Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q26B Q26 In your opinion, does each of the following ... exist b. Satan   1) Absolutely   2) Probably   3) Probably not   4) Absolutely not

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely	917	55%	55%	-.79
Probably	293	17.6%	72.5%	.16
Probably not	284	17%	89.6%	1.11
Absolutely not	174	10.4%	100%	2.06

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely	46.7% 337	61.3% 580	55.0% 917
Probably	20.9% 151	15.0% 142	17.6% 293
Probably not	18.7% 135	15.8% 149	17.0% 284
Absolutely not	13.7% 99	7.9% 75	10.4% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 722	100.0% 946	1668

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely	54.4% 798	81.0% 51	47.5% 47	55.0% 896
Probably	17.4% 255	12.7% 8	25.3% 25	17.7% 288
Probably not	18.2% 267	4.8% 3	11.1% 11	17.2% 281
Absolutely not	10.1% 148	1.6% 1	16.2% 16	10.1% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 1468	100.0% 63	100.0% 99	1630

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Absolutely	55.7% 205	68.2% 656	28.9% 37	6.6% 12	55.5% 910
Probably	26.4% 97	17.0% 164	7.0% 9	9.9% 18	17.6% 288
Probably not	14.1% 52	11.5% 111	33.6% 43	38.1% 69	16.8% 275
Absolutely not	3.8% 14	3.2% 31	30.5% 39	45.3% 82	10.1% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 368	100.0% 962	100.0% 128	100.0% 181	1639

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Absolutely	52.7% 69	53.3% 200	55.5% 407	55.8% 230	54.9% 906
Probably	16.0% 21	18.9% 71	16.4% 120	19.2% 79	17.6% 291
Probably not	19.1% 25	15.5% 58	18.6% 136	15.3% 63	17.1% 282
Absolutely not	12.2% 16	12.3% 46	9.5% 70	9.7% 40	10.4% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 375	100.0% 733	100.0% 412	1651

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Absolutely	20.7% 72	41.1% 188	63.7% 123	80.3% 525	55.0% 908
Probably	16.7% 58	26.0% 119	16.6% 32	12.2% 80	17.5% 289
Probably not	33.1% 115	23.2% 106	13.0% 25	5.4% 35	17.0% 281
Absolutely not	29.4% 102	9.6% 44	6.7% 13	2.1% 14	10.5% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 457	100.0% 193	100.0% 654	1651

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Absolutely	70.3% 567	36.5% 241	32.0% 8	55.3% 68	60.5% 23	54.9% 907
Probably	15.6% 126	19.5% 129	20.0% 5	17.1% 21	23.7% 9	17.5% 290
Probably not	10.5% 85	24.7% 163	32.0% 8	17.9% 22	10.5% 4	17.1% 282
Absolutely not	3.6% 29	19.2% 127	16.0% 4	9.8% 12	5.3% 2	10.5% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 807	100.0% 660	100.0% 25	100.0% 123	100.0% 38	1653

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Absolutely	70.0% 42	74.1% 177	61.0% 242	54.3% 75	53.2% 218	37.7% 151	55.0% 905
Probably	13.3% 8	13.0% 31	16.6% 66	21.7% 30	18.8% 77	19.0% 76	17.5% 288
Probably not	13.3% 8	9.6% 23	13.6% 54	15.9% 22	18.3% 75	25.2% 101	17.2% 283
Absolutely not	3.3% 2	3.3% 8	8.8% 35	8.0% 11	9.8% 40	18.2% 73	10.3% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 239	100.0% 397	100.0% 138	100.0% 410	100.0% 401	1645

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Absolutely	45.3% 86	57.5% 586	40.0% 24	53.0% 124	60.0% 84	55.0% 904
Probably	17.4% 33	17.9% 183	16.7% 10	15.4% 36	18.6% 26	17.5% 288
Probably not	21.6% 41	15.9% 162	25.0% 15	20.9% 49	11.4% 16	17.2% 283
Absolutely not	15.8% 30	8.7% 89	18.3% 11	10.7% 25	10.0% 14	10.3% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1020	100.0% 60	100.0% 234	100.0% 140	1644

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Absolutely	67.9% 125	63.8% 143	56.1% 165	52.6% 285	42.6% 139	54.6% 857
Probably	18.5% 34	15.2% 34	18.0% 53	17.2% 93	18.7% 61	17.5% 275
Probably not	7.6% 14	14.7% 33	18.4% 54	17.9% 97	23.0% 75	17.4% 273
Absolutely not	6.0% 11	6.3% 14	7.5% 22	12.4% 67	15.6% 51	10.5% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 224	100.0% 294	100.0% 542	100.0% 326	1570