Is it possible to be possessed?

• Introduction
• Patterns

Is it possible to be possessed? (Demographic Patterns)

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about evil in the world: It is possible for people to be possessed by the Devil/demons. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Is it possible to be possessed? 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	14.6% 38	16.3% 82	14.7% 67	14.7% 39	12.7% 15	15.0% 241
Disagree	15.8% 41	18.5% 93	14.9% 68	14.3% 38	17.8% 21	16.3% 261
Agree	29.2% 76	31.4% 158	32.7% 149	33.8% 90	33.1% 39	32.0% 512
Strongly agree	26.5% 69	21.1% 106	21.8% 99	19.9% 53	12.7% 15	21.3% 342
Undecided	13.8% 36	12.7% 64	15.8% 72	17.3% 46	23.7% 28	15.4% 246
Missing	12	8	7	8	11	46
TOTAL	100.0% 260	100.0% 503	100.0% 455	100.0% 266	100.0% 118	1602

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Is it possible to be possessed? by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	32.4% 121	16.6% 75	9.5% 27	2.9% 14	4	15.0% 237
Disagree	20.4% 76	22.2% 100	15.1% 43	8.6% 41	1	16.4% 260
Agree	23.9% 89	31.9% 144	34.9% 99	37.4% 178	3	32.2% 510
Strongly agree	6.7% 25	12.2% 55	21.8% 62	40.5% 193	7	21.1% 335
Undecided	16.6% 62	17.1% 77	18.7% 53	10.5% 50	3	15.3% 242
Missing	5	15	6	17	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 451	100.0% 284	100.0% 476	18	1584

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Is it possible to be possessed? by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.7% 8	12.2% 55	12.0% 71	19.8% 42	30.7% 61	3	15.1% 237
Disagree	12.6% 15	15.3% 69	16.0% 95	17.5% 37	17.6% 35	10	15.9% 251
Agree	37.0% 44	31.6% 142	34.0% 202	32.1% 68	26.6% 53	4	32.3% 509
Strongly agree	26.1% 31	24.0% 108	23.2% 138	14.6% 31	14.6% 29	5	21.4% 337
Undecided	17.6% 21	16.9% 76	14.8% 88	16.0% 34	10.6% 21	6	15.2% 240
Missing	8	14	15	3	2	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 450	100.0% 594	100.0% 212	100.0% 199	28	1574

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Is it possible to be possessed? by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	19.9% 116	20.6% 72	7.1% 43	21.2% 7	3	15.1% 238
Disagree	21.1% 123	15.7% 55	13.0% 79	12.1% 4	0	16.6% 261
Agree	27.1% 158	28.3% 99	38.8% 236	24.2% 8	12	31.8% 501
Strongly agree	15.6% 91	20.0% 70	27.1% 165	27.3% 9	7	21.3% 335
Undecided	16.2% 94	15.4% 54	14.1% 86	15.2% 5	7	15.2% 239
Missing	16	3	13	4	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 350	100.0% 609	100.0% 33	29	1574

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Is it possible to be possessed? by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	18.1% 137	12.4% 105	15.1% 242
Disagree	16.3% 124	16.3% 138	16.3% 262
Agree	30.0% 228	33.7% 285	32.0% 513
Strongly agree	20.0% 152	22.5% 190	21.3% 342
Undecided	15.5% 118	15.0% 127	15.3% 245
Missing	17	28	45
TOTAL	100.0% 759	100.0% 845	1604

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Is it possible to be possessed? by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.1% 83	6.8% 23	57.1% 16	48.6% 87	24.5% 23	8	15.0% 232
Disagree	14.2% 129	19.4% 66	10.7% 3	17.9% 32	21.3% 20	10	16.1% 250
Agree	34.8% 316	37.4% 127	3.6% 1	15.6% 28	31.9% 30	10	32.4% 502
Strongly agree	28.1% 255	15.9% 54	0.0% 0	3.9% 7	13.8% 13	13	21.2% 329
Undecided	13.8% 125	20.6% 70	28.6% 8	14.0% 25	8.5% 8	9	15.2% 236
Missing	25	12	2	0	1	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 908	100.0% 340	100.0% 28	100.0% 179	100.0% 94	50	1549

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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.