Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q23L Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God l. Motherly   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	467	30.2%	30.2%	-1.21
Somewhat well	241	15.6%	45.8%	-.54
Not very well	216	14%	59.7%	.13
Not at all	372	24%	83.8%	.8
Undecided	251	16.2%	100%	1.47

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	27.1% 181	32.5% 286	30.2% 467
Somewhat well	15.3% 102	15.8% 139	15.6% 241
Not very well	14.8% 99	13.3% 117	14.0% 216
Not at all	24.4% 163	23.8% 209	24.0% 372
Undecided	18.4% 123	14.6% 128	16.2% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 879	1547

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	28.6% 390	63.2% 36	30.9% 29	30.0% 455
Somewhat well	15.8% 215	7.0% 4	21.3% 20	15.8% 239
Not very well	14.6% 199	5.3% 3	10.6% 10	14.0% 212
Not at all	24.5% 335	15.8% 9	20.2% 19	23.9% 363
Undecided	16.6% 226	8.8% 5	17.0% 16	16.3% 247
TOTAL	100.0% 1365	100.0% 57	100.0% 94	1516

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	36.8% 127	32.7% 292	25.6% 30	6.6% 11	30.2% 460
Somewhat well	17.1% 59	16.5% 147	11.1% 13	10.8% 18	15.6% 237
Not very well	13.9% 48	14.3% 128	17.1% 20	10.2% 17	14.0% 213
Not at all	16.2% 56	23.4% 209	23.9% 28	42.8% 71	23.9% 364
Undecided	15.9% 55	13.1% 117	22.2% 26	29.5% 49	16.2% 247
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 893	100.0% 117	100.0% 166	1521

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	29.1% 37	29.1% 107	31.7% 222	28.5% 96	30.1% 462
Somewhat well	21.3% 27	15.2% 56	14.8% 104	15.4% 52	15.6% 239
Not very well	20.5% 26	14.9% 55	14.0% 98	10.4% 35	14.0% 214
Not at all	17.3% 22	24.7% 91	23.4% 164	27.3% 92	24.1% 369
Undecided	11.8% 15	16.0% 59	16.1% 113	18.4% 62	16.2% 249
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 368	100.0% 701	100.0% 337	1533

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	16.2% 52	27.9% 119	36.7% 66	37.2% 226	30.2% 463
Somewhat well	11.8% 38	14.8% 63	15.0% 27	18.1% 110	15.5% 238
Not very well	12.1% 39	17.1% 73	17.8% 32	11.5% 70	13.9% 214
Not at all	34.0% 109	19.2% 82	20.6% 37	23.6% 143	24.2% 371
Undecided	25.9% 83	21.1% 90	10.0% 18	9.6% 58	16.2% 249
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 427	100.0% 180	100.0% 607	1535

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	32.5% 245	27.2% 166	36.0% 9	29.9% 35	31.3% 10	30.2% 465
Somewhat well	14.2% 107	17.0% 104	12.0% 3	18.8% 22	15.6% 5	15.7% 241
Not very well	14.7% 111	13.9% 85	8.0% 2	11.1% 13	12.5% 4	14.0% 215
Not at all	25.5% 192	23.2% 142	24.0% 6	20.5% 24	15.6% 5	24.0% 369
Undecided	13.1% 99	18.7% 114	20.0% 5	19.7% 23	25.0% 8	16.2% 249
TOTAL	100.0% 754	100.0% 611	100.0% 25	100.0% 117	100.0% 32	1539

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	44.4% 20	33.3% 72	33.5% 123	29.1% 37	29.7% 117	24.5% 93	30.2% 462
Somewhat well	15.6% 7	14.8% 32	13.6% 50	16.5% 21	15.0% 59	18.9% 72	15.8% 241
Not very well	0.0% 0	10.2% 22	14.4% 53	15.0% 19	16.2% 64	14.7% 56	14.0% 214
Not at all	20.0% 9	25.0% 54	23.2% 85	23.6% 30	22.6% 89	25.5% 97	23.8% 364
Undecided	20.0% 9	16.7% 36	15.3% 56	15.7% 20	16.5% 65	16.3% 62	16.2% 248
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 216	100.0% 367	100.0% 127	100.0% 394	100.0% 380	1529

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	29.4% 53	29.1% 276	31.0% 18	36.0% 81	28.4% 33	30.2% 461
Somewhat well	17.2% 31	17.2% 163	13.8% 8	11.6% 26	11.2% 13	15.8% 241
Not very well	13.3% 24	14.5% 138	10.3% 6	14.2% 32	12.1% 14	14.0% 214
Not at all	25.0% 45	23.1% 219	24.1% 14	24.0% 54	27.6% 32	23.8% 364
Undecided	15.0% 27	16.1% 153	20.7% 12	14.2% 32	20.7% 24	16.2% 248
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 949	100.0% 58	100.0% 225	100.0% 116	1528

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	39.2% 65	37.7% 78	29.9% 82	28.3% 145	24.6% 77	30.4% 447
Somewhat well	15.1% 25	12.1% 25	21.2% 58	14.6% 75	16.6% 52	16.0% 235
Not very well	4.8% 8	16.9% 35	8.8% 24	17.2% 88	16.3% 51	14.0% 206
Not at all	24.7% 41	22.7% 47	22.6% 62	24.0% 123	24.0% 75	23.6% 348
Undecided	16.3% 27	10.6% 22	17.5% 48	15.8% 81	18.5% 58	16.0% 236
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 207	100.0% 274	100.0% 512	100.0% 313	1472