Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q26C Q26 In your opinion, does each of the following ... exist c. Heaven   1) Absolutely   2) Probably   3) Probably not   4) Absolutely not

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely	1077	64.3%	64.3%	-.65
Probably	300	17.9%	82.2%	.42
Probably not	180	10.7%	93%	1.49
Absolutely not	118	7%	100%	2.56

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely	55.6% 401	70.9% 676	64.3% 1077
Probably	21.5% 155	15.2% 145	17.9% 300
Probably not	12.9% 93	9.1% 87	10.7% 180
Absolutely not	10.0% 72	4.8% 46	7.0% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 721	100.0% 954	1675

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely	63.8% 941	83.9% 52	59.0% 59	64.3% 1052
Probably	17.9% 264	14.5% 9	20.0% 20	17.9% 293
Probably not	11.3% 166	0.0% 0	12.0% 12	10.9% 178
Absolutely not	7.1% 104	1.6% 1	9.0% 9	7.0% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 62	100.0% 100	1637

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Absolutely	70.5% 261	77.1% 748	37.8% 48	6.1% 11	64.9% 1068
Probably	21.4% 79	16.3% 158	22.8% 29	14.0% 25	17.7% 291
Probably not	5.7% 21	5.3% 51	24.4% 31	39.7% 71	10.6% 174
Absolutely not	2.4% 9	1.3% 13	15.0% 19	40.2% 72	6.9% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 370	100.0% 970	100.0% 127	100.0% 179	1646

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Absolutely	63.8% 83	60.8% 228	62.7% 460	69.7% 292	64.1% 1063
Probably	16.2% 21	21.1% 79	18.1% 133	15.8% 66	18.0% 299
Probably not	12.3% 16	10.9% 41	12.4% 91	7.4% 31	10.8% 179
Absolutely not	7.7% 10	7.2% 27	6.8% 50	7.2% 30	7.1% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 375	100.0% 734	100.0% 419	1658

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Absolutely	22.5% 78	56.2% 257	74.7% 145	88.5% 585	64.2% 1065
Probably	24.8% 86	25.6% 117	14.9% 29	10.3% 68	18.1% 300
Probably not	28.0% 97	13.1% 60	7.7% 15	0.8% 5	10.7% 177
Absolutely not	24.8% 86	5.0% 23	2.6% 5	0.5% 3	7.1% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 457	100.0% 194	100.0% 661	1659

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Absolutely	79.3% 643	47.7% 315	48.0% 12	54.8% 69	68.4% 26	64.2% 1065
Probably	12.9% 105	22.3% 147	28.0% 7	24.6% 31	18.4% 7	17.9% 297
Probably not	5.4% 44	17.0% 112	16.0% 4	12.7% 16	10.5% 4	10.8% 180
Absolutely not	2.3% 19	13.0% 86	8.0% 2	7.9% 10	2.6% 1	7.1% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 811	100.0% 660	100.0% 25	100.0% 126	100.0% 38	1660

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Absolutely	83.3% 50	82.0% 201	68.9% 275	66.4% 91	61.5% 252	48.0% 192	64.3% 1061
Probably	10.0% 6	10.2% 25	15.5% 62	19.0% 26	21.2% 87	22.0% 88	17.8% 294
Probably not	3.3% 2	5.3% 13	10.0% 40	9.5% 13	10.5% 43	17.0% 68	10.8% 179
Absolutely not	3.3% 2	2.4% 6	5.5% 22	5.1% 7	6.8% 28	13.0% 52	7.1% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 245	100.0% 399	100.0% 137	100.0% 410	100.0% 400	1651

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Absolutely	55.3% 105	66.6% 681	45.8% 27	62.0% 145	71.0% 103	64.3% 1061
Probably	22.1% 42	17.9% 183	23.7% 14	15.8% 37	12.4% 18	17.8% 294
Probably not	13.2% 25	9.9% 101	18.6% 11	12.0% 28	9.7% 14	10.8% 179
Absolutely not	9.5% 18	5.7% 58	11.9% 7	10.3% 24	6.9% 10	7.1% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1023	100.0% 59	100.0% 234	100.0% 145	1651

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Absolutely	80.0% 152	72.3% 162	66.2% 194	61.4% 334	51.1% 166	64.0% 1008
Probably	11.1% 21	14.7% 33	15.7% 46	18.9% 103	23.7% 77	17.8% 280
Probably not	5.8% 11	8.5% 19	13.0% 38	10.5% 57	15.4% 50	11.1% 175
Absolutely not	3.2% 6	4.5% 10	5.1% 15	9.2% 50	9.8% 32	7.2% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 224	100.0% 293	100.0% 544	100.0% 325	1576