Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GODSMALL (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q22b. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about God? God rewards the faithful in small ways (such as helping to find lost keys or fight off a cold)   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	200	13.4%	13.4%
Disagree	463	31.1%	44.5%
Agree	444	29.8%	74.3%
Strongly agree	206	13.8%	88.1%
Undecided	178	11.9%	100.0%
Missing	155

* 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	16.3% 40	12.8% 38	10.6% 34	14.5% 41	14.4% 27	12.5% 20	13.4% 200
Disagree	28.6% 70	25.3% 75	31.2% 100	34.8% 98	35.6% 67	33.8% 54	31.1% 464
Agree	21.6% 53	35.8% 106	31.5% 101	24.1% 68	31.4% 59	35.6% 57	29.8% 444
Strongly agree	18.4% 45	14.5% 43	16.2% 52	13.1% 37	6.9% 13	9.4% 15	13.7% 205
Undecided	15.1% 37	11.5% 34	10.6% 34	13.5% 38	11.7% 22	8.8% 14	12.0% 179
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 296	100.0% 321	100.0% 282	100.0% 188	100.0% 160	1492

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	16.5% 17	9.8% 41	9.2% 38	13.5% 21	18.2% 35	23.9% 44	13.4% 196
Disagree	17.5% 18	28.5% 119	33.5% 139	30.8% 48	31.8% 61	34.8% 64	30.6% 449
Agree	32.0% 33	33.7% 141	28.0% 116	30.8% 48	28.6% 55	26.1% 48	30.0% 441
Strongly agree	14.6% 15	17.0% 71	15.9% 66	12.8% 20	11.5% 22	5.4% 10	13.9% 204
Undecided	19.4% 20	11.0% 46	13.5% 56	12.2% 19	9.9% 19	9.8% 18	12.1% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 418	100.0% 415	100.0% 156	100.0% 192	100.0% 184	1468

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	14.7% 101	12.3% 99	13.4% 200
Disagree	33.9% 233	28.6% 230	31.1% 463
Agree	27.0% 186	32.1% 258	29.8% 444
Strongly agree	10.6% 73	16.6% 133	13.8% 206
Undecided	13.8% 95	10.3% 83	11.9% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 803	1491

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.5% 32	10.0% 7	12.7% 39	10.4% 35	17.1% 20	48.7% 58	13.2% 191
Disagree	27.2% 135	20.0% 14	35.7% 110	36.6% 123	33.3% 39	22.7% 27	31.0% 448
Agree	39.5% 196	18.6% 13	28.2% 87	31.3% 105	23.1% 27	9.2% 11	30.4% 439
Strongly agree	15.9% 79	41.4% 29	10.1% 31	12.2% 41	15.4% 18	1.7% 2	13.8% 200
Undecided	10.9% 54	10.0% 7	13.3% 41	9.5% 32	11.1% 13	17.6% 21	11.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 496	100.0% 70	100.0% 308	100.0% 336	100.0% 117	100.0% 119	1446

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	18.3% 61	11.6% 42	9.0% 43	16.9% 54	13.4% 200
Disagree	35.6% 119	31.2% 113	29.1% 139	28.8% 92	31.0% 463
Agree	26.6% 89	31.2% 113	32.4% 155	27.3% 87	29.7% 444
Strongly agree	8.4% 28	11.9% 43	19.9% 95	12.9% 41	13.9% 207
Undecided	11.1% 37	14.1% 51	9.6% 46	14.1% 45	12.0% 179
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 362	100.0% 478	100.0% 319	1493

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	26.0% 107	13.4% 21	9.6% 16	11.0% 20	8.4% 8	5.6% 26	13.4% 198
Disagree	31.6% 130	33.1% 52	34.1% 57	32.6% 59	27.4% 26	28.5% 133	30.9% 457
Agree	18.5% 76	27.4% 43	32.3% 54	32.6% 59	42.1% 40	36.4% 170	29.9% 442
Strongly agree	5.8% 24	8.3% 13	10.8% 18	12.2% 22	15.8% 15	24.4% 114	13.9% 206
Undecided	18.0% 74	17.8% 28	13.2% 22	11.6% 21	6.3% 6	5.1% 24	11.8% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 157	100.0% 167	100.0% 181	100.0% 95	100.0% 467	1478