Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GODDIST (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q21c. How well do you feel that each of the following words describe God in your opinion? Distant   1) Not at all   2) Not very well   3) Somewhat well   4) Very well   8) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Not at all	763	51.3%	51.3%
Not very well	287	19.3%	70.6%
Somewhat well	161	10.8%	81.4%
Very well	94	6.3%	87.7%
Undecided	182	12.2%	99.9%
Missing	167

* 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
Not at all	48.2% 118	50.2% 149	51.1% 164	52.1% 146	56.3% 108	50.6% 78	51.2% 763
Not very well	17.1% 42	19.5% 58	23.7% 76	17.9% 50	17.7% 34	17.5% 27	19.3% 287
Somewhat well	18.8% 46	6.4% 19	8.1% 26	12.9% 36	9.4% 18	11.0% 17	10.9% 162
Very well	9.0% 22	8.8% 26	5.3% 17	4.6% 13	5.2% 10	4.5% 7	6.4% 95
Undecided	6.9% 17	15.2% 45	11.8% 38	12.5% 35	11.5% 22	16.2% 25	12.2% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 297	100.0% 321	100.0% 280	100.0% 192	100.0% 154	1489

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Not at all	42.6% 46	54.0% 221	53.7% 220	55.1% 87	47.9% 90	46.8% 87	51.5% 751
Not very well	7.4% 8	16.4% 67	21.0% 86	19.0% 30	24.5% 46	24.7% 46	19.4% 283
Somewhat well	17.6% 19	9.5% 39	8.8% 36	8.2% 13	13.8% 26	11.8% 22	10.6% 155
Very well	16.7% 18	6.1% 25	7.1% 29	3.2% 5	3.2% 6	4.8% 9	6.3% 92
Undecided	15.7% 17	13.9% 57	9.5% 39	14.6% 23	10.6% 20	11.8% 22	12.2% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 409	100.0% 410	100.0% 158	100.0% 188	100.0% 186	1459

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all	44.6% 309	57.3% 454	51.3% 763
Not very well	19.3% 134	19.3% 153	19.3% 287
Somewhat well	14.4% 100	7.7% 61	10.8% 161
Very well	6.9% 48	5.7% 45	6.3% 93
Undecided	14.7% 102	10.1% 80	12.2% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 793	1486

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Not at all	62.6% 313	61.5% 40	45.4% 138	47.7% 158	52.6% 60	30.9% 38	52.0% 747
Not very well	17.8% 89	15.4% 10	23.4% 71	24.2% 80	16.7% 19	7.3% 9	19.3% 278
Somewhat well	6.4% 32	3.1% 2	13.2% 40	13.3% 44	10.5% 12	22.8% 28	11.0% 158
Very well	5.8% 29	9.2% 6	3.9% 12	5.4% 18	4.4% 5	10.6% 13	5.8% 83
Undecided	7.4% 37	10.8% 7	14.1% 43	9.4% 31	15.8% 18	28.5% 35	11.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 500	100.0% 65	100.0% 304	100.0% 331	100.0% 114	100.0% 123	1437

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not at all	44.8% 148	50.3% 182	58.7% 277	48.5% 157	51.3% 764
Not very well	21.2% 70	24.0% 87	15.3% 72	17.9% 58	19.3% 287
Somewhat well	12.4% 41	10.5% 38	8.3% 39	13.3% 43	10.8% 161
Very well	7.6% 25	5.0% 18	6.8% 32	5.9% 19	6.3% 94
Undecided	13.9% 46	10.2% 37	11.0% 52	14.5% 47	12.2% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 362	100.0% 472	100.0% 324	1488

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
Not at all	33.4% 138	33.1% 51	43.5% 73	57.5% 104	58.8% 57	72.9% 333	51.4% 756
Not very well	17.9% 74	25.3% 39	22.6% 38	19.9% 36	24.7% 24	15.5% 71	19.2% 282
Somewhat well	18.2% 75	16.2% 25	14.3% 24	10.5% 19	3.1% 3	3.1% 14	10.9% 160
Very well	8.2% 34	7.1% 11	10.1% 17	2.2% 4	7.2% 7	4.4% 20	6.3% 93
Undecided	22.3% 92	18.2% 28	9.5% 16	9.9% 18	6.2% 6	4.2% 19	12.2% 179
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 154	100.0% 168	100.0% 181	100.0% 97	100.0% 457	1470