Was going into Iraq the right decision?

• Introduction
• Patterns

Was going into Iraq the right decision? (Demographic Patterns)

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about world events: Going to war in Iraq was the right decision. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Was going into Iraq the right decision? 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	33.2% 89	31.1% 158	33.4% 151	31.0% 84	42.6% 52	32.9% 534
Disagree	23.5% 63	19.7% 100	19.7% 89	17.7% 48	17.2% 21	19.8% 321
Agree	19.4% 52	23.8% 121	21.2% 96	25.1% 68	21.3% 26	22.4% 363
Strongly agree	17.9% 48	18.3% 93	19.0% 86	16.2% 44	10.7% 13	17.5% 284
Undecided	6.0% 16	7.1% 36	6.6% 30	10.0% 27	8.2% 10	7.3% 119
Missing	5	3	10	3	7	28
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 508	100.0% 452	100.0% 271	100.0% 122	1621

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Was going into Iraq the right decision? by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	52.3% 195	34.6% 158	26.3% 75	20.5% 99	7	33.0% 527
Disagree	17.4% 65	22.4% 102	18.9% 54	18.8% 91	8	19.5% 312
Agree	15.3% 57	19.5% 89	27.7% 79	28.3% 137	1	22.7% 362
Strongly agree	9.7% 36	15.8% 72	17.2% 49	25.8% 125	2	17.6% 282
Undecided	5.4% 20	7.7% 35	9.8% 28	6.6% 32	3	7.2% 115
Missing	4	9	4	9	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 456	100.0% 285	100.0% 484	21	1598

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Was going into Iraq the right decision? by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	34.2% 41	27.5% 125	28.5% 172	37.9% 81	52.0% 104	11	32.9% 523
Disagree	29.2% 35	19.8% 90	21.2% 128	16.8% 36	12.5% 25	6	19.7% 314
Agree	17.5% 21	18.7% 85	26.7% 161	26.2% 56	17.5% 35	4	22.5% 358
Strongly agree	10.0% 12	24.0% 109	16.6% 100	15.0% 32	13.0% 26	5	17.5% 279
Undecided	9.2% 11	9.9% 45	7.0% 42	4.2% 9	5.0% 10	3	7.4% 117
Missing	5	11	7	1	1	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 454	100.0% 603	100.0% 214	100.0% 200	29	1591

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Was going into Iraq the right decision? by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	59.7% 353	35.5% 125	5.2% 32	47.2% 17	7	33.0% 527
Disagree	24.7% 146	21.6% 76	14.1% 87	11.1% 4	7	19.6% 313
Agree	6.8% 40	19.6% 69	40.2% 249	0.0% 0	4	22.4% 358
Strongly agree	3.9% 23	13.9% 49	32.3% 200	27.8% 10	2	17.6% 282
Undecided	4.9% 29	9.4% 33	8.2% 51	13.9% 5	1	7.4% 118
Missing	6	1	2	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 591	100.0% 352	100.0% 619	100.0% 36	21	1598

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Was going into Iraq the right decision? by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	33.5% 254	32.4% 279	32.9% 533
Disagree	17.5% 133	21.7% 187	19.8% 320
Agree	23.5% 178	21.5% 185	22.4% 363
Strongly agree	19.6% 149	15.7% 135	17.5% 284
Undecided	5.9% 45	8.7% 75	7.4% 120
Missing	16	11	27
TOTAL	100.0% 759	100.0% 861	1620

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Was going into Iraq the right decision? by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	25.1% 230	33.4% 116	48.4% 15	66.7% 120	37.5% 36	17	32.9% 517
Disagree	20.0% 183	20.7% 72	9.7% 3	15.0% 27	19.8% 19	18	19.4% 304
Agree	25.6% 235	24.5% 85	25.8% 8	6.7% 12	18.8% 18	6	22.8% 358
Strongly agree	20.4% 187	14.4% 50	12.9% 4	9.4% 17	19.8% 19	7	17.6% 277
Undecided	8.9% 82	6.9% 24	3.2% 1	2.2% 4	4.2% 4	4	7.3% 115
Missing	16	6	0	0	0	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 917	100.0% 347	100.0% 31	100.0% 180	100.0% 96	52	1571

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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.