Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GODPUNSH (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q21m. How well do you feel that each of the following words describe God in your opinion? Punishing   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	408	27.2%	27.2%
Not very well	327	21.8%	49.0%
Somewhat well	285	19.0%	68.0%
Very well	281	18.7%	86.7%
Undecided	199	13.3%	100.0%
Missing	149

* 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	29.1% 72	25.9% 77	24.7% 79	29.7% 84	25.6% 50	28.3% 45	27.1% 407
Not very well	15.8% 39	22.2% 66	25.9% 83	22.3% 63	24.6% 48	18.2% 29	21.9% 328
Somewhat well	21.9% 54	20.2% 60	16.3% 52	18.4% 52	18.5% 36	18.9% 30	18.9% 284
Very well	23.1% 57	19.5% 58	18.1% 58	16.6% 47	19.0% 37	15.7% 25	18.8% 282
Undecided	10.1% 25	12.1% 36	15.0% 48	13.1% 37	12.3% 24	18.9% 30	13.3% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 247	100.0% 297	100.0% 320	100.0% 283	100.0% 195	100.0% 159	1501

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	20.8% 22	25.5% 105	25.4% 106	24.5% 39	31.1% 60	35.5% 66	27.0% 398
Not very well	13.2% 14	19.9% 82	21.3% 89	28.3% 45	26.9% 52	22.0% 41	21.9% 323
Somewhat well	16.0% 17	16.7% 69	21.1% 88	19.5% 31	18.7% 36	20.4% 38	18.9% 279
Very well	34.0% 36	22.1% 91	19.9% 83	18.2% 29	11.9% 23	8.6% 16	18.9% 278
Undecided	16.0% 17	15.8% 65	12.4% 52	9.4% 15	11.4% 22	13.4% 25	13.3% 196
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 412	100.0% 418	100.0% 159	100.0% 193	100.0% 186	1474

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all	20.7% 144	32.8% 264	27.2% 408
Not very well	21.1% 147	22.4% 180	21.8% 327
Somewhat well	22.5% 157	15.9% 128	19.0% 285
Very well	20.4% 142	17.3% 139	18.7% 281
Undecided	15.4% 107	11.6% 93	13.3% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 804	1501

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Not at all	19.6% 99	21.2% 14	32.4% 99	27.8% 93	32.5% 37	41.0% 50	27.1% 392
Not very well	19.0% 96	4.5% 3	24.5% 75	30.8% 103	26.3% 30	13.1% 16	22.3% 323
Somewhat well	24.2% 122	19.7% 13	19.0% 58	15.9% 53	14.9% 17	9.8% 12	19.0% 275
Very well	29.0% 146	45.5% 30	8.8% 27	14.4% 48	6.1% 7	5.7% 7	18.3% 265
Undecided	8.1% 41	9.1% 6	15.4% 47	11.1% 37	20.2% 23	30.3% 37	13.2% 191
TOTAL	100.0% 504	100.0% 66	100.0% 306	100.0% 334	100.0% 114	100.0% 122	1446

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not at all	30.5% 101	23.6% 85	24.8% 120	31.0% 101	27.1% 407
Not very well	22.4% 74	23.9% 86	20.1% 97	21.8% 71	21.9% 328
Somewhat well	19.0% 63	22.2% 80	19.0% 92	15.3% 50	19.0% 285
Very well	12.7% 42	17.2% 62	26.7% 129	14.7% 48	18.7% 281
Undecided	15.4% 51	13.1% 47	9.3% 45	17.2% 56	13.3% 199
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 360	100.0% 483	100.0% 326	1500

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	28.9% 121	27.3% 42	27.2% 46	29.4% 53	22.7% 22	25.6% 119	27.2% 403
Not very well	19.1% 80	25.3% 39	21.3% 36	18.9% 34	35.1% 34	22.4% 104	22.0% 327
Somewhat well	14.6% 61	14.3% 22	19.5% 33	28.9% 52	22.7% 22	20.2% 94	19.1% 284
Very well	12.4% 52	11.7% 18	21.3% 36	15.0% 27	16.5% 16	27.1% 126	18.5% 275
Undecided	25.1% 105	21.4% 33	10.7% 18	7.8% 14	3.1% 3	4.7% 22	13.1% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 154	100.0% 169	100.0% 180	100.0% 97	100.0% 465	1484