Belief in Monsters

• Introduction
• Patterns

Belief in Monsters (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements... Creatures such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster will one day be discovered by science?

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Belief in Monsters by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
strongly disagree	23.8% 171	24.2% 225	24.1% 396
disagree	37.0% 265	28.5% 265	32.2% 530
undecided	23.3% 167	29.6% 275	26.9% 442
agree	14.1% 101	14.2% 132	14.2% 233
strongly agree	1.8% 13	3.4% 32	2.7% 45
Missing	28	47	75
TOTAL	100% 717	100% 929	1646

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Belief in Monsters by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	24.8% 361	23.3% 14	13.4% 13	8	24.1% 388
disagree	33.1% 481	25.0% 15	24.7% 24	10	32.3% 520
undecided	25.4% 369	28.3% 17	42.3% 41	15	26.5% 427
agree	14.3% 208	16.7% 10	12.4% 12	3	14.3% 230
strongly agree	2.3% 34	6.7% 4	7.2% 7	0	2.8% 45
Missing	55	6	6	8	75
TOTAL	100% 1453	100% 60	100% 97	44	1610

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Belief in Monsters by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	25.3% 239	18.5% 67	30.2% 68	22.6% 19	3	24.3% 393
disagree	31.6% 298	32.0% 116	32.9% 74	33.3% 28	14	32.0% 516
undecided	27.3% 257	28.1% 102	22.7% 51	31.0% 26	6	27.0% 436
agree	13.4% 126	19.3% 70	11.1% 25	9.5% 8	4	14.2% 229
strongly agree	2.4% 23	2.2% 8	3.1% 7	3.6% 3	4	2.5% 41
Missing	47	17	6	2	3	75
TOTAL	100% 943	100% 363	100% 225	100% 84	34	1615

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Belief in Monsters by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	24.2% 31	27.4% 102	21.4% 154	25.9% 106	3	24.1% 393
disagree	32.8% 42	32.5% 121	31.7% 228	32.7% 134	5	32.2% 525
undecided	23.4% 30	23.1% 86	28.1% 202	28.3% 116	8	26.6% 434
agree	17.2% 22	14.0% 52	15.7% 113	11.2% 46	0	14.3% 233
strongly agree	2.3% 3	3.0% 11	3.2% 23	2.0% 8	0	2.8% 45
Missing	3	7	29	32	4	75
TOTAL	100% 128	100% 372	100% 720	100% 410	20	1630

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Belief in Monsters by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	22.5% 78	19.5% 89	21.0% 66	30.7% 158	5	24.0% 391
disagree	34.9% 121	28.9% 132	34.7% 109	31.9% 164	4	32.3% 526
undecided	23.3% 81	30.0% 137	25.2% 79	27.0% 139	6	26.7% 436
agree	14.7% 51	19.1% 87	16.6% 52	8.4% 43	0	14.3% 233
strongly agree	4.6% 16	2.4% 11	2.5% 8	1.9% 10	0	2.8% 45
Missing	11	18	15	24	7	75
TOTAL	100% 347	100% 456	100% 314	100% 514	22	1631

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Belief in Monsters by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	27.9% 222	22.8% 149	13.4% 25	0	24.2% 396
disagree	33.3% 265	30.3% 198	33.9% 63	4	32.2% 526
undecided	25.0% 199	28.2% 184	28.0% 52	7	26.6% 435
agree	11.7% 93	15.6% 102	19.9% 37	1	14.2% 232
strongly agree	2.0% 16	3.1% 20	4.8% 9	0	2.8% 45
Missing	36	26	6	7	75
TOTAL	100% 795	100% 653	100% 186	19	1634

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Belief in Monsters by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	10.5% 6	23.4% 56	23.9% 94	19.9% 27	24.6% 99	27.7% 109	5	24.1% 391
disagree	31.6% 18	28.0% 67	32.7% 129	29.4% 40	32.8% 132	35.5% 140	4	32.4% 526
undecided	26.3% 15	30.5% 73	27.7% 109	27.2% 37	24.6% 99	24.6% 97	12	26.5% 430
agree	21.1% 12	15.1% 36	12.7% 50	20.6% 28	15.1% 61	11.2% 44	2	14.2% 231
strongly agree	10.5% 6	2.9% 7	3.0% 12	2.9% 4	3.0% 12	1.0% 4	0	2.8% 45
Missing	5	18	16	4	12	12	8	75
TOTAL	100% 57	100% 239	100% 394	100% 136	100% 403	100% 394	31	1623

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Belief in Monsters by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	24.8% 249	24.1% 14	23.4% 33	21.4% 50	24.1% 45	5	24.1% 391
disagree	33.8% 339	27.6% 16	29.8% 42	33.3% 78	27.3% 51	4	32.4% 526
undecided	26.8% 269	25.9% 15	28.4% 40	26.1% 61	24.6% 46	11	26.6% 431
agree	13.0% 130	20.7% 12	14.2% 20	14.5% 34	18.2% 34	3	14.2% 230
strongly agree	1.6% 16	1.7% 1	4.3% 6	4.7% 11	5.9% 11	0	2.8% 45
Missing	40	3	12	8	5	7	75
TOTAL	100% 1003	100% 58	100% 141	100% 234	100% 187	30	1623

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Belief in Monsters by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	19.5% 36	23.0% 51	23.6% 68	25.5% 135	25.2% 82	24	24.0% 372
disagree	26.5% 49	31.1% 69	30.2% 87	34.2% 181	36.5% 119	25	32.6% 505
undecided	27.6% 51	27.5% 61	27.8% 80	25.5% 135	25.2% 82	33	26.4% 409
agree	19.5% 36	13.1% 29	16.3% 47	14.0% 74	11.3% 37	10	14.4% 223
strongly agree	7.0% 13	5.4% 12	2.1% 6	0.9% 5	1.8% 6	3	2.7% 42
Missing	12	10	14	19	5	15	75
TOTAL	100% 185	100% 222	100% 288	100% 530	100% 326	110	1551

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Notes

Baylor Religion Survey, 2005: The Baylor Religion Survey (BRS) is national population survey of religious characteristics, orientations, and attitudes modeled after the General Social Survey. The 2005 BRS data includes 1,721 responses collected by the Gallup Organization. A third of the survey is dedicated solely to religion items; focusing on affiliation, identity, belief, experience, and commitment. Two-thirds of the survey is dedicated to topical modules which will be rotated in subsequent administrations. The 2005 survey includes modules on moral and political attitudes, the consumption of religious goods, the paranormal and civic engagement.