Public display of religious symbols

• Introduction
• Patterns

Public display of religious symbols (Demographic Patterns)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should . . . allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces?. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Public display of religious symbols 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	13.1% 35	9.6% 48	8.0% 36	6.7% 18	5.7% 7	8.9% 144
Disagree	16.5% 44	18.0% 90	15.0% 68	13.9% 37	18.0% 22	16.2% 261
Agree	30.7% 82	40.9% 205	40.9% 185	40.4% 108	47.5% 58	39.7% 638
Strongly agree	30.7% 82	25.5% 128	29.0% 131	33.7% 90	24.6% 30	28.7% 461
Undecided	9.0% 24	6.0% 30	7.1% 32	5.2% 14	4.1% 5	6.5% 105
Missing	5	10	10	7	8	40
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 501	100.0% 452	100.0% 267	100.0% 122	1609

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Public display of religious symbols by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	21.3% 79	9.3% 42	3.1% 9	2.7% 13	1	9.0% 143
Disagree	25.9% 96	19.0% 86	15.7% 45	6.4% 31	4	16.2% 258
Agree	34.0% 126	40.5% 183	45.1% 129	40.0% 193	8	39.7% 631
Strongly agree	9.7% 36	23.5% 106	28.0% 80	48.1% 232	7	28.5% 454
Undecided	9.2% 34	7.7% 35	8.0% 23	2.7% 13	1	6.6% 105
Missing	7	15	4	11	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 452	100.0% 286	100.0% 482	21	1591

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Public display of religious symbols by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	11.3% 13	5.7% 26	6.4% 38	13.5% 29	16.0% 32	4	8.7% 138
Disagree	15.7% 18	9.7% 44	16.6% 99	20.0% 43	26.5% 53	3	16.3% 257
Agree	36.5% 42	40.4% 183	41.0% 245	40.9% 88	34.5% 69	11	39.7% 627
Strongly agree	31.3% 36	36.9% 167	30.2% 180	18.1% 39	17.0% 34	5	28.9% 456
Undecided	5.2% 6	7.3% 33	5.9% 35	7.4% 16	6.0% 12	5	6.5% 102
Missing	10	12	12	1	2	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 453	100.0% 597	100.0% 215	100.0% 200	28	1580

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Public display of religious symbols by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	14.7% 86	10.6% 37	2.1% 13	18.8% 6	1	9.0% 142
Disagree	22.3% 131	16.9% 59	10.5% 65	9.4% 3	3	16.3% 258
Agree	36.6% 215	36.3% 127	45.1% 278	37.5% 12	6	39.8% 632
Strongly agree	18.6% 109	27.7% 97	38.4% 237	25.0% 8	9	28.4% 451
Undecided	7.8% 46	8.6% 30	3.9% 24	9.4% 3	1	6.5% 103
Missing	9	2	4	5	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 350	100.0% 617	100.0% 32	20	1586

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Public display of religious symbols by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	10.2% 77	7.8% 66	8.9% 143
Disagree	18.6% 141	14.1% 120	16.2% 261
Agree	38.9% 295	40.4% 343	39.7% 638
Strongly agree	25.9% 196	31.2% 265	28.7% 461
Undecided	6.5% 49	6.6% 56	6.5% 105
Missing	17	23	40
TOTAL	100.0% 758	100.0% 850	1608

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Public display of religious symbols by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	4.0% 36	3.2% 11	29.0% 9	38.3% 69	17.7% 17	2	9.1% 142
Disagree	12.1% 110	15.1% 52	51.6% 16	28.3% 51	16.7% 16	16	15.7% 245
Agree	42.8% 389	46.2% 159	16.1% 5	20.0% 36	38.5% 37	12	40.2% 626
Strongly agree	35.8% 325	27.6% 95	3.2% 1	4.4% 8	17.7% 17	14	28.6% 446
Undecided	5.3% 48	7.8% 27	0.0% 0	8.9% 16	9.4% 9	5	6.4% 100
Missing	24	8	0	0	1	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 908	100.0% 344	100.0% 31	100.0% 180	100.0% 96	49	1559

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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.