Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q26A Q26 In your opinion, does each of the following ... exist a. God   1) Absolutely   2) Probably   3) Probably not   4) Absolutely not

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely	1268	75.3%	75.3%	-.5
Probably	231	13.7%	89%	.76
Probably not	116	6.9%	95.8%	2.02
Absolutely not	70	4.2%	100%	3.28

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely	68.1% 496	80.7% 772	75.3% 1268
Probably	16.9% 123	11.3% 108	13.7% 231
Probably not	8.5% 62	5.6% 54	6.9% 116
Absolutely not	6.5% 47	2.4% 23	4.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 728	100.0% 957	1685

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely	74.8% 1106	95.4% 62	68.6% 70	75.2% 1238
Probably	13.9% 206	3.1% 2	18.6% 19	13.8% 227
Probably not	7.3% 108	1.5% 1	4.9% 5	6.9% 114
Absolutely not	4.0% 59	0.0% 0	7.8% 8	4.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 1479	100.0% 65	100.0% 102	1646

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Absolutely	82.3% 306	87.0% 848	56.3% 72	14.4% 26	75.6% 1252
Probably	14.2% 53	10.4% 101	26.6% 34	18.9% 34	13.4% 222
Probably not	2.4% 9	2.1% 20	12.5% 16	37.2% 67	6.8% 112
Absolutely not	1.1% 4	0.6% 6	4.7% 6	29.4% 53	4.2% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 975	100.0% 128	100.0% 180	1655

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Absolutely	68.7% 90	70.2% 264	74.7% 548	81.7% 349	75.0% 1251
Probably	19.1% 25	17.3% 65	13.6% 100	9.6% 41	13.8% 231
Probably not	6.1% 8	7.4% 28	7.8% 57	5.4% 23	7.0% 116
Absolutely not	6.1% 8	5.1% 19	4.0% 29	3.3% 14	4.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 376	100.0% 734	100.0% 427	1668

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Absolutely	37.2% 129	71.1% 327	84.5% 164	95.3% 634	75.3% 1254
Probably	23.1% 80	20.9% 96	11.3% 22	4.5% 30	13.7% 228
Probably not	22.8% 79	6.1% 28	3.6% 7	0.2% 1	6.9% 115
Absolutely not	17.0% 59	2.0% 9	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.1% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 460	100.0% 194	100.0% 665	1666

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Absolutely	86.9% 709	61.4% 408	68.0% 17	73.8% 93	73.7% 28	75.2% 1255
Probably	9.4% 77	19.3% 128	12.0% 3	11.9% 15	15.8% 6	13.7% 229
Probably not	2.5% 20	11.7% 78	16.0% 4	7.9% 10	7.9% 3	6.9% 115
Absolutely not	1.2% 10	7.5% 50	4.0% 1	6.3% 8	2.6% 1	4.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 816	100.0% 664	100.0% 25	100.0% 126	100.0% 38	1669

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Absolutely	87.1% 54	88.3% 219	80.1% 322	77.5% 107	71.5% 294	62.9% 251	75.1% 1247
Probably	8.1% 5	4.8% 12	10.4% 42	12.3% 17	18.0% 74	19.5% 78	13.7% 228
Probably not	3.2% 2	4.8% 12	5.7% 23	7.2% 10	6.3% 26	10.8% 43	7.0% 116
Absolutely not	1.6% 1	2.0% 5	3.7% 15	2.9% 4	4.1% 17	6.8% 27	4.2% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 248	100.0% 402	100.0% 138	100.0% 411	100.0% 399	1660

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Absolutely	67.4% 128	76.9% 787	60.0% 36	72.8% 174	82.4% 122	75.1% 1247
Probably	17.4% 33	14.2% 145	20.0% 12	12.6% 30	5.4% 8	13.7% 228
Probably not	10.0% 19	5.5% 56	11.7% 7	9.2% 22	8.1% 12	7.0% 116
Absolutely not	5.3% 10	3.4% 35	8.3% 5	5.4% 13	4.1% 6	4.2% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1023	100.0% 60	100.0% 239	100.0% 148	1660

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Absolutely	85.1% 166	82.4% 187	75.8% 222	73.9% 402	65.3% 213	75.1% 1190
Probably	8.2% 16	11.0% 25	13.0% 38	14.2% 77	19.0% 62	13.8% 218
Probably not	5.1% 10	4.4% 10	8.9% 26	6.4% 35	9.5% 31	7.1% 112
Absolutely not	1.5% 3	2.2% 5	2.4% 7	5.5% 30	6.1% 20	4.1% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 227	100.0% 293	100.0% 544	100.0% 326	1585