Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)

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GODCAUSE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Q22i. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about God? God causes major tragedies to occur as a warning to sinners   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	467	31.3%	31.3%
Disagree	545	36.5%	67.8%
Agree	165	11.0%	78.8%
Strongly agree	86	5.8%	84.6%
Undecided	231	15.5%	100.1%
Missing	153

* 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	36.2% 89	33.4% 98	27.9% 88	31.3% 88	29.9% 59	28.0% 45	31.3% 467
Disagree	32.5% 80	34.8% 102	40.3% 127	33.5% 94	40.1% 79	39.1% 63	36.5% 545
Agree	7.7% 19	10.2% 30	14.0% 44	11.4% 32	11.2% 22	11.2% 18	11.1% 165
Strongly agree	8.9% 22	7.2% 21	5.7% 18	3.6% 10	3.0% 6	5.0% 8	5.7% 85
Undecided	14.6% 36	14.3% 42	12.1% 38	20.3% 57	15.7% 31	16.8% 27	15.5% 231
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 293	100.0% 315	100.0% 281	100.0% 197	100.0% 161	1493

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	25.7% 27	25.5% 106	28.7% 119	30.1% 47	38.0% 73	45.7% 84	31.1% 456
Disagree	25.7% 27	38.3% 159	36.7% 152	41.0% 64	39.1% 75	30.4% 56	36.4% 533
Agree	14.3% 15	12.3% 51	10.9% 45	12.2% 19	7.8% 15	10.3% 19	11.2% 164
Strongly agree	10.5% 11	8.0% 33	5.6% 23	3.8% 6	3.1% 6	2.2% 4	5.7% 83
Undecided	23.8% 25	15.9% 66	18.1% 75	12.8% 20	12.0% 23	11.4% 21	15.7% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 415	100.0% 414	100.0% 156	100.0% 192	100.0% 184	1466

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	28.8% 200	33.5% 267	31.3% 467
Disagree	37.6% 261	35.5% 283	36.4% 544
Agree	12.9% 90	9.4% 75	11.1% 165
Strongly agree	5.5% 38	6.0% 48	5.8% 86
Undecided	15.3% 106	15.7% 125	15.5% 231
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 798	1493

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	24.1% 120	24.6% 17	31.6% 97	27.1% 91	44.8% 52	60.8% 73	31.1% 450
Disagree	38.4% 191	36.2% 25	40.4% 124	42.9% 144	28.4% 33	11.7% 14	36.7% 531
Agree	16.3% 81	8.7% 6	10.4% 32	9.5% 32	7.8% 9	3.3% 4	11.3% 164
Strongly agree	8.6% 43	20.3% 14	1.3% 4	3.3% 11	2.6% 3	2.5% 3	5.4% 78
Undecided	12.7% 63	10.1% 7	16.3% 50	17.3% 58	16.4% 19	21.7% 26	15.4% 223
TOTAL	100.0% 498	100.0% 69	100.0% 307	100.0% 336	100.0% 116	100.0% 120	1446

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	32.3% 108	28.7% 103	29.9% 144	35.1% 112	31.3% 467
Disagree	44.3% 148	35.1% 126	33.6% 162	34.2% 109	36.5% 545
Agree	6.9% 23	13.9% 50	13.5% 65	8.2% 26	11.0% 164
Strongly agree	4.5% 15	4.5% 16	8.9% 43	4.1% 13	5.8% 87
Undecided	12.0% 40	17.8% 64	14.1% 68	18.5% 59	15.5% 231
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 359	100.0% 482	100.0% 319	1494

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	41.7% 171	24.2% 37	25.9% 44	27.9% 51	28.9% 28	28.3% 132	31.3% 463
Disagree	27.8% 114	39.9% 61	44.1% 75	40.4% 74	34.0% 33	38.8% 181	36.4% 538
Agree	6.8% 28	5.2% 8	12.9% 22	12.6% 23	20.6% 20	13.5% 63	11.1% 164
Strongly agree	3.2% 13	0.7% 1	3.5% 6	2.7% 5	2.1% 2	12.0% 56	5.6% 83
Undecided	20.5% 84	30.1% 46	13.5% 23	16.4% 30	14.4% 14	7.3% 34	15.6% 231
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 153	100.0% 170	100.0% 183	100.0% 97	100.0% 466	1479