Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q50F Q50 How much would you say that you trust the following people or groups ..f. The U.S. government   1) A lot   2) Some   3) Only a little   4) Not at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	130	7.8%	7.8%	-1.83
Some	823	49.4%	57.2%	-.59
Only a little	510	30.6%	87.8%	.65
Not at all	204	12.2%	100%	1.89

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	7.9% 56	7.7% 74	7.8% 130
Some	48.7% 345	49.9% 478	49.4% 823
Only a little	32.0% 227	29.5% 283	30.6% 510
Not at all	11.4% 81	12.8% 123	12.2% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 709	100.0% 958	1667

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A lot	8.0% 118	3.1% 2	9.0% 9	7.8% 129
Some	51.1% 758	35.4% 23	35.0% 35	49.5% 816
Only a little	29.6% 440	47.7% 31	35.0% 35	30.7% 506
Not at all	11.3% 168	13.8% 9	21.0% 21	12.0% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 65	100.0% 100	1649

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
A lot	11.0% 40	7.8% 75	7.8% 10	1.6% 3	7.8% 128
Some	51.5% 188	53.6% 515	32.6% 42	37.4% 68	49.7% 813
Only a little	27.9% 102	28.8% 277	37.2% 48	39.6% 72	30.5% 499
Not at all	9.6% 35	9.8% 94	22.5% 29	21.4% 39	12.0% 197
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 961	100.0% 129	100.0% 182	1637

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
A lot	8.5% 11	4.3% 16	6.9% 51	12.6% 52	7.9% 130
Some	45.4% 59	48.6% 180	48.4% 358	52.5% 217	49.2% 814
Only a little	27.7% 36	34.9% 129	32.7% 242	24.0% 99	30.6% 506
Not at all	18.5% 24	12.2% 45	12.0% 89	10.9% 45	12.3% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 370	100.0% 740	100.0% 413	1653

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
A lot	3.7% 13	6.8% 31	9.3% 18	10.2% 66	7.8% 128
Some	35.7% 126	47.9% 220	51.8% 100	56.8% 366	49.2% 812
Only a little	39.4% 139	32.2% 148	29.0% 56	25.5% 164	30.7% 507
Not at all	21.2% 75	13.1% 60	9.8% 19	7.5% 48	12.2% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 459	100.0% 193	100.0% 644	1649

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
A lot	13.5% 109	2.2% 15	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	8.8% 3	7.8% 129
Some	64.0% 515	37.9% 253	27.3% 6	24.8% 31	38.2% 13	49.5% 818
Only a little	18.3% 147	41.9% 280	45.5% 10	45.6% 57	29.4% 10	30.5% 504
Not at all	4.2% 34	18.0% 120	27.3% 6	28.0% 35	23.5% 8	12.3% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 668	100.0% 22	100.0% 125	100.0% 34	1654

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
A lot	3.6% 2	7.9% 20	9.6% 39	6.6% 9	7.3% 30	7.4% 30	7.8% 130
Some	52.7% 29	54.0% 136	48.4% 196	48.2% 66	47.9% 197	48.9% 197	49.4% 821
Only a little	23.6% 13	23.4% 59	29.9% 121	32.8% 45	32.6% 134	34.2% 138	30.7% 510
Not at all	20.0% 11	14.7% 37	12.1% 49	12.4% 17	12.2% 50	9.4% 38	12.1% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 252	100.0% 405	100.0% 137	100.0% 411	100.0% 403	1663

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
A lot	7.9% 15	7.2% 74	8.5% 5	8.0% 19	11.7% 17	7.8% 130
Some	44.7% 85	53.4% 551	35.6% 21	37.4% 89	52.4% 76	49.4% 822
Only a little	28.4% 54	30.2% 311	40.7% 24	34.9% 83	25.5% 37	30.6% 509
Not at all	18.9% 36	9.2% 95	15.3% 9	19.7% 47	10.3% 15	12.1% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1031	100.0% 59	100.0% 238	100.0% 145	1663

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
A lot	9.0% 17	9.6% 22	7.7% 23	6.0% 33	8.2% 27	7.7% 122
Some	46.3% 87	44.3% 101	47.8% 143	52.2% 285	49.5% 163	49.0% 779
Only a little	25.0% 47	31.6% 72	32.1% 96	31.5% 172	33.4% 110	31.3% 497
Not at all	19.7% 37	14.5% 33	12.4% 37	10.3% 56	8.8% 29	12.1% 192
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 228	100.0% 299	100.0% 546	100.0% 329	1590