Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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PORN (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q12a. By your best guess, how would your current place of worship feel about each of the following behaviors? Pornography   1) Forbids   2) Strongly discourages   3) Somewhat discourages   4) Encourages   5) Isn't concerned   8) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Forbids	793	65.1%	65.1%
Strongly discourages	299	24.5%	89.6%
Somewhat discourages	32	2.6%	92.2%
Encourages		.0%	92.2%
Isn't concerned	26	2.1%	94.3%
Don't know	68	5.6%	99.9%
Missing	417

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Religion Region Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-39 years old	40-49 years old	50-59 years old	60-69 years old	70 years and older	TOTAL
Forbids	60.4% 119	62.1% 144	65.3% 173	63.5% 134	75.4% 126	66.2% 96	65.1% 792
Strongly discourages	22.8% 45	23.7% 55	27.9% 74	27.5% 58	18.6% 31	26.2% 38	24.7% 301
Somewhat discourages	4.6% 9	3.4% 8	1.5% 4	4.3% 9	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	2.6% 32
Encourages	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Isn't concerned	5.1% 10	3.0% 7	1.1% 3	0.5% 1	1.8% 3	0.7% 1	2.1% 25
Don't know	7.1% 14	7.8% 18	4.2% 11	4.3% 9	3.6% 6	6.2% 9	5.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 232	100.0% 265	100.0% 211	100.0% 167	100.0% 145	1217

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Forbids	72.3% 60	70.9% 248	65.2% 221	63.1% 77	58.7% 91	54.7% 81	65.0% 778
Strongly discourages	10.8% 9	18.9% 66	27.4% 93	26.2% 32	30.3% 47	33.1% 49	24.7% 296
Somewhat discourages	1.2% 1	2.3% 8	2.9% 10	4.1% 5	2.6% 4	4.1% 6	2.8% 34
Encourages	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Isn't concerned	4.8% 4	1.4% 5	0.9% 3	2.5% 3	0.6% 1	3.4% 5	1.8% 21
Don't know	10.8% 9	6.6% 23	3.5% 12	4.1% 5	7.7% 12	4.7% 7	5.7% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 350	100.0% 339	100.0% 122	100.0% 155	100.0% 148	1197

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Forbids	64.8% 348	65.3% 445	65.1% 793
Strongly discourages	23.6% 127	25.3% 172	24.5% 299
Somewhat discourages	3.5% 19	1.9% 13	2.6% 32
Encourages	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Isn't concerned	3.4% 18	1.2% 8	2.1% 26
Don't know	4.7% 25	6.3% 43	5.6% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 537	100.0% 681	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Forbids	75.9% 343	57.1% 40	46.5% 127	75.2% 218	55.3% 47	30.0% 6	65.6% 781
Strongly discourages	20.6% 93	24.3% 17	36.3% 99	19.0% 55	25.9% 22	35.0% 7	24.6% 293
Somewhat discourages	0.7% 3	2.9% 2	5.9% 16	1.0% 3	8.2% 7	5.0% 1	2.7% 32
Encourages	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Isn't concerned	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	2.6% 7	0.0% 0	5.9% 5	5.0% 1	1.5% 18
Don't know	1.8% 8	15.7% 11	8.8% 24	4.8% 14	4.7% 4	25.0% 5	5.5% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 452	100.0% 70	100.0% 273	100.0% 290	100.0% 85	100.0% 20	1190

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Forbids	61.2% 159	67.7% 203	68.8% 295	59.3% 137	65.1% 794
Strongly discourages	25.4% 66	24.3% 73	24.2% 104	24.7% 57	24.6% 300
Somewhat discourages	3.1% 8	1.3% 4	1.6% 7	6.1% 14	2.7% 33
Encourages	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Isn't concerned	3.8% 10	0.7% 2	1.9% 8	2.6% 6	2.1% 26
Don't know	6.5% 17	6.0% 18	3.5% 15	7.4% 17	5.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 260	100.0% 300	100.0% 429	100.0% 231	1220

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	Once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	About weekly	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Forbids	49.1% 53	61.8% 94	60.4% 102	59.8% 113	64.3% 63	73.7% 359	65.2% 784
Strongly discourages	27.8% 30	21.7% 33	24.9% 42	30.7% 58	25.5% 25	22.0% 107	24.5% 295
Somewhat discourages	5.6% 6	3.3% 5	5.9% 10	3.7% 7	1.0% 1	0.6% 3	2.7% 32
Encourages	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Isn't concerned	6.5% 7	3.3% 5	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.0% 1	2.3% 11	2.2% 26
Don't know	11.1% 12	9.9% 15	8.9% 15	4.8% 9	8.2% 8	1.4% 7	5.5% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 152	100.0% 169	100.0% 189	100.0% 98	100.0% 487	1203