Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q23C Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God c. Distant (FLIPPED)   1) Very well   2) Somewhat well   3) Not very well   4) Not at all   5) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very well	104	6.7%	6.7%	-2.44
Somewhat well	162	10.4%	17.1%	-1.47
Not very well	264	17%	34.1%	-.51
Not at all	860	55.3%	89.4%	.46
Undecided	164	10.6%	100%	1.42

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	9.3% 63	4.7% 41	6.7% 104
Somewhat well	12.4% 84	8.9% 78	10.4% 162
Not very well	17.5% 119	16.6% 145	17.0% 264
Not at all	48.5% 329	60.7% 531	55.3% 860
Undecided	12.4% 84	9.1% 80	10.6% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 679	100.0% 875	1554

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	6.5% 89	10.5% 6	5.3% 5	6.6% 100
Somewhat well	10.9% 149	7.0% 4	8.4% 8	10.6% 161
Not very well	16.9% 232	10.5% 6	23.2% 22	17.1% 260
Not at all	55.1% 755	64.9% 37	49.5% 47	55.2% 839
Undecided	10.5% 144	7.0% 4	13.7% 13	10.6% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 1369	100.0% 57	100.0% 95	1521

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	5.5% 19	5.1% 45	9.2% 11	14.5% 25	6.5% 100
Somewhat well	10.1% 35	9.6% 85	10.1% 12	13.4% 23	10.1% 155
Not very well	17.9% 62	19.0% 169	16.0% 19	7.6% 13	17.2% 263
Not at all	56.8% 197	59.1% 526	56.3% 67	34.9% 60	55.6% 850
Undecided	9.8% 34	7.3% 65	8.4% 10	29.7% 51	10.5% 160
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 890	100.0% 119	100.0% 172	1528

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	11.6% 15	5.4% 20	5.4% 38	9.0% 31	6.8% 104
Somewhat well	10.1% 13	11.4% 42	10.1% 71	10.2% 35	10.5% 161
Not very well	25.6% 33	19.6% 72	18.7% 131	8.2% 28	17.1% 264
Not at all	43.4% 56	51.5% 189	57.3% 402	58.6% 201	55.1% 848
Undecided	9.3% 12	12.0% 44	8.4% 59	14.0% 48	10.6% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 367	100.0% 701	100.0% 343	1540

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	12.3% 40	7.7% 33	5.0% 9	3.3% 20	6.6% 102
Somewhat well	16.0% 52	13.8% 59	11.6% 21	4.6% 28	10.4% 160
Not very well	12.0% 39	22.4% 96	25.4% 46	13.3% 81	17.0% 262
Not at all	35.8% 116	45.0% 193	50.3% 91	74.8% 455	55.4% 855
Undecided	23.8% 77	11.2% 48	7.7% 14	3.9% 24	10.6% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 429	100.0% 181	100.0% 608	1542

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	4.2% 32	9.1% 56	4.2% 1	6.9% 8	14.3% 5	6.6% 102
Somewhat well	7.3% 55	14.4% 89	8.3% 2	11.2% 13	8.6% 3	10.5% 162
Not very well	17.8% 134	15.9% 98	12.5% 3	19.0% 22	17.1% 6	17.0% 263
Not at all	64.1% 483	47.2% 291	66.7% 16	44.0% 51	40.0% 14	55.3% 855
Undecided	6.6% 50	13.3% 82	8.3% 2	19.0% 22	20.0% 7	10.6% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 754	100.0% 616	100.0% 24	100.0% 116	100.0% 35	1545

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	8.9% 4	6.0% 13	7.9% 29	7.1% 9	5.6% 22	6.5% 25	6.6% 102
Somewhat well	11.1% 5	5.1% 11	8.5% 31	11.1% 14	12.1% 48	13.5% 52	10.5% 161
Not very well	8.9% 4	13.4% 29	17.8% 65	16.7% 21	18.7% 74	17.9% 69	17.1% 262
Not at all	57.8% 26	61.3% 133	57.0% 208	54.0% 68	53.5% 212	51.9% 200	55.2% 847
Undecided	13.3% 6	14.3% 31	8.8% 32	11.1% 14	10.1% 40	10.1% 39	10.6% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 217	100.0% 365	100.0% 126	100.0% 396	100.0% 385	1534

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	11.4% 21	5.2% 50	13.8% 8	7.9% 18	4.6% 5	6.7% 102
Somewhat well	12.5% 23	9.9% 94	10.3% 6	12.3% 28	9.2% 10	10.5% 161
Not very well	19.0% 35	17.6% 168	10.3% 6	19.7% 45	7.3% 8	17.1% 262
Not at all	45.1% 83	58.4% 557	50.0% 29	48.7% 111	60.6% 66	55.2% 846
Undecided	12.0% 22	8.9% 85	15.5% 9	11.4% 26	18.3% 20	10.6% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 954	100.0% 58	100.0% 228	100.0% 109	1533

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	10.1% 17	5.4% 11	9.7% 27	5.8% 30	4.4% 14	6.7% 99
Somewhat well	10.7% 18	7.4% 15	11.6% 32	9.5% 49	13.6% 43	10.6% 157
Not very well	13.1% 22	14.3% 29	17.7% 49	19.8% 102	18.3% 58	17.6% 260
Not at all	52.4% 88	62.6% 127	49.8% 138	55.4% 285	53.3% 169	54.6% 807
Undecided	13.7% 23	10.3% 21	11.2% 31	9.3% 48	10.4% 33	10.5% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 203	100.0% 277	100.0% 514	100.0% 317	1479