Belief in Heaven

• Introduction
• Patterns

Belief in Heaven (Demographic Patterns)

In your opinion, does each of the following exist? c. Heaven

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

	Male	Female	TOTAL
absolutely not	10.0% 72	4.8% 46	7.0% 118
probably not	12.9% 93	9.1% 87	10.7% 180
probably	21.5% 155	15.2% 145	17.9% 300
absolutely	55.6% 401	70.9% 676	64.3% 1077
Missing	24	22	46
TOTAL	100% 721	100% 954	1675

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

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	7.1% 104	1.6% 1	9.0% 9	4	7.0% 114
probably not	11.3% 166	0.0% 0	12.0% 12	2	10.9% 178
probably	17.9% 264	14.5% 9	20.0% 20	7	17.9% 293
absolutely	63.8% 941	83.9% 52	59.0% 59	25	64.3% 1052
Missing	33	4	3	6	46
TOTAL	100% 1475	100% 62	100% 100	44	1637

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

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	1.3% 13	2.4% 9	37.8% 84	8.3% 7	5	6.9% 113
probably not	5.3% 51	5.7% 21	38.7% 86	19.0% 16	6	10.6% 174
probably	16.3% 158	21.4% 79	15.8% 35	22.6% 19	9	17.7% 291
absolutely	77.1% 748	70.5% 261	7.7% 17	50.0% 42	9	64.9% 1068
Missing	20	10	9	2	5	46
TOTAL	100% 970	100% 370	100% 222	100% 84	34	1646

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

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	7.7% 10	7.2% 27	6.8% 50	7.2% 30	1	7.1% 117
probably not	12.3% 16	10.9% 41	12.4% 91	7.4% 31	1	10.8% 179
probably	16.2% 21	21.1% 79	18.1% 133	15.8% 66	1	18.0% 299
absolutely	63.8% 83	60.8% 228	62.7% 460	69.7% 292	14	64.1% 1063
Missing	1	4	15	23	3	46
TOTAL	100% 130	100% 375	100% 734	100% 419	20	1658

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

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	24.8% 86	5.0% 23	2.5% 8	0.0% 0	1	7.1% 117
probably not	28.0% 97	13.1% 60	5.2% 17	0.6% 3	3	10.7% 177
probably	24.8% 86	25.6% 117	14.8% 48	9.2% 49	0	18.1% 300
absolutely	22.5% 78	56.2% 257	77.5% 252	90.2% 478	12	64.2% 1065
Missing	11	17	4	8	6	46
TOTAL	100% 347	100% 457	100% 325	100% 530	22	1659

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

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	2.3% 19	13.0% 86	6.9% 13	0	7.1% 118
probably not	5.4% 44	17.0% 112	12.7% 24	0	10.8% 180
probably	12.9% 105	22.3% 147	23.8% 45	3	17.9% 297
absolutely	79.3% 643	47.7% 315	56.6% 107	12	64.2% 1065
Missing	20	19	3	4	46
TOTAL	100% 811	100% 660	100% 189	19	1660

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

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	3.3% 2	2.4% 6	5.5% 22	5.1% 7	6.8% 28	13.0% 52	1	7.1% 117
probably not	3.3% 2	5.3% 13	10.0% 40	9.5% 13	10.5% 43	17.0% 68	1	10.8% 179
probably	10.0% 6	10.2% 25	15.5% 62	19.0% 26	21.2% 87	22.0% 88	6	17.8% 294
absolutely	83.3% 50	82.0% 201	68.9% 275	66.4% 91	61.5% 252	48.0% 192	16	64.3% 1061
Missing	2	12	11	3	5	6	7	46
TOTAL	100% 60	100% 245	100% 399	100% 137	100% 410	100% 400	31	1651

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

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	5.7% 58	11.9% 7	6.9% 10	10.3% 24	9.5% 18	1	7.1% 117
probably not	9.9% 101	18.6% 11	9.7% 14	12.0% 28	13.2% 25	1	10.8% 179
probably	17.9% 183	23.7% 14	12.4% 18	15.8% 37	22.1% 42	6	17.8% 294
absolutely	66.6% 681	45.8% 27	71.0% 103	62.0% 145	55.3% 105	16	64.3% 1061
Missing	20	2	8	8	2	6	46
TOTAL	100% 1023	100% 59	100% 145	100% 234	100% 190	30	1651

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

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	3.2% 6	4.5% 10	5.1% 15	9.2% 50	9.8% 32	5	7.2% 113
probably not	5.8% 11	8.5% 19	13.0% 38	10.5% 57	15.4% 50	5	11.1% 175
probably	11.1% 21	14.7% 33	15.7% 46	18.9% 103	23.7% 77	20	17.8% 280
absolutely	80.0% 152	72.3% 162	66.2% 194	61.4% 334	51.1% 166	69	64.0% 1008
Missing	7	8	9	5	6	11	46
TOTAL	100% 190	100% 224	100% 293	100% 544	100% 325	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.