Public Display of Religious Symbols

• Introduction
• Patterns

Public Display of Religious Symbols (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should... Allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces?

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
strongly disagree	15.5% 113	12.7% 121	13.9% 234
disagree	14.1% 103	10.8% 103	12.2% 206
undecided	5.3% 39	8.3% 79	7.0% 118
agree	37.2% 271	37.0% 354	37.1% 625
strongly agree	27.8% 203	31.3% 299	29.8% 502
Missing	16	20	36
TOTAL	100% 729	100% 956	1685

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	13.8% 205	8.5% 5	20.0% 20	4	14.0% 230
disagree	12.5% 186	8.5% 5	13.0% 13	2	12.4% 204
undecided	6.1% 91	15.3% 9	13.0% 13	5	6.9% 113
agree	38.0% 566	28.8% 17	28.0% 28	14	37.1% 611
strongly agree	29.6% 441	39.0% 23	26.0% 26	12	29.7% 490
Missing	19	7	3	7	36
TOTAL	100% 1489	100% 59	100% 100	44	1648

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	7.4% 72	8.3% 31	43.2% 98	25.9% 22	11	13.5% 223
disagree	9.0% 87	10.7% 40	26.9% 61	18.8% 16	2	12.3% 204
undecided	5.3% 51	7.8% 29	10.6% 24	8.2% 7	7	6.7% 111
agree	40.2% 390	45.3% 169	15.4% 35	29.4% 25	6	37.4% 619
strongly agree	38.1% 370	27.9% 104	4.0% 9	17.6% 15	4	30.1% 498
Missing	20	7	4	1	4	36
TOTAL	100% 970	100% 373	100% 227	100% 85	34	1655

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	17.8% 23	17.3% 65	13.0% 96	11.2% 48	2	13.9% 232
disagree	14.0% 18	13.1% 49	13.2% 97	9.6% 41	1	12.3% 205
undecided	8.5% 11	8.5% 32	6.8% 50	5.1% 22	3	6.9% 115
agree	41.1% 53	30.1% 113	39.0% 287	38.8% 166	6	37.1% 619
strongly agree	18.6% 24	30.9% 116	28.0% 206	35.3% 151	5	29.8% 497
Missing	2	4	13	14	3	36
TOTAL	100% 129	100% 375	100% 736	100% 428	20	1668

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	31.1% 109	17.2% 80	7.8% 25	3.8% 20	0	14.0% 234
disagree	19.1% 67	12.0% 56	12.1% 39	7.7% 41	3	12.2% 203
undecided	9.7% 34	6.9% 32	6.8% 22	5.7% 30	0	7.1% 118
agree	28.2% 99	41.1% 191	38.5% 124	38.1% 202	9	36.9% 616
strongly agree	12.0% 42	22.8% 106	34.8% 112	44.7% 237	5	29.8% 497
Missing	7	9	7	8	5	36
TOTAL	100% 351	100% 465	100% 322	100% 530	22	1668

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	2.3% 19	28.6% 192	12.6% 23	0	14.0% 234
disagree	6.4% 53	19.8% 133	10.4% 19	1	12.2% 205
undecided	4.6% 38	8.9% 60	11.0% 20	0	7.0% 118
agree	43.7% 359	28.7% 193	38.5% 70	3	37.1% 622
strongly agree	42.9% 353	14.0% 94	27.5% 50	5	29.7% 497
Missing	9	7	10	10	36
TOTAL	100% 822	100% 672	100% 182	19	1676

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	5.1% 3	3.2% 8	9.8% 40	8.8% 12	15.9% 65	25.9% 104	2	14.0% 232
disagree	1.7% 1	7.2% 18	12.3% 50	9.6% 13	11.5% 47	19.0% 76	1	12.3% 205
undecided	16.9% 10	9.2% 23	5.9% 24	7.4% 10	5.6% 23	6.5% 26	2	7.0% 116
agree	23.7% 14	36.1% 90	42.3% 172	44.9% 61	39.6% 162	29.2% 117	9	37.1% 616
strongly agree	52.5% 31	44.2% 110	29.7% 121	29.4% 40	27.4% 112	19.5% 78	10	29.6% 492
Missing	3	8	3	4	6	5	7	36
TOTAL	100% 59	100% 249	100% 407	100% 136	100% 409	100% 401	31	1661

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	12.0% 124	37.7% 23	10.3% 15	12.7% 30	21.3% 40	2	14.0% 232
disagree	11.6% 119	6.6% 4	12.3% 18	14.8% 35	15.4% 29	1	12.3% 205
undecided	6.1% 63	6.6% 4	4.8% 7	9.3% 22	11.2% 21	1	7.0% 117
agree	38.3% 395	27.9% 17	39.0% 57	34.7% 82	34.0% 64	10	37.0% 615
strongly agree	31.9% 329	21.3% 13	33.6% 49	28.4% 67	18.1% 34	10	29.6% 492
Missing	13	0	7	6	4	6	36
TOTAL	100% 1030	100% 61	100% 146	100% 236	100% 188	30	1661

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Public Display of Religious Symbols by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	6.3% 12	9.6% 22	12.5% 37	15.1% 82	21.3% 70	11	14.1% 223
disagree	10.6% 20	10.0% 23	9.5% 28	14.0% 76	16.1% 53	6	12.6% 200
undecided	7.9% 15	8.7% 20	6.1% 18	9.0% 49	2.7% 9	7	7.0% 111
agree	33.3% 63	37.6% 86	42.6% 126	36.6% 199	36.5% 120	31	37.5% 594
strongly agree	41.8% 79	34.1% 78	29.4% 87	25.2% 137	23.4% 77	44	28.9% 458
Missing	8	3	6	6	2	11	36
TOTAL	100% 189	100% 229	100% 296	100% 543	100% 329	110	1586

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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.