Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q23E Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God e. Fatherly   1) Very well   2) Somewhat well   3) Not very well   4) Not at all   5) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very well	994	61.6%	61.6%	-.66
Somewhat well	233	14.4%	76.1%	.08
Not very well	90	5.6%	81.6%	.81
Not at all	152	9.4%	91.1%	1.55
Undecided	144	8.9%	100%	2.29

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	52.7% 365	68.4% 629	61.6% 994
Somewhat well	18.0% 125	11.7% 108	14.4% 233
Not very well	5.6% 39	5.5% 51	5.6% 90
Not at all	12.3% 85	7.3% 67	9.4% 152
Undecided	11.4% 79	7.1% 65	8.9% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 920	1613

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	61.2% 871	77.6% 45	54.6% 53	61.4% 969
Somewhat well	14.6% 208	10.3% 6	17.5% 17	14.6% 231
Not very well	5.8% 83	3.4% 2	4.1% 4	5.6% 89
Not at all	9.1% 129	3.4% 2	17.5% 17	9.4% 148
Undecided	9.3% 132	5.2% 3	6.2% 6	8.9% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 58	100.0% 97	1578

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	68.0% 242	72.4% 678	41.0% 50	8.8% 15	62.1% 985
Somewhat well	14.3% 51	15.0% 141	15.6% 19	10.6% 18	14.4% 229
Not very well	5.3% 19	3.8% 36	10.7% 13	10.0% 17	5.4% 85
Not at all	3.9% 14	3.5% 33	19.7% 24	43.5% 74	9.1% 145
Undecided	8.4% 30	5.2% 49	13.1% 16	27.1% 46	8.9% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 937	100.0% 122	100.0% 170	1585

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	54.3% 70	59.9% 223	59.3% 429	69.3% 260	61.4% 982
Somewhat well	21.7% 28	15.3% 57	14.0% 101	12.5% 47	14.6% 233
Not very well	10.9% 14	6.2% 23	5.7% 41	3.2% 12	5.6% 90
Not at all	7.8% 10	8.3% 31	11.9% 86	6.4% 24	9.4% 151
Undecided	5.4% 7	10.2% 38	9.1% 66	8.5% 32	8.9% 143
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 372	100.0% 723	100.0% 375	1599

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	25.2% 82	48.5% 217	73.7% 137	85.5% 547	61.5% 983
Somewhat well	13.5% 44	22.4% 100	13.4% 25	9.8% 63	14.5% 232
Not very well	11.7% 38	7.6% 34	3.2% 6	1.9% 12	5.6% 90
Not at all	28.3% 92	9.8% 44	4.3% 8	0.9% 6	9.4% 150
Undecided	21.2% 69	11.6% 52	5.4% 10	1.9% 12	8.9% 143
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 447	100.0% 186	100.0% 640	1598

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	77.6% 617	42.8% 268	44.0% 11	54.5% 66	62.9% 22	61.4% 984
Somewhat well	11.7% 93	17.6% 110	24.0% 6	14.0% 17	20.0% 7	14.5% 233
Not very well	3.1% 25	9.4% 59	0.0% 0	5.0% 6	0.0% 0	5.6% 90
Not at all	3.0% 24	17.9% 112	16.0% 4	9.9% 12	0.0% 0	9.5% 152
Undecided	4.5% 36	12.3% 77	16.0% 4	16.5% 20	17.1% 6	8.9% 143
TOTAL	100.0% 795	100.0% 626	100.0% 25	100.0% 121	100.0% 35	1602

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	86.5% 45	78.6% 184	66.3% 256	66.2% 86	58.4% 234	44.7% 174	61.5% 979
Somewhat well	9.6% 5	10.3% 24	12.7% 49	13.1% 17	16.7% 67	18.0% 70	14.6% 232
Not very well	0.0% 0	1.7% 4	6.5% 25	3.8% 5	6.5% 26	7.7% 30	5.7% 90
Not at all	1.9% 1	3.0% 7	7.3% 28	6.9% 9	9.5% 38	17.0% 66	9.4% 149
Undecided	1.9% 1	6.4% 15	7.3% 28	10.0% 13	9.0% 36	12.6% 49	8.9% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 234	100.0% 386	100.0% 130	100.0% 401	100.0% 389	1592

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	50.8% 95	64.4% 634	49.1% 28	54.5% 126	72.5% 95	61.5% 978
Somewhat well	18.7% 35	13.7% 135	15.8% 9	16.5% 38	11.5% 15	14.6% 232
Not very well	7.5% 14	5.7% 56	10.5% 6	4.3% 10	3.1% 4	5.7% 90
Not at all	13.4% 25	7.7% 76	12.3% 7	14.3% 33	6.1% 8	9.4% 149
Undecided	9.6% 18	8.5% 84	12.3% 7	10.4% 24	6.9% 9	8.9% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 985	100.0% 57	100.0% 231	100.0% 131	1591

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	75.6% 136	69.3% 149	64.9% 183	56.6% 299	52.2% 166	61.3% 933
Somewhat well	12.8% 23	11.6% 25	14.9% 42	16.9% 89	13.8% 44	14.6% 223
Not very well	1.7% 3	5.6% 12	4.6% 13	6.8% 36	7.5% 24	5.8% 88
Not at all	3.3% 6	7.9% 17	8.5% 24	10.0% 53	13.8% 44	9.5% 144
Undecided	6.7% 12	5.6% 12	7.1% 20	9.7% 51	12.6% 40	8.9% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 215	100.0% 282	100.0% 528	100.0% 318	1523