Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q42E Q42 How important is it to do the following.. in order to be a good person; e. Serve in the military   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	252	15.1%	15.1%	-1.61
Somewhat important	516	30.8%	45.9%	-.64
Not very important	471	28.1%	74%	.34
Not at all important	435	26%	100%	1.32

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	18.9% 138	12.1% 114	15.1% 252
Somewhat important	30.7% 224	30.9% 292	30.8% 516
Not very important	27.9% 204	28.3% 267	28.1% 471
Not at all important	22.5% 164	28.7% 271	26.0% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 730	100.0% 944	1674

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	14.7% 218	15.3% 9	16.3% 16	14.9% 243
Somewhat important	31.2% 461	23.7% 14	28.6% 28	30.7% 503
Not very important	28.2% 417	22.0% 13	32.7% 32	28.2% 462
Not at all important	25.9% 383	39.0% 23	22.4% 22	26.2% 428
TOTAL	100.0% 1479	100.0% 59	100.0% 98	1636

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	17.9% 67	16.6% 159	10.8% 14	5.5% 10	15.2% 250
Somewhat important	30.1% 113	34.1% 327	21.5% 28	23.1% 42	31.0% 510
Not very important	29.3% 110	27.7% 265	25.4% 33	29.1% 53	28.0% 461
Not at all important	22.7% 85	21.6% 207	42.3% 55	42.3% 77	25.8% 424
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 958	100.0% 130	100.0% 182	1645

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	4.7% 6	6.1% 23	14.3% 105	27.6% 116	15.1% 250
Somewhat important	24.2% 31	25.6% 96	31.3% 230	36.1% 152	30.7% 509
Not very important	30.5% 39	33.9% 127	30.1% 221	19.5% 82	28.3% 469
Not at all important	40.6% 52	34.4% 129	24.4% 179	16.9% 71	26.0% 431
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 375	100.0% 735	100.0% 421	1659

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very important	8.5% 30	15.3% 70	14.1% 27	18.5% 121	15.0% 248
Somewhat important	25.4% 90	31.9% 146	33.0% 63	32.0% 209	30.7% 508
Not very important	31.3% 111	25.5% 117	30.9% 59	27.6% 180	28.2% 467
Not at all important	34.9% 124	27.3% 125	22.0% 42	21.9% 143	26.2% 434
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 458	100.0% 191	100.0% 653	1657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	21.1% 172	7.5% 50	4.2% 1	19.5% 24	11.8% 4	15.1% 251
Somewhat important	37.9% 309	22.1% 148	20.8% 5	28.5% 35	44.1% 15	30.7% 512
Not very important	25.4% 207	31.9% 214	33.3% 8	26.0% 32	26.5% 9	28.2% 470
Not at all important	15.7% 128	38.5% 258	41.7% 10	26.0% 32	17.6% 6	26.0% 434
TOTAL	100.0% 816	100.0% 670	100.0% 24	100.0% 123	100.0% 34	1667

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very important	30.9% 17	25.7% 63	15.4% 62	21.3% 29	11.7% 48	6.5% 26	14.9% 245
Somewhat important	38.2% 21	33.5% 82	34.0% 137	30.9% 42	30.8% 126	24.7% 99	30.7% 507
Not very important	18.2% 10	22.9% 56	26.6% 107	25.0% 34	29.3% 120	34.7% 139	28.3% 466
Not at all important	12.7% 7	18.0% 44	24.1% 97	22.8% 31	28.1% 115	34.2% 137	26.1% 431
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 245	100.0% 403	100.0% 136	100.0% 409	100.0% 401	1649

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	6.9% 13	16.4% 168	17.2% 10	12.0% 28	18.1% 26	14.9% 245
Somewhat important	24.5% 46	30.8% 316	27.6% 16	30.5% 71	39.6% 57	30.7% 506
Not very important	29.8% 56	28.8% 296	17.2% 10	28.8% 67	26.4% 38	28.3% 467
Not at all important	38.8% 73	24.0% 246	37.9% 22	28.8% 67	16.0% 23	26.1% 431
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 1026	100.0% 58	100.0% 233	100.0% 144	1649

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very important	18.9% 35	18.6% 42	17.6% 52	11.6% 63	11.3% 37	14.5% 229
Somewhat important	33.5% 62	30.5% 69	33.1% 98	28.7% 156	27.8% 91	30.2% 476
Not very important	22.7% 42	26.5% 60	25.3% 75	30.6% 166	33.6% 110	28.7% 453
Not at all important	24.9% 46	24.3% 55	24.0% 71	29.1% 158	27.2% 89	26.6% 419
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 226	100.0% 296	100.0% 543	100.0% 327	1577