Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GODPUNSM (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q22d. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about God? God punishes sinners in small ways (such as losing a promotion or getting into a minor accident)   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	362	24.3%	24.3%
Disagree	679	45.7%	70.0%
Agree	205	13.8%	83.8%
Strongly agree	58	3.9%	87.7%
Undecided	183	12.3%	100.0%
Missing	157

* 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	30.2% 74	21.1% 62	21.1% 67	25.4% 71	26.3% 50	24.1% 38	24.4% 362
Disagree	31.8% 78	42.2% 124	45.9% 146	48.9% 137	56.8% 108	54.4% 86	45.7% 679
Agree	18.0% 44	17.3% 51	17.6% 56	10.7% 30	6.3% 12	7.6% 12	13.8% 205
Strongly agree	7.8% 19	5.4% 16	3.1% 10	2.5% 7	0.5% 1	2.5% 4	3.8% 57
Undecided	12.2% 30	13.9% 41	12.3% 39	12.5% 35	10.0% 19	11.4% 18	12.3% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 294	100.0% 318	100.0% 280	100.0% 190	100.0% 158	1485

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	21.6% 22	20.4% 85	24.2% 100	24.7% 38	26.6% 51	32.1% 59	24.3% 355
Disagree	34.3% 35	45.4% 189	47.6% 197	48.1% 74	47.4% 91	42.4% 78	45.4% 664
Agree	18.6% 19	15.1% 63	13.0% 54	11.7% 18	11.5% 22	14.7% 27	13.9% 203
Strongly agree	8.8% 9	5.8% 24	3.4% 14	1.9% 3	2.6% 5	1.6% 3	4.0% 58
Undecided	16.7% 17	13.2% 55	11.8% 49	13.6% 21	12.0% 23	9.2% 17	12.4% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 416	100.0% 414	100.0% 154	100.0% 192	100.0% 184	1462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	21.4% 148	26.9% 214	24.3% 362
Disagree	43.9% 304	47.2% 375	45.7% 679
Agree	15.5% 107	12.3% 98	13.8% 205
Strongly agree	4.3% 30	3.4% 27	3.8% 57
Undecided	14.9% 103	10.2% 81	12.4% 184
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 795	1487

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	18.9% 93	26.1% 18	24.0% 73	20.5% 69	30.8% 36	50.8% 61	24.3% 350
Disagree	46.4% 228	33.3% 23	48.7% 148	52.2% 176	46.2% 54	23.3% 28	45.7% 657
Agree	19.1% 94	17.4% 12	10.9% 33	13.4% 45	10.3% 12	5.0% 6	14.0% 202
Strongly agree	4.9% 24	11.6% 8	2.6% 8	2.4% 8	2.6% 3	2.5% 3	3.8% 54
Undecided	10.6% 52	11.6% 8	13.8% 42	11.6% 39	10.3% 12	18.3% 22	12.2% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 69	100.0% 304	100.0% 337	100.0% 117	100.0% 120	1438

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	24.9% 83	19.3% 70	25.1% 119	28.3% 90	24.3% 362
Disagree	50.8% 169	47.5% 172	43.5% 206	41.5% 132	45.7% 679
Agree	9.3% 31	16.9% 61	16.9% 80	10.4% 33	13.8% 205
Strongly agree	3.9% 13	1.7% 6	5.5% 26	4.1% 13	3.9% 58
Undecided	11.1% 37	14.6% 53	9.1% 43	15.7% 50	12.3% 183
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 362	100.0% 474	100.0% 318	1487

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	30.5% 125	19.0% 29	21.2% 36	22.2% 40	22.9% 22	22.8% 106	24.3% 358
Disagree	36.8% 151	41.8% 64	50.6% 86	48.3% 87	44.8% 43	51.9% 241	45.6% 672
Agree	12.7% 52	19.0% 29	11.2% 19	13.3% 24	19.8% 19	13.6% 63	14.0% 206
Strongly agree	1.5% 6	3.9% 6	5.3% 9	1.1% 2	4.2% 4	6.7% 31	3.9% 58
Undecided	18.5% 76	16.3% 25	11.8% 20	15.0% 27	8.3% 8	5.0% 23	12.2% 179
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 153	100.0% 170	100.0% 180	100.0% 96	100.0% 464	1473