.0% 59	100.0% 232	100.0% 143	1648

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very important	12.5% 23	11.5% 26	9.2% 27	8.7% 47	8.0% 26	9.5% 149
Somewhat important	18.5% 34	20.7% 47	18.6% 55	16.6% 90	16.2% 53	17.7% 279
Not very important	31.0% 57	24.7% 56	31.5% 93	32.0% 174	24.2% 79	29.1% 459
Not at all important	38.0% 70	43.2% 98	40.7% 120	42.7% 232	51.7% 169	43.7% 689
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 227	100.0% 295	100.0% 543	100.0% 327	1576