Importance of Converting Others

• Introduction
• Patterns

Importance of Converting Others (Demographic Patterns)

How important is it to do the following in order to be a good person? d. Convert others to your religious faith

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Importance of Converting Others by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
not at all important	46.8% 341	40.8% 386	43.5% 727
not very important	29.9% 218	28.5% 269	29.1% 487
somewhat important	15.5% 113	19.8% 187	17.9% 300
very important	7.7% 56	10.9% 103	9.5% 159
Missing	17	31	48
TOTAL	100% 728	100% 945	1673

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Importance of Converting Others by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	43.5% 643	31.0% 18	53.0% 53	13	43.7% 714
not very important	29.0% 429	32.8% 19	26.0% 26	13	29.0% 474
somewhat important	17.8% 263	15.5% 9	18.0% 18	10	17.7% 290
very important	9.6% 142	20.7% 12	3.0% 3	2	9.6% 157
Missing	31	8	3	6	48
TOTAL	100% 1477	100% 58	100% 100	44	1635

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Importance of Converting Others by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	30.4% 291	43.2% 162	90.4% 207	52.4% 44	23	42.8% 704
not very important	30.1% 288	41.6% 156	8.7% 20	22.6% 19	4	29.4% 483
somewhat important	24.8% 237	13.1% 49	0.4% 1	14.3% 12	1	18.2% 299
very important	14.6% 140	2.1% 8	0.4% 1	10.7% 9	1	9.6% 158
Missing	34	5	2	2	5	48
TOTAL	100% 956	100% 375	100% 229	100% 84	34	1644

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Importance of Converting Others by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	46.5% 60	42.4% 159	44.5% 326	40.8% 172	10	43.2% 717
not very important	24.8% 32	28.8% 108	29.8% 218	30.3% 128	1	29.3% 486
somewhat important	16.3% 21	17.3% 65	16.7% 122	20.9% 88	4	17.9% 296
very important	12.4% 16	11.5% 43	9.0% 66	8.1% 34	0	9.6% 159
Missing	2	4	17	20	5	48
TOTAL	100% 129	100% 375	100% 732	100% 422	20	1658

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Importance of Converting Others by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	75.6% 267	53.4% 246	30.7% 97	20.3% 107	10	43.3% 717
not very important	20.7% 73	32.5% 150	35.8% 113	28.3% 149	2	29.3% 485
somewhat important	2.8% 10	11.9% 55	24.1% 76	29.7% 156	3	17.9% 297
very important	0.8% 3	2.2% 10	9.5% 30	21.7% 114	2	9.5% 157
Missing	5	13	13	12	5	48
TOTAL	100% 353	100% 461	100% 316	100% 526	22	1656

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Importance of Converting Others by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	28.5% 232	60.3% 404	49.7% 90	1	43.6% 726
not very important	29.9% 244	27.8% 186	29.8% 54	3	29.1% 484
somewhat important	25.5% 208	9.0% 60	16.6% 30	2	17.9% 298
very important	16.1% 131	3.0% 20	3.9% 7	1	9.5% 158
Missing	16	9	11	12	48
TOTAL	100% 815	100% 670	100% 181	19	1666

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Importance of Converting Others by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	29.6% 16	40.4% 99	40.0% 162	41.2% 56	40.8% 167	54.9% 219	8	43.6% 719
not very important	37.0% 20	25.7% 63	29.1% 118	33.8% 46	32.5% 133	24.6% 98	9	29.0% 478
somewhat important	22.2% 12	21.6% 53	21.7% 88	16.2% 22	17.6% 72	11.8% 47	6	17.8% 294
very important	11.1% 6	12.2% 30	9.1% 37	8.8% 12	9.0% 37	8.8% 35	2	9.5% 157
Missing	8	12	5	4	6	7	6	48
TOTAL	100% 54	100% 245	100% 405	100% 136	100% 409	100% 399	31	1648

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Importance of Converting Others by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	39.6% 406	55.9% 33	47.6% 68	49.6% 115	51.6% 97	8	43.6% 719
not very important	29.1% 299	28.8% 17	31.5% 45	28.0% 65	28.2% 53	8	29.1% 479
somewhat important	20.1% 206	10.2% 6	15.4% 22	15.1% 35	12.8% 24	7	17.8% 293
very important	11.2% 115	5.1% 3	5.6% 8	7.3% 17	7.4% 14	2	9.5% 157
Missing	17	2	10	10	4	5	48
TOTAL	100% 1026	100% 59	100% 143	100% 232	100% 188	30	1648

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Importance of Converting Others by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
not at all important	38.0% 70	43.2% 98	40.7% 120	42.7% 232	51.7% 169	38	43.7% 689
not very important	31.0% 57	24.7% 56	31.5% 93	32.0% 174	24.2% 79	28	29.1% 459
somewhat important	18.5% 34	20.7% 47	18.6% 55	16.6% 90	16.2% 53	21	17.7% 279
very important	12.5% 23	11.5% 26	9.2% 27	8.7% 47	8.0% 26	10	9.5% 149
Missing	13	5	7	6	4	13	48
TOTAL	100% 184	100% 227	100% 295	100% 543	100% 327	110	1576

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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.