Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q23G Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God g. Friendly   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	922	57.7%	57.7%	-.69
Somewhat well	294	18.4%	76.1%	.03
Not very well	90	5.6%	81.8%	.76
Not at all	115	7.2%	89%	1.48
Undecided	176	11%	100%	2.2

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	49.9% 345	63.8% 577	57.7% 922
Somewhat well	20.5% 142	16.8% 152	18.4% 294
Not very well	5.8% 40	5.5% 50	5.6% 90
Not at all	10.0% 69	5.1% 46	7.2% 115
Undecided	13.9% 96	8.8% 80	11.0% 176
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 905	1597

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	57.1% 805	78.6% 44	53.1% 51	57.6% 900
Somewhat well	18.9% 266	14.3% 8	18.8% 18	18.7% 292
Not very well	6.0% 84	0.0% 0	4.2% 4	5.6% 88
Not at all	7.1% 100	0.0% 0	13.5% 13	7.2% 113
Undecided	11.1% 156	7.1% 4	10.4% 10	10.9% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 1411	100.0% 56	100.0% 96	1563

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	63.4% 223	66.0% 612	40.0% 48	14.1% 24	57.8% 907
Somewhat well	18.2% 64	19.7% 183	18.3% 22	12.9% 22	18.5% 291
Not very well	3.4% 12	5.0% 46	12.5% 15	8.2% 14	5.5% 87
Not at all	4.0% 14	2.6% 24	11.7% 14	35.3% 60	7.1% 112
Undecided	11.1% 39	6.7% 62	17.5% 21	29.4% 50	11.0% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 352	100.0% 927	100.0% 120	100.0% 170	1569

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	51.9% 67	54.6% 203	56.9% 410	64.1% 232	57.6% 912
Somewhat well	27.1% 35	19.6% 73	17.8% 128	15.2% 55	18.4% 291
Not very well	3.1% 4	7.8% 29	5.7% 41	4.4% 16	5.7% 90
Not at all	7.8% 10	5.9% 22	8.9% 64	5.2% 19	7.3% 115
Undecided	10.1% 13	12.1% 45	10.7% 77	11.0% 40	11.1% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 372	100.0% 720	100.0% 362	1583

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	25.5% 83	52.5% 231	64.0% 119	76.1% 482	57.7% 915
Somewhat well	18.1% 59	22.0% 97	22.6% 42	14.7% 93	18.4% 291
Not very well	8.6% 28	5.5% 24	6.5% 12	4.1% 26	5.7% 90
Not at all	22.7% 74	6.1% 27	2.7% 5	1.3% 8	7.2% 114
Undecided	25.2% 82	13.9% 61	4.3% 8	3.8% 24	11.0% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 440	100.0% 186	100.0% 633	1585

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	67.7% 529	46.6% 291	40.0% 10	50.0% 60	66.7% 24	57.6% 914
Somewhat well	16.9% 132	20.2% 126	32.0% 8	18.3% 22	16.7% 6	18.5% 294
Not very well	4.6% 36	6.6% 41	8.0% 2	7.5% 9	2.8% 1	5.6% 89
Not at all	3.3% 26	11.8% 74	12.0% 3	10.0% 12	0.0% 0	7.2% 115
Undecided	7.4% 58	14.9% 93	8.0% 2	14.2% 17	13.9% 5	11.0% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 781	100.0% 625	100.0% 25	100.0% 120	100.0% 36	1587

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	84.9% 45	72.2% 166	63.9% 242	62.8% 81	52.8% 210	42.8% 166	57.7% 910
Somewhat well	9.4% 5	12.6% 29	15.3% 58	16.3% 21	20.6% 82	25.3% 98	18.6% 293
Not very well	3.8% 2	2.6% 6	4.7% 18	3.9% 5	7.0% 28	7.5% 29	5.6% 88
Not at all	1.9% 1	3.0% 7	7.4% 28	6.2% 8	7.3% 29	10.8% 42	7.3% 115
Undecided	0.0% 0	9.6% 22	8.7% 33	10.9% 14	12.3% 49	13.7% 53	10.8% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 230	100.0% 379	100.0% 129	100.0% 398	100.0% 388	1577

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	47.6% 89	60.0% 587	58.6% 34	53.7% 123	61.8% 76	57.7% 909
Somewhat well	23.0% 43	19.0% 186	13.8% 8	18.3% 42	11.4% 14	18.6% 293
Not very well	5.9% 11	5.6% 55	5.2% 3	4.8% 11	6.5% 8	5.6% 88
Not at all	10.2% 19	5.9% 58	8.6% 5	10.0% 23	8.1% 10	7.3% 115
Undecided	13.4% 25	9.5% 93	13.8% 8	13.1% 30	12.2% 15	10.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 979	100.0% 58	100.0% 229	100.0% 123	1576

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	70.5% 124	64.8% 136	58.4% 164	55.2% 290	47.5% 151	57.3% 865
Somewhat well	15.3% 27	15.7% 33	17.1% 48	21.3% 112	20.8% 66	18.9% 286
Not very well	3.4% 6	4.8% 10	6.8% 19	5.7% 30	6.6% 21	5.7% 86
Not at all	4.0% 7	6.2% 13	5.3% 15	6.9% 36	11.6% 37	7.2% 108
Undecided	6.8% 12	8.6% 18	12.5% 35	10.9% 57	13.5% 43	10.9% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 210	100.0% 281	100.0% 525	100.0% 318	1510