Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GODPERS (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q20d. Based on your personal understanding, what do you think God is like? Concerned with my personal well-being   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree   8) Undecided

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	69	4.7%	4.7%
Disagree	107	7.3%	12.0%
Agree	383	26.0%	38.0%
Strongly agree	737	50.0%	88.0%
Undecided	177	12.0%	100.0%
Missing	171

* 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
Strongly disagree	4.2% 10	6.1% 18	3.2% 10	6.1% 17	5.4% 10	3.1% 5	4.8% 70
Disagree	4.2% 10	8.1% 24	7.6% 24	9.0% 25	7.0% 13	6.9% 11	7.3% 107
Agree	26.9% 64	27.7% 82	25.3% 80	22.9% 64	23.2% 43	30.8% 49	25.9% 382
Strongly agree	51.3% 122	49.0% 145	52.8% 167	48.0% 134	51.4% 95	45.9% 73	50.0% 736
Undecided	13.4% 32	9.1% 27	11.1% 35	14.0% 39	13.0% 24	13.2% 21	12.1% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 296	100.0% 316	100.0% 279	100.0% 185	100.0% 159	1473

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.1% 6	3.2% 13	5.4% 22	2.6% 4	5.2% 10	7.6% 14	4.8% 69
Disagree	3.0% 3	5.4% 22	6.6% 27	7.1% 11	8.9% 17	12.0% 22	7.0% 102
Agree	26.3% 26	27.3% 112	24.9% 102	19.5% 30	30.7% 59	25.5% 47	25.9% 376
Strongly agree	41.4% 41	52.6% 216	53.2% 218	59.1% 91	43.8% 84	41.3% 76	50.1% 726
Undecided	23.2% 23	11.7% 48	10.0% 41	11.7% 18	11.5% 22	13.6% 25	12.2% 177
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 411	100.0% 410	100.0% 154	100.0% 192	100.0% 184	1450

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	7.3% 50	2.4% 19	4.7% 69
Disagree	8.9% 61	5.8% 46	7.3% 107
Agree	26.2% 179	25.9% 204	26.0% 383
Strongly agree	44.6% 305	54.8% 432	50.0% 737
Undecided	13.0% 89	11.2% 88	12.0% 177
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 789	1473

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	1.6% 8	0.0% 0	2.6% 8	2.8% 9	7.8% 9	27.6% 34	4.8% 68
Disagree	2.8% 14	3.0% 2	7.3% 22	7.5% 24	16.4% 19	18.7% 23	7.3% 104
Agree	24.0% 120	10.6% 7	34.4% 104	34.9% 112	14.7% 17	11.4% 14	26.2% 374
Strongly agree	66.5% 332	81.8% 54	42.1% 127	45.2% 145	44.0% 51	6.5% 8	50.2% 717
Undecided	5.0% 25	4.5% 3	13.6% 41	9.7% 31	17.2% 20	35.8% 44	11.5% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 499	100.0% 66	100.0% 302	100.0% 321	100.0% 116	100.0% 123	1427

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	4.6% 15	4.2% 15	2.3% 11	8.8% 28	4.7% 69
Disagree	9.5% 31	4.2% 15	5.5% 26	11.0% 35	7.3% 107
Agree	28.2% 92	32.0% 114	24.2% 114	19.6% 62	26.0% 382
Strongly agree	40.8% 133	50.3% 179	60.5% 285	43.8% 139	50.1% 736
Undecided	16.9% 55	9.3% 33	7.4% 35	16.7% 53	12.0% 176
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 356	100.0% 471	100.0% 317	1470

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
Strongly disagree	13.0% 53	4.5% 7	1.2% 2	2.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	4.8% 70
Disagree	14.0% 57	16.0% 25	7.5% 12	1.7% 3	6.3% 6	0.7% 3	7.3% 106
Agree	25.1% 102	35.3% 55	38.5% 62	34.1% 61	30.5% 29	15.3% 70	26.0% 379
Strongly agree	22.1% 90	25.0% 39	42.9% 69	54.7% 98	61.1% 58	81.4% 373	49.9% 727
Undecided	25.8% 105	19.2% 30	9.9% 16	7.3% 13	2.1% 2	1.7% 8	12.0% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 156	100.0% 161	100.0% 179	100.0% 95	100.0% 458	1456