Belief in UFOs

• Introduction
• Patterns

Belief in UFOs (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements... Some UFOs are probably spaceships from other worlds

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

	Male	Female	TOTAL
strongly disagree	22.6% 161	26.0% 240	24.6% 401
disagree	27.7% 197	21.6% 199	24.2% 396
undecided	22.6% 161	30.9% 285	27.3% 446
agree	22.5% 160	18.4% 170	20.2% 330
strongly agree	4.5% 32	3.0% 28	3.7% 60
Missing	34	54	88
TOTAL	100% 711	100% 922	1633

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

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	25.1% 364	19.6% 11	17.9% 17	9	24.5% 392
disagree	25.1% 363	14.3% 8	17.9% 17	8	24.3% 388
undecided	26.5% 383	33.9% 19	30.5% 29	15	27.0% 431
agree	20.3% 294	23.2% 13	23.2% 22	1	20.6% 329
strongly agree	3.0% 44	8.9% 5	10.5% 10	1	3.7% 59
Missing	60	10	8	10	88
TOTAL	100% 1448	100% 56	100% 95	44	1599

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

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	27.3% 255	19.6% 71	24.9% 56	19.5% 16	3	24.8% 398
disagree	24.3% 227	26.2% 95	23.6% 53	15.9% 13	8	24.2% 388
undecided	26.9% 251	28.5% 103	27.1% 61	28.0% 23	8	27.3% 438
agree	19.2% 179	22.1% 80	18.7% 42	28.0% 23	6	20.2% 324
strongly agree	2.3% 21	3.6% 13	5.8% 13	8.5% 7	6	3.4% 54
Missing	57	18	6	4	3	88
TOTAL	100% 933	100% 362	100% 225	100% 82	34	1602

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

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	23.4% 30	26.1% 97	23.1% 166	26.3% 105	3	24.6% 398
disagree	31.3% 40	25.1% 93	20.5% 147	28.3% 113	3	24.3% 393
undecided	18.8% 24	24.5% 91	28.3% 203	30.3% 121	7	27.1% 439
agree	21.1% 27	19.9% 74	23.5% 169	14.3% 57	3	20.2% 327
strongly agree	5.5% 7	4.3% 16	4.6% 33	1.0% 4	0	3.7% 60
Missing	3	8	31	42	4	88
TOTAL	100% 128	100% 371	100% 718	100% 400	20	1617

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

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	17.7% 61	19.4% 88	20.9% 65	35.8% 182	5	24.5% 396
disagree	23.2% 80	21.6% 98	26.4% 82	25.9% 132	4	24.2% 392
undecided	26.1% 90	26.7% 121	28.6% 89	27.7% 141	5	27.2% 441
agree	25.5% 88	28.2% 128	21.9% 68	9.0% 46	0	20.4% 330
strongly agree	7.5% 26	4.2% 19	2.3% 7	1.6% 8	0	3.7% 60
Missing	13	20	18	29	8	88
TOTAL	100% 345	100% 454	100% 311	100% 509	22	1619

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

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	32.0% 253	18.6% 120	14.6% 27	1	24.7% 400
disagree	24.4% 193	24.9% 161	21.6% 40	2	24.3% 394
undecided	25.9% 205	28.3% 183	28.6% 53	5	27.2% 441
agree	15.7% 124	23.2% 150	29.2% 54	2	20.2% 328
strongly agree	2.0% 16	5.0% 32	5.9% 11	1	3.6% 59
Missing	40	33	7	8	88
TOTAL	100% 791	100% 646	100% 185	19	1622

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

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	13.2% 7	24.5% 58	23.2% 91	19.3% 26	23.6% 94	30.5% 120	5	24.6% 396
disagree	26.4% 14	19.4% 46	24.9% 98	16.3% 22	23.8% 95	29.7% 117	4	24.3% 392
undecided	32.1% 17	33.8% 80	29.3% 115	28.1% 38	25.1% 100	21.6% 85	11	27.0% 435
agree	20.8% 11	19.4% 46	19.1% 75	31.9% 43	22.3% 89	16.5% 65	1	20.4% 329
strongly agree	7.5% 4	3.0% 7	3.6% 14	4.4% 6	5.3% 21	1.8% 7	1	3.7% 59
Missing	9	20	17	5	16	12	9	88
TOTAL	100% 53	100% 237	100% 393	100% 135	100% 399	100% 394	31	1611

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

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	27.0% 270	19.3% 11	22.1% 30	18.1% 42	23.0% 43	5	24.6% 396
disagree	23.4% 234	15.8% 9	29.4% 40	25.4% 59	26.7% 50	4	24.3% 392
undecided	26.1% 261	21.1% 12	30.1% 41	31.0% 72	26.7% 50	10	27.1% 436
agree	21.6% 216	31.6% 18	16.2% 22	17.7% 41	16.6% 31	2	20.4% 328
strongly agree	1.8% 18	12.3% 7	2.2% 3	7.8% 18	7.0% 13	1	3.7% 59
Missing	44	4	17	10	5	8	88
TOTAL	100% 999	100% 57	100% 136	100% 232	100% 187	30	1611

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

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	16.1% 29	22.2% 49	24.1% 69	27.2% 144	25.8% 84	26	24.3% 375
disagree	28.9% 52	23.1% 51	21.3% 61	24.2% 128	25.8% 84	20	24.4% 376
undecided	30.0% 54	33.0% 73	28.7% 82	23.6% 125	25.5% 83	29	27.1% 417
agree	18.9% 34	16.3% 36	23.4% 67	22.1% 117	19.4% 63	13	20.6% 317
strongly agree	6.1% 11	5.4% 12	2.4% 7	2.8% 15	3.4% 11	4	3.6% 56
Missing	17	11	16	20	6	18	88
TOTAL	100% 180	100% 221	100% 286	100% 529	100% 325	110	1541

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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.