Belief in God

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Belief in God (Demographic Patterns)

Which one statement comes closest to your personal beliefs about God?

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

	Male	Female	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	7.4% 54	2.5% 24	4.6% 78
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	14.9% 109	13.9% 134	14.3% 243
I sometimes believe in God	2.7% 20	0.9% 9	1.7% 29
I believe in God, but with some doubts	12.6% 92	9.4% 91	10.8% 183
I have no doubts that God exists	59.2% 434	70.9% 684	65.8% 1118
I have no opinion	3.3% 24	2.4% 23	2.8% 47
Missing	12	11	23
TOTAL	100% 733	100% 965	1698

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

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	4.5% 67	0.0% 0	8.8% 9	2	4.6% 76
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	14.0% 209	9.1% 6	22.5% 23	5	14.4% 238
I sometimes believe in God	1.7% 26	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	0	1.7% 29
I believe in God, but with some doubts	11.9% 177	0.0% 0	4.9% 5	1	11.0% 182
I have no doubts that God exists	64.9% 967	89.4% 59	59.8% 61	31	65.6% 1087
I have no opinion	3.0% 44	1.5% 1	1.0% 1	1	2.8% 46
Missing	18	0	1	4	23
TOTAL	100% 1490	100% 66	100% 102	44	1658

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

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	0.6% 6	1.3% 5	28.2% 64	3.5% 3	0	4.7% 78
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	9.1% 89	7.2% 27	34.8% 79	37.6% 32	16	13.6% 227
I sometimes believe in God	1.6% 16	0.5% 2	4.4% 10	0.0% 0	1	1.7% 28
I believe in God, but with some doubts	10.9% 107	14.7% 55	7.9% 18	2.4% 2	1	10.9% 182
I have no doubts that God exists	76.9% 755	74.5% 278	12.3% 28	54.1% 46	11	66.4% 1107
I have no opinion	0.9% 9	1.6% 6	12.3% 28	2.4% 2	2	2.7% 45
Missing	8	7	4	1	3	23
TOTAL	100% 982	100% 373	100% 227	100% 85	34	1667

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

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	4.6% 6	4.7% 18	5.5% 41	3.0% 13	0	4.6% 78
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	22.3% 29	17.9% 68	13.8% 102	10.0% 43	1	14.4% 242
I sometimes believe in God	4.6% 6	1.8% 7	1.5% 11	1.2% 5	0	1.7% 29
I believe in God, but with some doubts	11.5% 15	9.2% 35	13.2% 98	8.1% 35	0	10.9% 183
I have no doubts that God exists	56.9% 74	63.3% 240	63.0% 467	74.5% 321	16	65.6% 1102
I have no opinion	0.0% 0	2.9% 11	3.0% 22	3.2% 14	0	2.8% 47
Missing	1	0	8	11	3	23
TOTAL	100% 130	100% 379	100% 741	100% 431	20	1681

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

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	17.5% 62	3.0% 14	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0	4.6% 78
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	31.3% 111	18.1% 84	9.7% 32	2.4% 13	3	14.3% 240
I sometimes believe in God	2.5% 9	2.4% 11	1.5% 5	0.6% 3	1	1.7% 28
I believe in God, but with some doubts	10.4% 37	16.6% 77	13.1% 43	4.9% 26	0	10.9% 183
I have no doubts that God exists	27.9% 99	58.5% 272	74.8% 246	91.9% 488	13	65.8% 1105
I have no opinion	10.4% 37	1.5% 7	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	1	2.7% 46
Missing	3	9	0	7	4	23
TOTAL	100% 355	100% 465	100% 329	100% 531	22	1680

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

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	1.3% 11	8.8% 59	4.2% 8	0	4.6% 78
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	6.7% 55	23.4% 157	15.2% 29	2	14.3% 241
I sometimes believe in God	1.5% 12	2.4% 16	0.5% 1	0	1.7% 29
I believe in God, but with some doubts	9.1% 75	13.0% 87	10.5% 20	1	10.8% 182
I have no doubts that God exists	79.4% 651	49.6% 332	63.9% 122	13	65.7% 1105
I have no opinion	2.0% 16	2.8% 19	5.8% 11	1	2.7% 46
Missing	11	9	1	2	23
TOTAL	100% 820	100% 670	100% 191	19	1681

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

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	1.6% 1	2.0% 5	3.7% 15	4.4% 6	4.9% 20	7.4% 30	1	4.6% 77
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	8.1% 5	4.0% 10	12.6% 51	16.1% 22	15.8% 65	21.8% 88	2	14.4% 241
I sometimes believe in God	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.0% 4	2.2% 3	1.2% 5	3.7% 15	0	1.7% 29
I believe in God, but with some doubts	9.7% 6	8.4% 21	8.9% 36	7.3% 10	12.7% 52	14.1% 57	1	10.9% 182
I have no doubts that God exists	79.0% 49	81.7% 205	71.2% 289	66.4% 91	63.7% 262	49.3% 199	23	65.5% 1095
I have no opinion	1.6% 1	3.2% 8	2.7% 11	3.6% 5	1.7% 7	3.7% 15	0	2.8% 47
Missing	0	6	4	3	4	2	4	23
TOTAL	100% 62	100% 251	100% 406	100% 137	100% 411	100% 404	31	1671

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

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	3.6% 37	8.3% 5	4.1% 6	6.6% 16	6.8% 13	1	4.6% 77
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	12.2% 126	25.0% 15	11.6% 17	16.6% 40	22.5% 43	2	14.4% 241
I sometimes believe in God	1.6% 17	5.0% 3	0.7% 1	1.2% 3	2.6% 5	0	1.7% 29
I believe in God, but with some doubts	11.2% 116	11.7% 7	7.5% 11	9.5% 23	13.1% 25	1	10.9% 182
I have no doubts that God exists	68.2% 705	48.3% 29	73.5% 108	63.5% 153	52.9% 101	22	65.6% 1096
I have no opinion	3.1% 32	1.7% 1	2.7% 4	2.5% 6	2.1% 4	0	2.8% 47
Missing	10	1	6	1	1	4	23
TOTAL	100% 1033	100% 60	100% 147	100% 241	100% 191	30	1672

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

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
I don't believe in anything beyond the physical world	2.1% 4	3.9% 9	2.7% 8	5.1% 28	7.6% 25	4	4.6% 74
I believe in a higher power or cosmic force	10.8% 21	10.0% 23	15.8% 47	15.0% 82	18.8% 62	8	14.7% 235
I sometimes believe in God	1.0% 2	1.3% 3	1.0% 3	1.5% 8	3.6% 12	1	1.8% 28
I believe in God, but with some doubts	7.2% 14	9.1% 21	11.4% 34	11.4% 62	14.3% 47	5	11.1% 178
I have no doubts that God exists	75.8% 147	74.8% 172	67.1% 200	63.7% 348	53.2% 175	76	65.2% 1042
I have no opinion	3.1% 6	0.9% 2	2.0% 6	3.3% 18	2.4% 8	7	2.5% 40
Missing	3	2	4	3	2	9	23
TOTAL	100% 194	100% 230	100% 298	100% 546	100% 329	110	1597

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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.