Does God cause tragedies?

• Introduction
• Patterns

Does God cause tragedies? (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about God? God causes major tragedies to occur as a warning to sinners. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Does God cause tragedies? by Age

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	36.2% 89	31.3% 146	30.2% 128	30.4% 78	25.7% 26	31.2% 467
Disagree	32.5% 80	38.8% 181	33.7% 143	39.7% 102	39.6% 40	36.5% 546
Agree	7.7% 19	10.3% 48	13.7% 58	10.5% 27	12.9% 13	11.0% 165
Strongly agree	8.9% 22	6.4% 30	4.5% 19	3.5% 9	5.0% 5	5.7% 85
Undecided	14.6% 36	13.3% 62	17.9% 76	16.0% 41	16.8% 17	15.5% 232
Missing	26	44	38	18	28	154
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 467	100.0% 424	100.0% 257	100.0% 101	1495

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Does God cause tragedies? by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	40.7% 122	30.1% 131	27.9% 78	28.3% 132	4	31.3% 463
Disagree	27.7% 83	38.6% 168	38.2% 107	38.8% 181	6	36.4% 539
Agree	6.0% 18	9.2% 40	15.4% 43	13.5% 63	1	11.1% 164
Strongly agree	3.7% 11	2.1% 9	2.9% 8	12.0% 56	3	5.7% 84
Undecided	22.0% 66	20.0% 87	15.7% 44	7.3% 34	1	15.6% 231
Missing	78	32	9	27	0	146
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 435	100.0% 280	100.0% 466	15	1481

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Does God cause tragedies? by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	25.7% 27	25.5% 106	29.2% 166	38.0% 73	45.7% 84	10	31.1% 456
Disagree	25.7% 27	38.3% 159	38.0% 216	39.1% 75	30.4% 56	11	36.4% 533
Agree	14.3% 15	12.3% 51	11.2% 64	7.8% 15	10.3% 19	1	11.2% 164
Strongly agree	10.5% 11	8.0% 33	5.1% 29	3.1% 6	2.2% 4	3	5.7% 83
Undecided	23.8% 25	15.9% 66	16.5% 94	12.0% 23	11.4% 21	1	15.6% 229
Missing	20	49	39	24	17	0	149
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 415	100.0% 569	100.0% 192	100.0% 184	26	1465

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Does God cause tragedies? by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	32.7% 173	36.3% 114	26.8% 159	46.4% 13	7	31.3% 459
Disagree	38.0% 201	31.5% 99	39.2% 233	14.3% 4	8	36.7% 537
Agree	8.3% 44	8.0% 25	15.3% 91	3.6% 1	4	11.0% 161
Strongly agree	6.4% 34	3.2% 10	5.7% 34	17.9% 5	3	5.7% 83
Undecided	14.6% 77	21.0% 66	13.0% 77	17.9% 5	6	15.4% 225
Missing	68	38	29	9	0	144
TOTAL	100.0% 529	100.0% 314	100.0% 594	100.0% 28	28	1465

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Does God cause tragedies? by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	28.8% 200	33.5% 267	31.3% 467
Disagree	37.6% 261	35.5% 283	36.4% 544
Agree	12.9% 90	9.4% 75	11.1% 165
Strongly agree	5.5% 38	6.0% 48	5.8% 86
Undecided	15.3% 106	15.7% 125	15.5% 231
Missing	80	75	155
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 798	1493

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Does God cause tragedies? by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	26.7% 233	27.1% 91	36.4% 8	60.8% 73	47.4% 45	18	31.1% 450
Disagree	38.9% 340	42.9% 144	36.4% 8	11.7% 14	26.3% 25	14	36.7% 531
Agree	13.7% 120	9.5% 32	4.5% 1	3.3% 4	8.4% 8	1	11.4% 165
Strongly agree	6.9% 60	3.3% 11	0.0% 0	2.5% 3	3.2% 3	8	5.3% 77
Undecided	13.7% 120	17.3% 58	22.7% 5	21.7% 26	14.7% 14	8	15.4% 223
Missing	60	16	8	60	2	0	146
TOTAL	100.0% 873	100.0% 336	100.0% 22	100.0% 120	100.0% 95	49	1446

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Notes

The Baylor Department of Sociology received a three-year grant from the John M. Templeton Foundation, to conduct a nationally representative multi-year study of religious values, practices, and behaviors. Wave 2 of the Baylor Religion Survey was collected in 2007 and includes a deep selection of questions related to religious behaviors, beliefs and belonging. Special topic modules examine race and religion, and personality.