Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q43D Q43 In the year leading up to the 2004 presidential election, did you...write, call, or visit a public official   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	537	31.7%	31.7%	-1.47
No	1159	68.3%	100%	.68

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	34.8% 255	29.3% 282	31.7% 537
No	65.2% 478	70.7% 681	68.3% 1159
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 963	1696

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	31.8% 475	26.2% 16	34.7% 35	31.7% 526
No	68.2% 1021	73.8% 45	65.3% 66	68.3% 1132
TOTAL	100.0% 1496	100.0% 61	100.0% 101	1658

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Yes	28.6% 108	30.7% 299	39.4% 52	36.3% 66	31.5% 525
No	71.4% 270	69.3% 674	60.6% 80	63.7% 116	68.5% 1140
TOTAL	100.0% 378	100.0% 973	100.0% 132	100.0% 182	1665

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	32.1% 42	22.2% 83	34.0% 252	36.1% 156	31.7% 533
No	67.9% 89	77.8% 291	66.0% 490	63.9% 276	68.3% 1146
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 374	100.0% 742	100.0% 432	1679

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Yes	27.6% 98	34.3% 161	31.4% 61	31.9% 211	31.6% 531
No	72.4% 257	65.7% 308	68.6% 133	68.1% 450	68.4% 1148
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 469	100.0% 194	100.0% 661	1679

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Yes	28.4% 234	37.0% 250	24.0% 6	32.3% 41	10.8% 4	31.7% 535
No	71.6% 590	63.0% 425	76.0% 19	67.7% 86	89.2% 33	68.3% 1153
TOTAL	100.0% 824	100.0% 675	100.0% 25	100.0% 127	100.0% 37	1688

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Yes	13.6% 8	28.7% 72	31.0% 127	19.0% 26	29.4% 121	43.8% 176	31.7% 530
No	86.4% 51	71.3% 179	69.0% 283	81.0% 111	70.6% 291	56.2% 226	68.3% 1141
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 251	100.0% 410	100.0% 137	100.0% 412	100.0% 402	1671

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Yes	30.2% 57	32.4% 335	34.4% 21	30.5% 73	29.9% 44	31.7% 530
No	69.8% 132	67.6% 700	65.6% 40	69.5% 166	70.1% 103	68.3% 1141
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 1035	100.0% 61	100.0% 239	100.0% 147	1671

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Yes	24.2% 46	26.5% 61	32.3% 97	32.2% 176	36.8% 121	31.4% 501
No	75.8% 144	73.5% 169	67.7% 203	67.8% 370	63.2% 208	68.6% 1094
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 230	100.0% 300	100.0% 546	100.0% 329	1595