Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q74K Q74 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements..k. Creatures such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster will one day be discovered by science   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree   5) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	45	2.7%	2.7%	-2.33
Agree	233	14.2%	16.9%	-1.43
Disagree	530	32.2%	49.1%	-.52
Strongly disagree	396	24.1%	73.1%	.38
Undecided	442	26.9%	100%	1.28

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 13	3.4% 32	2.7% 45
Agree	14.1% 101	14.2% 132	14.2% 233
Disagree	37.0% 265	28.5% 265	32.2% 530
Strongly disagree	23.8% 171	24.2% 225	24.1% 396
Undecided	23.3% 167	29.6% 275	26.9% 442
TOTAL	100.0% 717	100.0% 929	1646

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.3% 34	6.7% 4	7.2% 7	2.8% 45
Agree	14.3% 208	16.7% 10	12.4% 12	14.3% 230
Disagree	33.1% 481	25.0% 15	24.7% 24	32.3% 520
Strongly disagree	24.8% 361	23.3% 14	13.4% 13	24.1% 388
Undecided	25.4% 369	28.3% 17	42.3% 41	26.5% 427
TOTAL	100.0% 1453	100.0% 60	100.0% 97	1610

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 8	2.4% 23	2.3% 3	3.9% 7	2.5% 41
Agree	19.3% 70	13.4% 126	10.1% 13	11.1% 20	14.2% 229
Disagree	32.0% 116	31.6% 298	32.6% 42	33.3% 60	32.0% 516
Strongly disagree	18.5% 67	25.3% 239	29.5% 38	27.2% 49	24.3% 393
Undecided	28.1% 102	27.3% 257	25.6% 33	24.4% 44	27.0% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 943	100.0% 129	100.0% 180	1615

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.3% 3	3.0% 11	3.2% 23	2.0% 8	2.8% 45
Agree	17.2% 22	14.0% 52	15.7% 113	11.2% 46	14.3% 233
Disagree	32.8% 42	32.5% 121	31.7% 228	32.7% 134	32.2% 525
Strongly disagree	24.2% 31	27.4% 102	21.4% 154	25.9% 106	24.1% 393
Undecided	23.4% 30	23.1% 86	28.1% 202	28.3% 116	26.6% 434
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 372	100.0% 720	100.0% 410	1630

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.6% 16	2.4% 11	2.1% 4	2.2% 14	2.8% 45
Agree	14.7% 51	19.1% 87	17.5% 33	9.7% 62	14.3% 233
Disagree	34.9% 121	28.9% 132	36.0% 68	32.1% 205	32.3% 526
Strongly disagree	22.5% 78	19.5% 89	19.6% 37	29.3% 187	24.0% 391
Undecided	23.3% 81	30.0% 137	24.9% 47	26.8% 171	26.7% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 456	100.0% 189	100.0% 639	1631

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 16	3.1% 20	4.0% 1	4.9% 6	5.3% 2	2.8% 45
Agree	11.7% 93	15.6% 102	24.0% 6	18.7% 23	21.1% 8	14.2% 232
Disagree	33.3% 265	30.3% 198	32.0% 8	35.0% 43	31.6% 12	32.2% 526
Strongly disagree	27.9% 222	22.8% 149	8.0% 2	13.8% 17	15.8% 6	24.2% 396
Undecided	25.0% 199	28.2% 184	32.0% 8	27.6% 34	26.3% 10	26.6% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 795	100.0% 653	100.0% 25	100.0% 123	100.0% 38	1634

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.5% 6	2.9% 7	3.0% 12	2.9% 4	3.0% 12	1.0% 4	2.8% 45
Agree	21.1% 12	15.1% 36	12.7% 50	20.6% 28	15.1% 61	11.2% 44	14.2% 231
Disagree	31.6% 18	28.0% 67	32.7% 129	29.4% 40	32.8% 132	35.5% 140	32.4% 526
Strongly disagree	10.5% 6	23.4% 56	23.9% 94	19.9% 27	24.6% 99	27.7% 109	24.1% 391
Undecided	26.3% 15	30.5% 73	27.7% 109	27.2% 37	24.6% 99	24.6% 97	26.5% 430
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 239	100.0% 394	100.0% 136	100.0% 403	100.0% 394	1623

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.9% 11	1.6% 16	1.7% 1	4.7% 11	4.3% 6	2.8% 45
Agree	18.2% 34	13.0% 130	20.7% 12	14.5% 34	14.2% 20	14.2% 230
Disagree	27.3% 51	33.8% 339	27.6% 16	33.3% 78	29.8% 42	32.4% 526
Strongly disagree	24.1% 45	24.8% 249	24.1% 14	21.4% 50	23.4% 33	24.1% 391
Undecided	24.6% 46	26.8% 269	25.9% 15	26.1% 61	28.4% 40	26.6% 431
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 1003	100.0% 58	100.0% 234	100.0% 141	1623

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.0% 13	5.4% 12	2.1% 6	0.9% 5	1.8% 6	2.7% 42
Agree	19.5% 36	13.1% 29	16.3% 47	14.0% 74	11.3% 37	14.4% 223
Disagree	26.5% 49	31.1% 69	30.2% 87	34.2% 181	36.5% 119	32.6% 505
Strongly disagree	19.5% 36	23.0% 51	23.6% 68	25.5% 135	25.2% 82	24.0% 372
Undecided	27.6% 51	27.5% 61	27.8% 80	25.5% 135	25.2% 82	26.4% 409
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 222	100.0% 288	100.0% 530	100.0% 326	1551