Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q42F Q42 How important is it to do the following.. in order to be a good person; f. Consume or use fewer goods   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	304	18.2%	18.2%	-1.46
Somewhat important	664	39.8%	58%	-.41
Not very important	447	26.8%	84.7%	.64
Not at all important	255	15.3%	100%	1.69

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	16.2% 118	19.7% 186	18.2% 304
Somewhat important	39.2% 285	40.2% 379	39.8% 664
Not very important	29.8% 217	24.4% 230	26.8% 447
Not at all important	14.7% 107	15.7% 148	15.3% 255
TOTAL	100.0% 727	100.0% 943	1670

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	17.7% 261	25.9% 15	20.0% 20	18.1% 296
Somewhat important	40.2% 592	29.3% 17	39.0% 39	39.7% 648
Not very important	27.3% 403	20.7% 12	23.0% 23	26.8% 438
Not at all important	14.8% 218	24.1% 14	18.0% 18	15.3% 250
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 58	100.0% 100	1632

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	12.6% 47	17.1% 163	26.2% 34	25.8% 47	17.7% 291
Somewhat important	40.3% 150	39.9% 381	38.5% 50	41.8% 76	40.1% 657
Not very important	30.6% 114	27.5% 263	23.1% 30	18.7% 34	26.9% 441
Not at all important	16.4% 61	15.6% 149	12.3% 16	13.7% 25	15.3% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 956	100.0% 130	100.0% 182	1640

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	11.7% 15	14.5% 54	18.7% 137	22.8% 96	18.3% 302
Somewhat important	48.4% 62	42.6% 159	37.4% 274	38.2% 161	39.7% 656
Not very important	25.8% 33	27.3% 102	28.7% 210	23.8% 100	26.9% 445
Not at all important	14.1% 18	15.5% 58	15.2% 111	15.2% 64	15.2% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 373	100.0% 732	100.0% 421	1654

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very important	22.8% 81	17.0% 78	13.1% 25	18.0% 117	18.2% 301
Somewhat important	35.2% 125	40.2% 184	46.1% 88	39.7% 258	39.6% 655
Not very important	25.9% 92	26.6% 122	29.3% 56	26.9% 175	26.9% 445
Not at all important	16.1% 57	16.2% 74	11.5% 22	15.4% 100	15.3% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 458	100.0% 191	100.0% 650	1654

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	12.9% 105	24.0% 160	25.0% 6	22.6% 28	11.8% 4	18.2% 303
Somewhat important	36.2% 295	44.2% 295	37.5% 9	40.3% 50	35.3% 12	39.7% 661
Not very important	33.2% 270	19.3% 129	16.7% 4	22.6% 28	38.2% 13	26.7% 444
Not at all important	17.7% 144	12.4% 83	20.8% 5	14.5% 18	14.7% 5	15.3% 255
TOTAL	100.0% 814	100.0% 667	100.0% 24	100.0% 124	100.0% 34	1663

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very important	18.5% 10	15.6% 38	17.9% 72	19.9% 27	15.2% 62	21.9% 88	18.1% 297
Somewhat important	46.3% 25	37.7% 92	40.3% 162	33.8% 46	39.0% 159	42.1% 169	39.7% 653
Not very important	16.7% 9	30.3% 74	24.1% 97	27.2% 37	28.9% 118	26.9% 108	26.9% 443
Not at all important	18.5% 10	16.4% 40	17.7% 71	19.1% 26	16.9% 69	9.0% 36	15.3% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 244	100.0% 402	100.0% 136	100.0% 408	100.0% 401	1645

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	17.6% 33	17.1% 175	28.8% 17	18.8% 44	19.6% 28	18.1% 297
Somewhat important	43.3% 81	38.9% 398	44.1% 26	35.5% 83	44.8% 64	39.6% 652
Not very important	21.9% 41	28.3% 289	15.3% 9	30.3% 71	23.8% 34	27.0% 444
Not at all important	17.1% 32	15.7% 160	11.9% 7	15.4% 36	11.9% 17	15.3% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 1022	100.0% 59	100.0% 234	100.0% 143	1645

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very important	16.7% 31	22.3% 50	19.4% 57	16.8% 91	15.6% 51	17.8% 280
Somewhat important	39.8% 74	35.3% 79	42.2% 124	40.2% 218	39.4% 129	39.7% 624
Not very important	23.7% 44	27.2% 61	23.5% 69	28.8% 156	30.0% 98	27.2% 428
Not at all important	19.9% 37	15.2% 34	15.0% 44	14.2% 77	15.0% 49	15.3% 241
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 224	100.0% 294	100.0% 542	100.0% 327	1573