Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q23P Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God p. Yielding   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	292	18.6%	18.6%	-1.47
Somewhat well	312	19.9%	38.6%	-.77
Not very well	245	15.6%	54.2%	-.07
Not at all	391	25%	79.2%	.64
Undecided	326	20.8%	100%	1.34

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	17.0% 115	19.9% 177	18.6% 292
Somewhat well	19.5% 132	20.2% 180	19.9% 312
Not very well	15.7% 106	15.6% 139	15.6% 245
Not at all	26.4% 179	23.8% 212	25.0% 391
Undecided	21.4% 145	20.4% 181	20.8% 326
TOTAL	100.0% 677	100.0% 889	1566

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	17.8% 247	42.9% 24	18.1% 17	18.8% 288
Somewhat well	19.9% 276	17.9% 10	19.1% 18	19.8% 304
Not very well	16.4% 227	7.1% 4	12.8% 12	15.8% 243
Not at all	25.1% 347	12.5% 7	26.6% 25	24.7% 379
Undecided	20.7% 287	19.6% 11	23.4% 22	20.9% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 56	100.0% 94	1534

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	17.5% 61	23.0% 208	13.8% 16	3.0% 5	18.8% 290
Somewhat well	26.4% 92	20.2% 183	13.8% 16	10.1% 17	20.0% 308
Not very well	16.0% 56	16.9% 153	14.7% 17	8.9% 15	15.6% 241
Not at all	20.3% 71	23.1% 209	29.3% 34	39.6% 67	24.7% 381
Undecided	19.8% 69	16.9% 153	28.4% 33	38.5% 65	20.8% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 906	100.0% 116	100.0% 169	1540

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	19.5% 25	16.5% 61	18.7% 132	20.6% 72	18.6% 290
Somewhat well	16.4% 21	20.3% 75	20.7% 146	19.7% 69	20.0% 311
Not very well	18.0% 23	17.6% 65	16.0% 113	12.0% 42	15.6% 243
Not at all	24.2% 31	22.2% 82	26.0% 184	25.7% 90	24.9% 387
Undecided	21.9% 28	23.5% 87	18.7% 132	22.0% 77	20.8% 324
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 370	100.0% 707	100.0% 350	1555

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	8.6% 28	17.6% 77	17.8% 32	25.1% 154	18.7% 291
Somewhat well	15.4% 50	22.1% 97	21.1% 38	20.2% 124	19.9% 309
Not very well	14.2% 46	16.2% 71	19.4% 35	14.7% 90	15.6% 242
Not at all	29.6% 96	21.9% 96	22.8% 41	25.3% 155	25.0% 388
Undecided	32.1% 104	22.1% 97	18.9% 34	14.7% 90	20.9% 325
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 438	100.0% 180	100.0% 613	1555

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	21.9% 167	14.8% 92	16.7% 4	15.1% 18	22.9% 8	18.5% 289
Somewhat well	21.7% 165	19.0% 118	8.3% 2	17.6% 21	17.1% 6	20.0% 312
Not very well	16.3% 124	15.2% 94	29.2% 7	13.4% 16	11.4% 4	15.7% 245
Not at all	23.9% 182	26.3% 163	20.8% 5	27.7% 33	17.1% 6	25.0% 389
Undecided	16.2% 123	24.7% 153	25.0% 6	26.1% 31	31.4% 11	20.8% 324
TOTAL	100.0% 761	100.0% 620	100.0% 24	100.0% 119	100.0% 35	1559

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	35.4% 17	31.8% 71	23.0% 86	16.8% 21	12.9% 51	11.2% 43	18.7% 289
Somewhat well	16.7% 8	19.3% 43	19.5% 73	25.6% 32	20.8% 82	18.5% 71	20.0% 309
Not very well	4.2% 2	13.5% 30	13.6% 51	16.0% 20	17.5% 69	18.8% 72	15.8% 244
Not at all	25.0% 12	19.3% 43	25.1% 94	24.0% 30	23.4% 92	29.2% 112	24.8% 383
Undecided	18.8% 9	16.1% 36	18.7% 70	17.6% 22	25.4% 100	22.2% 85	20.8% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 223	100.0% 374	100.0% 125	100.0% 394	100.0% 383	1547

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	16.7% 31	18.1% 173	15.5% 9	23.0% 52	20.3% 24	18.7% 289
Somewhat well	21.5% 40	21.2% 203	22.4% 13	15.9% 36	14.4% 17	20.0% 309
Not very well	15.1% 28	16.5% 158	10.3% 6	17.7% 40	9.3% 11	15.7% 243
Not at all	23.7% 44	24.1% 231	24.1% 14	25.7% 58	30.5% 36	24.8% 383
Undecided	23.1% 43	20.1% 193	27.6% 16	17.7% 40	25.4% 30	20.8% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 958	100.0% 58	100.0% 226	100.0% 118	1546

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	27.6% 48	27.9% 57	18.6% 52	16.0% 82	12.9% 41	18.8% 280
Somewhat well	19.5% 34	15.2% 31	23.7% 66	21.1% 108	18.9% 60	20.1% 299
Not very well	10.9% 19	16.2% 33	14.7% 41	18.5% 95	15.7% 50	16.0% 238
Not at all	19.5% 34	22.5% 46	22.6% 63	24.8% 127	28.9% 92	24.3% 362
Undecided	22.4% 39	18.1% 37	20.4% 57	19.7% 101	23.6% 75	20.8% 309
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 204	100.0% 279	100.0% 513	100.0% 318	1488