Importance of converting others

• Introduction
• Patterns

Importance of converting others (Demographic Patterns)

How important is it to do the following if one wishes to be a good person? Convert others to your religious faith. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Importance of converting others by Age

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Not important	40.0% 106	41.6% 210	39.8% 182	35.0% 93	33.6% 40	39.1% 631
Not very important	26.4% 70	25.0% 126	30.0% 137	30.8% 82	23.5% 28	27.5% 443
Somewhat important	17.0% 45	20.0% 101	19.3% 88	21.1% 56	26.1% 31	19.9% 321
Very important	16.6% 44	13.5% 68	10.9% 50	13.2% 35	16.8% 20	13.5% 217
Missing	7	6	5	8	11	37
TOTAL	100.0% 265	100.0% 505	100.0% 457	100.0% 266	100.0% 119	1612

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Importance of converting others by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	71.6% 267	50.7% 230	27.0% 77	11.2% 54	5	39.4% 628
Not very important	19.6% 73	31.9% 145	32.6% 93	25.5% 123	9	27.2% 434
Somewhat important	6.4% 24	12.8% 58	32.6% 93	29.7% 143	3	19.9% 318
Very important	2.4% 9	4.6% 21	7.7% 22	33.6% 162	3	13.4% 214
Missing	5	13	5	11	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 454	100.0% 285	100.0% 482	20	1594

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Importance of converting others by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	37.7% 46	31.2% 141	37.1% 222	49.8% 106	52.5% 105	12	39.1% 620
Not very important	24.6% 30	29.4% 133	28.1% 168	25.8% 55	23.5% 47	9	27.3% 433
Somewhat important	27.0% 33	20.1% 91	20.2% 121	17.8% 38	18.0% 36	2	20.1% 319
Very important	10.7% 13	19.2% 87	14.5% 87	6.6% 14	6.0% 12	3	13.4% 213
Missing	4	13	11	3	2	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 452	100.0% 598	100.0% 213	100.0% 200	26	1585

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Importance of converting others by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	47.7% 278	51.0% 178	25.0% 153	40.5% 15	9	39.5% 624
Not very important	27.8% 162	26.1% 91	27.3% 167	21.6% 8	14	27.1% 428
Somewhat important	16.0% 93	13.8% 48	28.1% 172	16.2% 6	3	20.2% 319
Very important	8.6% 50	9.2% 32	19.6% 120	21.6% 8	7	13.3% 210
Missing	14	4	11	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 583	100.0% 349	100.0% 612	100.0% 37	33	1581

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Importance of converting others by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not important	42.1% 320	36.6% 312	39.2% 632
Not very important	27.4% 208	27.5% 234	27.4% 442
Somewhat important	17.5% 133	22.1% 188	19.9% 321
Very important	13.0% 99	13.8% 118	13.5% 217
Missing	15	21	36
TOTAL	100.0% 760	100.0% 852	1612

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Importance of converting others by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Not important	26.9% 245	41.2% 141	93.1% 27	84.2% 149	44.2% 42	27	38.8% 604
Not very important	28.4% 259	36.3% 124	6.9% 2	11.9% 21	23.2% 22	13	27.5% 428
Somewhat important	25.2% 230	18.4% 63	0.0% 0	3.4% 6	14.7% 14	8	20.1% 313
Very important	19.5% 178	4.1% 14	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	17.9% 17	7	13.5% 210
Missing	20	9	1	3	2	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 912	100.0% 342	100.0% 29	100.0% 177	100.0% 95	55	1555

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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.