Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q22J Q22 Even if you might not believe in God, based on your personal understanding, what do you think God is like....j. A 'He'   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree   5) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	392	25.8%	25.8%	-1.29
Agree	271	17.8%	43.6%	-.67
Disagree	148	9.7%	53.4%	-.04
Strongly disagree	262	17.2%	70.6%	.59
Undecided	446	29.4%	100%	1.21

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Religion Age Worship attendance Political ideology Education Marital status Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.7% 144	29.0% 248	25.8% 392
Agree	17.0% 113	18.5% 158	17.8% 271
Disagree	9.7% 64	9.8% 84	9.7% 148
Strongly disagree	17.9% 119	16.7% 143	17.2% 262
Undecided	33.6% 223	26.1% 223	29.4% 446
TOTAL	100.0% 663	100.0% 856	1519

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.4% 343	37.0% 17	25.3% 23	25.7% 383
Agree	18.6% 251	17.4% 8	8.8% 8	17.9% 267
Disagree	9.5% 129	15.2% 7	11.0% 10	9.8% 146
Strongly disagree	17.1% 231	15.2% 7	23.1% 21	17.4% 259
Undecided	29.4% 398	15.2% 7	31.9% 29	29.1% 434
TOTAL	100.0% 1352	100.0% 46	100.0% 91	1489

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.3% 75	33.7% 292	18.3% 22	1.8% 3	26.2% 392
Agree	17.5% 59	21.8% 189	8.3% 10	5.9% 10	17.9% 268
Disagree	9.8% 33	8.7% 75	10.8% 13	14.7% 25	9.8% 146
Strongly disagree	13.4% 45	9.5% 82	41.7% 50	44.1% 75	16.9% 252
Undecided	37.1% 125	26.4% 229	20.8% 25	33.5% 57	29.2% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 337	100.0% 867	100.0% 120	100.0% 170	1494

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.6% 32	26.7% 97	23.1% 160	30.6% 100	25.8% 389
Agree	16.8% 21	16.3% 59	17.9% 124	19.9% 65	17.8% 269
Disagree	11.2% 14	9.6% 35	10.7% 74	7.3% 24	9.7% 147
Strongly disagree	18.4% 23	15.7% 57	20.1% 139	12.2% 40	17.2% 259
Undecided	28.0% 35	31.7% 115	28.3% 196	30.0% 98	29.4% 444
TOTAL	100.0% 125	100.0% 363	100.0% 693	100.0% 327	1508

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 22	18.1% 78	26.3% 47	41.7% 241	25.7% 388
Agree	11.3% 36	20.6% 89	20.1% 36	19.0% 110	18.0% 271
Disagree	12.2% 39	8.1% 35	10.1% 18	9.3% 54	9.7% 146
Strongly disagree	33.9% 108	16.2% 70	15.1% 27	9.5% 55	17.2% 260
Undecided	35.7% 114	37.0% 160	28.5% 51	20.4% 118	29.4% 443
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 432	100.0% 179	100.0% 578	1508

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Strongly agree	38.5% 284	13.0% 79	4.3% 1	14.8% 17	30.0% 9	25.8% 390
Agree	21.4% 158	13.2% 80	0.0% 0	21.7% 25	23.3% 7	17.9% 270
Disagree	7.5% 55	12.4% 75	13.0% 3	10.4% 12	6.7% 2	9.7% 147
Strongly disagree	5.7% 42	32.0% 194	21.7% 5	15.7% 18	6.7% 2	17.3% 261
Undecided	26.9% 198	29.4% 178	60.9% 14	37.4% 43	33.3% 10	29.3% 443
TOTAL	100.0% 737	100.0% 606	100.0% 23	100.0% 115	100.0% 30	1511

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.8% 12	38.5% 79	29.6% 106	26.4% 32	25.5% 101	15.2% 58	25.8% 388
Agree	28.2% 11	21.0% 43	21.2% 76	24.8% 30	16.2% 64	11.5% 44	17.9% 268
Disagree	2.6% 1	3.9% 8	7.0% 25	4.1% 5	9.3% 37	18.3% 70	9.7% 146
Strongly disagree	2.6% 1	8.3% 17	12.8% 46	12.4% 15	17.4% 69	29.6% 113	17.4% 261
Undecided	35.9% 14	28.3% 58	29.3% 105	32.2% 39	31.6% 125	25.4% 97	29.2% 438
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 205	100.0% 358	100.0% 121	100.0% 396	100.0% 382	1501

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.1% 33	28.8% 271	21.1% 12	19.7% 42	27.5% 30	25.8% 388
Agree	14.8% 27	18.5% 174	12.3% 7	19.7% 42	16.5% 18	17.9% 268
Disagree	11.0% 20	9.9% 93	14.0% 8	8.5% 18	6.4% 7	9.7% 146
Strongly disagree	23.6% 43	15.1% 142	26.3% 15	22.1% 47	12.8% 14	17.4% 261
Undecided	32.4% 59	27.7% 260	26.3% 15	30.0% 64	36.7% 40	29.2% 438
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 940	100.0% 57	100.0% 213	100.0% 109	1501

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.4% 45	30.4% 59	29.9% 81	23.6% 120	19.9% 63	25.5% 368
Agree	23.5% 36	19.6% 38	17.0% 46	18.5% 94	14.2% 45	17.9% 259
Disagree	6.5% 10	7.7% 15	7.0% 19	12.0% 61	12.3% 39	10.0% 144
Strongly disagree	13.1% 20	14.9% 29	15.1% 41	16.9% 86	24.3% 77	17.5% 253
Undecided	27.5% 42	27.3% 53	31.0% 84	29.1% 148	29.3% 93	29.1% 420
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 194	100.0% 271	100.0% 509	100.0% 317	1444