Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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  • Q12D

    Q12 By your best guess, how would your place of worship feel about the following behaviors - d. Members claiming new revelations from God
      1) Encourages it
      2) Allows it
      3) Discourages it
      4) Forbids it
      8) Don't know

    Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
    Encourages it 81 6.3% 6.3% -1.54
    Allows it 189 14.8% 21.2% -1.17
    Discourages it 245 19.2% 40.4% -.8
    Forbids it 168 13.2% 53.5% -.43
    Don't know 593 46.5% 100% 1.04

    Variable Comparisons


    Gender (I-GENDER)

    Male Female TOTAL
    Encourages it 4.9%
    26
    7.3%
    55
    6.3%
    81
    Allows it 14.0%
    74
    15.4%
    115
    14.8%
    189
    Discourages it 19.5%
    103
    19.0%
    142
    19.2%
    245
    Forbids it 14.6%
    77
    12.1%
    91
    13.2%
    168
    Don't know 46.9%
    247
    46.2%
    346
    46.5%
    593
    TOTAL 100.0%
    527
    100.0%
    749

    1276


    Race (I-RACE)

    White Black Other TOTAL
    Encourages it 5.5%
    62
    20.4%
    11
    9.1%
    6
    6.4%
    79
    Allows it 14.5%
    163
    14.8%
    8
    21.2%
    14
    14.9%
    185
    Discourages it 20.0%
    225
    16.7%
    9
    10.6%
    7
    19.4%
    241
    Forbids it 14.0%
    157
    5.6%
    3
    10.6%
    7
    13.4%
    167
    Don't know 46.0%
    517
    42.6%
    23
    48.5%
    32
    46.0%
    572
    TOTAL 100.0%
    1124
    100.0%
    54
    100.0%
    66

    1244


    Religion (I-RELIGION)

    Catholic Protestant Other None TOTAL
    Encourages it 1.2%
    4
    8.3%
    69
    7.2%
    7
    0.0%
    0
    6.3%
    80
    Allows it 7.6%
    25
    17.6%
    146
    15.5%
    15
    11.1%
    1
    14.8%
    187
    Discourages it 18.9%
    62
    19.6%
    163
    17.5%
    17
    11.1%
    1
    19.2%
    243
    Forbids it 13.1%
    43
    11.8%
    98
    23.7%
    23
    22.2%
    2
    13.1%
    166
    Don't know 59.1%
    194
    42.7%
    355
    36.1%
    35
    55.6%
    5
    46.6%
    589
    TOTAL 100.0%
    328
    100.0%
    831
    100.0%
    97
    100.0%
    9

    1265


    Age (I-AGE)

    18-30 31-44 45-64 65+ TOTAL
    Encourages it 10.2%
    10
    7.5%
    21
    7.0%
    38
    3.2%
    11
    6.3%
    80
    Allows it 12.2%
    12
    12.1%
    34
    16.5%
    90
    15.6%
    53
    15.0%
    189
    Discourages it 19.4%
    19
    18.6%
    52
    20.5%
    112
    17.1%
    58
    19.1%
    241
    Forbids it 17.3%
    17
    14.6%
    41
    13.0%
    71
    11.5%
    39
    13.3%
    168
    Don't know 40.8%
    40
    47.1%
    132
    43.0%
    235
    52.6%
    179
    46.4%
    586
    TOTAL 100.0%
    98
    100.0%
    280
    100.0%
    546
    100.0%
    340

    1264


    Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

    Never < 1 Month < 1 a Week Weekly + TOTAL
    Encourages it 6.7%
    1
    4.0%
    17
    7.4%
    14
    7.6%
    49
    6.4%
    81
    Allows it 13.3%
    2
    14.5%
    61
    15.9%
    30
    14.7%
    95
    14.8%
    188
    Discourages it 6.7%
    1
    18.5%
    78
    24.9%
    47
    18.4%
    119
    19.3%
    245
    Forbids it 13.3%
    2
    11.4%
    48
    12.2%
    23
    14.7%
    95
    13.2%
    168
    Don't know 60.0%
    9
    51.5%
    217
    39.7%
    75
    44.7%
    289
    46.4%
    590
    TOTAL 100.0%
    15
    100.0%
    421
    100.0%
    189
    100.0%
    647

    1272


    Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

    George W. Bush John Kerry Ralph Nader Somebody else No preference TOTAL
    Encourages it 7.2%
    50
    5.5%
    24
    12.5%
    2
    3.4%
    3
    8.0%
    2
    6.4%
    81
    Allows it 14.7%
    102
    14.8%
    65
    6.3%
    1
    16.1%
    14
    12.0%
    3
    14.6%
    185
    Discourages it 19.3%
    134
    18.9%
    83
    37.5%
    6
    20.7%
    18
    16.0%
    4
    19.4%
    245
    Forbids it 15.5%
    108
    11.1%
    49
    0.0%
    0
    9.2%
    8
    12.0%
    3
    13.3%
    168
    Don't know 43.4%
    302
    49.8%
    219
    43.8%
    7
    50.6%
    44
    52.0%
    13
    46.3%
    585
    TOTAL 100.0%
    696
    100.0%
    440
    100.0%
    16
    100.0%
    87
    100.0%
    25

    1264


    Education (I-EDUC)

    < High school HS grad Some college Jr college College graduate Postgraduate work/Degree TOTAL
    Encourages it 14.3%
    6
    7.0%
    14
    5.9%
    18
    9.7%
    9
    4.7%
    15
    5.8%
    17
    6.3%
    79
    Allows it 21.4%
    9
    17.4%
    35
    12.7%
    39
    16.1%
    15
    14.7%
    47
    14.4%
    42
    14.9%
    187
    Discourages it 9.5%
    4
    14.4%
    29
    16.3%
    50
    16.1%
    15
    20.7%
    66
    26.5%
    77
    19.2%
    241
    Forbids it 7.1%
    3
    9.5%
    19
    16.0%
    49
    10.8%
    10
    13.2%
    42
    15.5%
    45
    13.4%
    168
    Don't know 47.6%
    20
    51.7%
    104
    49.0%
    150
    47.3%
    44
    46.7%
    149
    37.8%
    110
    46.1%
    577
    TOTAL 100.0%
    42
    100.0%
    201
    100.0%
    306
    100.0%
    93
    100.0%
    319
    100.0%
    291

    1252


    Marital status (I-MARITAL)

    Never married Married Living as married Separated/Divorced Widowed TOTAL
    Encourages it 4.7%
    6
    6.4%
    52
    5.4%
    2
    9.1%
    15
    2.7%
    3
    6.2%
    78
    Allows it 15.0%
    19
    14.7%
    119
    10.8%
    4
    16.5%
    27
    16.1%
    18
    14.9%
    187
    Discourages it 18.9%
    24
    19.2%
    156
    27.0%
    10
    22.0%
    36
    13.4%
    15
    19.2%
    241
    Forbids it 12.6%
    16
    14.4%
    117
    10.8%
    4
    12.2%
    20
    9.8%
    11
    13.4%
    168
    Don't know 48.8%
    62
    45.3%
    368
    45.9%
    17
    40.2%
    66
    58.0%
    65
    46.2%
    578
    TOTAL 100.0%
    127
    100.0%
    812
    100.0%
    37
    100.0%
    164
    100.0%
    112

    1252


    Household income (I-INCOME)

    < $20,000 $20,001-$35,000 $35,001-$50,000 $50,001 - $100,000 $100,001+ TOTAL
    Encourages it 14.7%
    21
    5.3%
    9
    6.9%
    15
    4.6%
    19
    5.7%
    14
    6.5%
    78
    Allows it 19.6%
    28
    17.8%
    30
    15.1%
    33
    15.4%
    64
    11.0%
    27
    15.3%
    182
    Discourages it 18.9%
    27
    15.4%
    26
    18.8%
    41
    22.4%
    93
    18.7%
    46
    19.6%
    233
    Forbids it 6.3%
    9
    13.6%
    23
    16.1%
    35
    11.8%
    49
    17.9%
    44
    13.4%
    160
    Don't know 40.6%
    58
    47.9%
    81
    43.1%
    94
    45.8%
    190
    46.7%
    115
    45.2%
    538
    TOTAL 100.0%
    143
    100.0%
    169
    100.0%
    218
    100.0%
    415
    100.0%
    246

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