Religious Tradition

• Introduction
• Patterns

Religious Tradition (Demographic Patterns)

Religious tradition: recode based on religious affiliation, belief, and behavior of survey respondents

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Religious Tradition by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Catholic	23.9% 175	21.4% 205	22.5% 380
Black Protestant	1.1% 8	3.2% 31	2.3% 39
Evangelical Protestant	27.6% 202	32.4% 310	30.3% 512
Mainline Protestant	25.0% 183	26.8% 256	26.0% 439
Jewish	3.1% 23	2.5% 24	2.8% 47
Other	6.2% 45	4.3% 41	5.1% 86
None	13.0% 95	9.3% 89	10.9% 184
Missing	14	20	34
TOTAL	100% 731	100% 956	1687

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Religious Tradition by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	23.4% 346	4.6% 3	18.0% 18	13	22.3% 367
Black Protestant	0.1% 1	58.5% 38	0.0% 0	0	2.4% 39
Evangelical Protestant	30.9% 457	10.8% 7	31.0% 31	17	30.1% 495
Mainline Protestant	27.7% 410	10.8% 7	18.0% 18	4	26.4% 435
Jewish	3.0% 45	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	0	2.9% 47
Other	4.4% 65	6.2% 4	13.0% 13	4	5.0% 82
None	10.6% 157	6.2% 4	20.0% 20	3	11.0% 181
Missing	27	1	3	3	34
TOTAL	100% 1481	100% 65	100% 100	44	1646

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Religious Tradition by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 380	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	22.5% 380
Black Protestant	3.9% 39	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 39
Evangelical Protestant	51.7% 512	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	30.3% 512
Mainline Protestant	44.3% 439	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	26.0% 439
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.3% 47	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 47
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 86	0	5.1% 86
None	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	79.7% 184	0.0% 0	0	10.9% 184
Missing	0	0	0	0	34	34
TOTAL	100% 990	100% 380	100% 231	100% 86	34	1687

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Religious Tradition by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	14.2% 18	23.5% 87	23.6% 174	22.4% 97	4	22.5% 376
Black Protestant	3.1% 4	2.7% 10	1.5% 11	3.2% 14	0	2.3% 39
Evangelical Protestant	36.2% 46	33.8% 125	28.5% 210	28.8% 125	6	30.3% 506
Mainline Protestant	20.5% 26	19.2% 71	26.6% 196	32.5% 141	5	26.0% 434
Jewish	3.1% 4	1.9% 7	2.8% 21	3.5% 15	0	2.8% 47
Other	5.5% 7	6.5% 24	4.7% 35	4.1% 18	2	5.0% 84
None	17.3% 22	12.4% 46	12.3% 91	5.5% 24	1	11.0% 183
Missing	4	9	11	8	2	34
TOTAL	100% 127	100% 370	100% 738	100% 434	20	1669

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Religious Tradition by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	11.5% 39	26.3% 123	22.4% 73	26.4% 142	3	22.6% 377
Black Protestant	1.2% 4	1.9% 9	2.1% 7	3.5% 19	0	2.3% 39
Evangelical Protestant	15.0% 51	24.8% 116	30.1% 98	44.7% 240	7	30.2% 505
Mainline Protestant	16.5% 56	31.7% 148	36.2% 118	20.9% 112	5	26.0% 434
Jewish	3.2% 11	5.8% 27	1.8% 6	0.6% 3	0	2.8% 47
Other	4.7% 16	5.4% 25	7.4% 24	3.9% 21	0	5.1% 86
None	47.9% 163	4.1% 19	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	10.9% 182
Missing	18	7	3	1	5	34
TOTAL	100% 340	100% 467	100% 326	100% 537	22	1670

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Religious Tradition by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	23.2% 191	21.9% 145	23.2% 43	1	22.7% 379
Black Protestant	0.6% 5	3.9% 26	3.2% 6	2	2.2% 37
Evangelical Protestant	41.9% 345	17.5% 116	24.3% 45	6	30.3% 506
Mainline Protestant	26.6% 219	25.7% 170	24.9% 46	4	26.0% 435
Jewish	0.8% 7	4.8% 32	4.3% 8	0	2.8% 47
Other	3.4% 28	7.6% 50	3.2% 6	2	5.0% 84
None	3.5% 29	18.6% 123	16.8% 31	1	11.0% 183
Missing	7	17	7	3	34
TOTAL	100% 824	100% 662	100% 185	19	1671

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Religious Tradition by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	21.1% 12	25.2% 64	22.3% 90	24.4% 33	24.8% 102	18.0% 72	7	22.5% 373
Black Protestant	5.3% 3	2.0% 5	3.7% 15	3.0% 4	1.5% 6	1.5% 6	0	2.3% 39
Evangelical Protestant	56.1% 32	38.6% 98	32.8% 132	34.1% 46	26.3% 108	20.5% 82	14	30.0% 498
Mainline Protestant	12.3% 7	23.6% 60	23.8% 96	23.7% 32	27.7% 114	31.8% 127	3	26.3% 436
Jewish	0.0% 0	2.4% 6	1.7% 7	1.5% 2	1.9% 8	6.0% 24	0	2.8% 47
Other	0.0% 0	2.8% 7	5.2% 21	4.4% 6	6.3% 26	6.0% 24	2	5.1% 84
None	5.3% 3	5.5% 14	10.4% 42	8.9% 12	11.4% 47	16.3% 65	1	11.0% 183
Missing	5	3	7	5	4	6	4	34
TOTAL	100% 57	100% 254	100% 403	100% 135	100% 411	100% 400	31	1660

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Religious Tradition by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	23.4% 241	23.7% 14	26.5% 40	15.4% 36	23.1% 43	6	22.5% 374
Black Protestant	1.1% 11	1.7% 1	2.6% 4	6.8% 16	3.8% 7	0	2.3% 39
Evangelical Protestant	32.1% 331	28.8% 17	29.1% 44	27.4% 64	22.6% 42	14	30.0% 498
Mainline Protestant	26.9% 277	20.3% 12	28.5% 43	27.4% 64	21.0% 39	4	26.2% 435
Jewish	3.1% 32	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	3.0% 7	3.2% 6	0	2.8% 47
Other	5.0% 52	6.8% 4	3.3% 5	6.0% 14	4.8% 9	2	5.1% 84
None	8.3% 86	18.6% 11	8.6% 13	14.1% 33	21.5% 40	1	11.0% 183
Missing	13	2	2	8	6	3	34
TOTAL	100% 1030	100% 59	100% 151	100% 234	100% 186	30	1660

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Religious Tradition by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
Catholic	12.7% 24	22.9% 52	22.6% 67	21.1% 114	28.0% 92	31	22.0% 349
Black Protestant	7.4% 14	3.1% 7	2.4% 7	1.8% 10	0.0% 0	1	2.4% 38
Evangelical Protestant	43.4% 82	29.5% 67	32.7% 97	29.9% 162	21.6% 71	33	30.3% 479
Mainline Protestant	23.3% 44	25.6% 58	25.3% 75	27.9% 151	26.4% 87	24	26.2% 415
Jewish	0.5% 1	3.5% 8	1.7% 5	2.0% 11	5.2% 17	5	2.7% 42
Other	3.2% 6	4.4% 10	5.1% 15	5.2% 28	6.7% 22	5	5.1% 81
None	9.5% 18	11.0% 25	10.4% 31	12.0% 65	12.2% 40	5	11.3% 179
Missing	8	5	5	8	2	6	34
TOTAL	100% 189	100% 227	100% 297	100% 541	100% 329	110	1583

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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.