Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q23K Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God k. Loving   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	1182	72.8%	72.8%	-.51
Somewhat well	191	11.8%	84.6%	.3
Not very well	34	2.1%	86.7%	1.1
Not at all	93	5.7%	92.4%	1.91
Undecided	123	7.6%	100%	2.72

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	64.7% 447	78.9% 735	72.8% 1182
Somewhat well	13.2% 91	10.7% 100	11.8% 191
Not very well	2.6% 18	1.7% 16	2.1% 34
Not at all	8.4% 58	3.8% 35	5.7% 93
Undecided	11.1% 77	4.9% 46	7.6% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 932	1623

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	72.3% 1037	87.9% 51	71.9% 69	72.9% 1157
Somewhat well	12.3% 177	10.3% 6	6.3% 6	11.9% 189
Not very well	2.2% 31	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	2.1% 33
Not at all	5.6% 80	0.0% 0	11.5% 11	5.7% 91
Undecided	7.6% 109	1.7% 1	8.3% 8	7.4% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 1434	100.0% 58	100.0% 96	1588

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	77.4% 281	82.7% 777	61.0% 75	18.7% 32	73.0% 1165
Somewhat well	12.4% 45	11.5% 108	13.0% 16	11.1% 19	11.8% 188
Not very well	1.9% 7	0.6% 6	4.9% 6	8.2% 14	2.1% 33
Not at all	2.5% 9	1.5% 14	9.8% 12	32.7% 56	5.7% 91
Undecided	5.8% 21	3.6% 34	11.4% 14	29.2% 50	7.5% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 939	100.0% 123	100.0% 171	1596

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	71.1% 91	71.3% 266	71.1% 514	77.3% 297	72.6% 1168
Somewhat well	14.1% 18	12.1% 45	12.3% 89	10.2% 39	11.9% 191
Not very well	3.1% 4	2.7% 10	2.2% 16	1.0% 4	2.1% 34
Not at all	5.5% 7	4.6% 17	6.9% 50	4.9% 19	5.8% 93
Undecided	6.3% 8	9.4% 35	7.5% 54	6.5% 25	7.6% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 373	100.0% 723	100.0% 384	1608

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	35.1% 115	66.3% 297	82.4% 154	93.8% 606	72.8% 1172
Somewhat well	16.2% 53	17.9% 80	14.4% 27	4.5% 29	11.7% 189
Not very well	7.3% 24	2.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	2.1% 34
Not at all	20.1% 66	4.2% 19	1.1% 2	0.8% 5	5.7% 92
Undecided	21.3% 70	9.6% 43	2.1% 4	0.8% 5	7.6% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 448	100.0% 187	100.0% 646	1609

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	84.2% 671	60.8% 384	62.5% 15	61.5% 75	73.0% 27	72.7% 1172
Somewhat well	8.3% 66	15.7% 99	8.3% 2	15.6% 19	13.5% 5	11.8% 191
Not very well	0.8% 6	3.3% 21	8.3% 2	4.1% 5	0.0% 0	2.1% 34
Not at all	2.5% 20	9.5% 60	12.5% 3	8.2% 10	0.0% 0	5.8% 93
Undecided	4.3% 34	10.8% 68	8.3% 2	10.7% 13	13.5% 5	7.6% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 632	100.0% 24	100.0% 122	100.0% 37	1612

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	87.0% 47	80.9% 191	76.9% 300	74.0% 97	71.9% 289	62.6% 244	72.9% 1168
Somewhat well	9.3% 5	8.5% 20	9.7% 38	13.0% 17	12.4% 50	15.4% 60	11.9% 190
Not very well	1.9% 1	0.8% 2	1.8% 7	1.5% 2	2.7% 11	2.8% 11	2.1% 34
Not at all	1.9% 1	3.0% 7	6.2% 24	4.6% 6	4.5% 18	9.2% 36	5.7% 92
Undecided	0.0% 0	6.8% 16	5.4% 21	6.9% 9	8.5% 34	10.0% 39	7.4% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 236	100.0% 390	100.0% 131	100.0% 402	100.0% 390	1603

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	66.5% 125	75.1% 740	69.0% 40	66.5% 155	78.1% 107	72.8% 1167
Somewhat well	17.0% 32	10.6% 105	10.3% 6	12.9% 30	12.4% 17	11.9% 190
Not very well	2.7% 5	2.0% 20	3.4% 2	2.6% 6	0.7% 1	2.1% 34
Not at all	7.4% 14	5.0% 49	5.2% 3	8.2% 19	5.1% 7	5.7% 92
Undecided	6.4% 12	7.3% 72	12.1% 7	9.9% 23	3.6% 5	7.4% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 986	100.0% 58	100.0% 233	100.0% 137	1602

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	81.3% 148	76.9% 166	74.6% 212	71.4% 379	65.8% 210	72.8% 1115
Somewhat well	8.8% 16	11.6% 25	12.7% 36	12.8% 68	11.9% 38	11.9% 183
Not very well	1.1% 2	2.3% 5	1.1% 3	2.4% 13	3.4% 11	2.2% 34
Not at all	3.8% 7	4.6% 10	3.9% 11	5.1% 27	9.4% 30	5.5% 85
Undecided	4.9% 9	4.6% 10	7.7% 22	8.3% 44	9.4% 30	7.5% 115
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 216	100.0% 284	100.0% 531	100.0% 319	1532