Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q26E Q26 In your opinion, does each of the following ... exist e. Purgatory   1) Absolutely   2) Probably   3) Probably not   4) Absolutely not

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely	306	19%	19%	-1.56
Probably	358	22.2%	41.2%	-.62
Probably not	529	32.8%	74.1%	.32
Absolutely not	418	25.9%	100%	1.27

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely	17.9% 126	19.8% 180	19.0% 306
Probably	19.6% 138	24.2% 220	22.2% 358
Probably not	35.0% 246	31.2% 283	32.8% 529
Absolutely not	27.5% 193	24.8% 225	25.9% 418
TOTAL	100.0% 703	100.0% 908	1611

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely	18.9% 269	25.0% 14	12.4% 12	18.7% 295
Probably	21.9% 311	23.2% 13	30.9% 30	22.5% 354
Probably not	33.4% 475	21.4% 12	35.1% 34	33.1% 521
Absolutely not	25.8% 367	30.4% 17	21.6% 21	25.7% 405
TOTAL	100.0% 1422	100.0% 56	100.0% 97	1575

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Absolutely	39.0% 141	15.5% 142	15.2% 19	1.1% 2	19.2% 304
Probably	34.0% 123	21.7% 199	13.6% 17	7.8% 14	22.3% 353
Probably not	19.9% 72	35.4% 325	39.2% 49	40.8% 73	32.8% 519
Absolutely not	7.2% 26	27.5% 252	32.0% 40	50.3% 90	25.8% 408
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 918	100.0% 125	100.0% 179	1584

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Absolutely	14.0% 18	18.6% 68	20.3% 145	18.6% 72	19.0% 303
Probably	23.3% 30	23.3% 85	21.5% 154	22.5% 87	22.3% 356
Probably not	31.0% 40	31.8% 116	34.3% 245	31.3% 121	32.7% 522
Absolutely not	31.8% 41	26.3% 96	23.9% 171	27.6% 107	26.0% 415
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 365	100.0% 715	100.0% 387	1596

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Absolutely	6.2% 21	17.7% 78	21.9% 41	25.9% 163	19.0% 303
Probably	18.2% 62	26.1% 115	31.6% 59	18.9% 119	22.2% 355
Probably not	38.4% 131	40.7% 179	26.7% 50	26.5% 167	33.0% 527
Absolutely not	37.2% 127	15.5% 68	19.8% 37	28.7% 181	25.8% 413
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 440	100.0% 187	100.0% 630	1598

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Absolutely	24.0% 188	12.0% 77	16.0% 4	21.5% 26	33.3% 11	19.1% 306
Probably	20.5% 160	22.8% 146	16.0% 4	27.3% 33	27.3% 9	22.0% 352
Probably not	29.8% 233	36.7% 235	40.0% 10	37.2% 45	12.1% 4	32.9% 527
Absolutely not	25.7% 201	28.4% 182	28.0% 7	14.0% 17	27.3% 9	26.0% 416
TOTAL	100.0% 782	100.0% 640	100.0% 25	100.0% 121	100.0% 33	1601

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Absolutely	25.5% 13	29.6% 66	23.6% 92	20.6% 27	15.8% 63	10.4% 41	19.0% 302
Probably	31.4% 16	23.3% 52	21.3% 83	26.0% 34	24.5% 98	18.2% 72	22.3% 355
Probably not	25.5% 13	24.7% 55	31.5% 123	32.1% 42	33.0% 132	39.7% 157	32.8% 522
Absolutely not	17.6% 9	22.4% 50	23.6% 92	21.4% 28	26.8% 107	31.6% 125	25.8% 411
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 223	100.0% 390	100.0% 131	100.0% 400	100.0% 395	1590

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Absolutely	15.6% 29	19.0% 188	21.7% 13	19.5% 44	20.9% 27	18.9% 301
Probably	23.1% 43	21.8% 215	18.3% 11	25.2% 57	22.5% 29	22.3% 355
Probably not	30.6% 57	34.3% 339	35.0% 21	30.1% 68	28.7% 37	32.9% 522
Absolutely not	30.6% 57	24.9% 246	25.0% 15	25.2% 57	27.9% 36	25.9% 411
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 988	100.0% 60	100.0% 226	100.0% 129	1589

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Absolutely	23.6% 41	24.1% 51	19.9% 56	15.6% 83	15.9% 51	18.5% 282
Probably	26.4% 46	24.5% 52	21.6% 61	21.0% 112	20.6% 66	22.2% 337
Probably not	24.7% 43	31.6% 67	33.7% 95	34.3% 183	38.4% 123	33.6% 511
Absolutely not	25.3% 44	19.8% 42	24.8% 70	29.1% 155	25.0% 80	25.7% 391
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 212	100.0% 282	100.0% 533	100.0% 320	1521