Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq?

• Introduction
• Patterns

Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the war in Iraq and the Middle East? a. The United States was justified in entering Iraq

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
strongly disagree	35.7% 263	35.9% 347	35.8% 610
disagree	11.4% 84	13.9% 134	12.8% 218
undecided	4.5% 33	8.5% 82	6.8% 115
agree	18.9% 139	21.6% 209	20.4% 348
strongly agree	29.5% 217	20.2% 195	24.2% 412
Missing	9	9	18
TOTAL	100% 736	100% 967	1703

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	34.2% 512	52.4% 33	50.5% 51	14	35.8% 596
disagree	12.3% 185	17.5% 11	14.9% 15	7	12.7% 211
undecided	5.8% 87	17.5% 11	9.9% 10	7	6.5% 108
agree	22.3% 334	6.3% 4	8.9% 9	1	20.9% 347
strongly agree	25.4% 381	6.3% 4	15.8% 16	11	24.1% 401
Missing	9	3	2	4	18
TOTAL	100% 1499	100% 63	100% 101	44	1663

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	26.4% 259	33.1% 125	68.7% 158	59.5% 50	18	35.4% 592
disagree	14.0% 137	13.0% 49	8.3% 19	13.1% 11	2	12.9% 216
undecided	7.6% 74	7.7% 29	3.9% 9	2.4% 2	1	6.8% 114
agree	24.3% 238	18.3% 69	12.2% 28	11.9% 10	3	20.6% 345
strongly agree	27.8% 272	28.0% 106	7.0% 16	13.1% 11	7	24.2% 405
Missing	10	2	1	2	3	18
TOTAL	100% 980	100% 378	100% 230	100% 84	34	1672

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	32.3% 42	33.8% 127	36.2% 269	38.6% 168	4	36.0% 606
disagree	15.4% 20	11.2% 42	13.8% 103	12.2% 53	0	12.9% 218
undecided	6.9% 9	9.6% 36	5.6% 42	5.3% 23	5	6.5% 110
agree	20.0% 26	24.2% 91	20.3% 151	17.5% 76	4	20.4% 344
strongly agree	25.4% 33	21.3% 80	24.1% 179	26.4% 115	5	24.2% 407
Missing	1	3	5	7	2	18
TOTAL	100% 130	100% 376	100% 744	100% 435	20	1685

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	55.6% 199	40.7% 191	28.0% 91	23.1% 123	6	35.9% 604
disagree	11.2% 40	12.8% 60	15.7% 51	12.0% 64	3	12.8% 215
undecided	5.0% 18	6.0% 28	6.2% 20	9.2% 49	0	6.8% 115
agree	14.5% 52	20.3% 95	22.5% 73	23.1% 123	5	20.4% 343
strongly agree	13.7% 49	20.3% 95	27.7% 90	32.5% 173	5	24.2% 407
Missing	0	5	4	6	3	18
TOTAL	100% 358	100% 469	100% 325	100% 532	22	1684

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	3.3% 27	72.3% 488	47.9% 91	4	35.9% 606
disagree	6.6% 54	18.7% 126	18.9% 36	2	12.8% 216
undecided	8.6% 71	3.3% 22	11.1% 21	1	6.7% 114
agree	35.1% 289	4.0% 27	15.3% 29	3	20.4% 345
strongly agree	46.5% 383	1.8% 12	6.8% 13	4	24.2% 408
Missing	7	4	2	5	18
TOTAL	100% 824	100% 675	100% 190	19	1689

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	32.8% 20	29.6% 75	32.1% 131	29.5% 41	33.3% 137	49.1% 199	7	36.0% 603
disagree	11.5% 7	14.2% 36	12.5% 51	10.8% 15	12.2% 50	13.3% 54	5	12.7% 213
undecided	18.0% 11	9.1% 23	5.9% 24	7.9% 11	6.6% 27	3.2% 13	6	6.5% 109
agree	13.1% 8	18.2% 46	22.5% 92	26.6% 37	21.4% 88	18.8% 76	1	20.7% 347
strongly agree	24.6% 15	28.9% 73	27.0% 110	25.2% 35	26.5% 109	15.6% 63	7	24.2% 405
Missing	1	4	2	1	4	1	5	18
TOTAL	100% 61	100% 253	100% 408	100% 139	100% 411	100% 405	31	1677

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	31.2% 324	57.4% 35	38.9% 58	43.5% 104	42.9% 82	7	36.0% 603
disagree	12.9% 134	9.8% 6	14.1% 21	12.1% 29	11.5% 22	6	12.6% 212
undecided	5.9% 61	1.6% 1	7.4% 11	9.2% 22	7.3% 14	6	6.5% 109
agree	22.0% 228	13.1% 8	18.1% 27	20.9% 50	18.3% 35	0	20.8% 348
strongly agree	28.0% 290	18.0% 11	21.5% 32	14.2% 34	19.9% 38	7	24.2% 405
Missing	6	0	4	3	1	4	18
TOTAL	100% 1037	100% 61	100% 149	100% 239	100% 191	30	1677

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Was the U.S. justified in entering Iraq? by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
strongly disagree	35.9% 69	37.4% 86	36.5% 110	35.1% 192	38.9% 128	25	36.6% 585
disagree	17.2% 33	15.2% 35	9.0% 27	12.4% 68	12.8% 42	13	12.8% 205
undecided	7.3% 14	7.0% 16	7.6% 23	6.0% 33	4.6% 15	14	6.3% 101
agree	17.2% 33	19.1% 44	21.6% 65	22.3% 122	20.1% 66	18	20.6% 330
strongly agree	22.4% 43	21.3% 49	25.2% 76	24.1% 132	23.7% 78	34	23.6% 378
Missing	5	2	1	2	2	6	18
TOTAL	100% 192	100% 230	100% 301	100% 547	100% 329	110	1599

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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.