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Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q23N

Q23 How well do you feel that each of the following words.. describe God n. Severe

	1) Very well
	2) Somewhat well
	3) Not very well
	4) Not at all
	5) Undecided

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very well	185	11.9%	11.9%	-1.93
Somewhat well	177	11.4%	23.3%	-1.1
Not very well	376	24.2%	47.4%	-.26
Not at all	597	38.4%	85.8%	.57
Undecided	221	14.2%	100%	1.4

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	12.1% 82	11.7% 103	11.9% 185
Somewhat well	11.9% 81	10.9% 96	11.4% 177
Not very well	25.8% 175	22.9% 201	24.2% 376
Not at all	34.7% 235	41.2% 362	38.4% 597
Undecided	15.5% 105	13.2% 116	14.2% 221
TOTAL	100.0% 678	100.0% 878	1556

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very well	11.6% 160	21.8% 12	12.8% 12	12.1% 184
Somewhat well	11.0% 151	20.0% 11	7.4% 7	11.1% 169
Not very well	24.9% 342	18.2% 10	23.4% 22	24.5% 374
Not at all	38.5% 529	25.5% 14	40.4% 38	38.1% 581
Undecided	14.0% 193	14.5% 8	16.0% 15	14.2% 216
TOTAL	100.0% 1375	100.0% 55	100.0% 94	1524

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very well	6.9% 24	16.0% 144	5.1% 6	5.9% 10	12.0% 184
Somewhat well	10.1% 35	14.1% 127	6.8% 8	4.1% 7	11.6% 177
Not very well	26.9% 93	26.5% 238	17.1% 20	10.7% 18	24.1% 369
Not at all	42.5% 147	32.4% 291	54.7% 64	48.5% 82	38.1% 584
Undecided	13.6% 47	11.0% 99	16.2% 19	30.8% 52	14.2% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 899	100.0% 117	100.0% 169	1531

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very well	13.3% 17	12.5% 46	11.5% 81	12.0% 41	12.0% 185
Somewhat well	11.7% 15	11.7% 43	10.8% 76	12.0% 41	11.3% 175
Not very well	30.5% 39	25.5% 94	24.5% 173	19.0% 65	24.0% 371
Not at all	33.6% 43	34.7% 128	41.7% 294	37.7% 129	38.5% 594
Undecided	10.9% 14	15.7% 58	11.5% 81	19.3% 66	14.2% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 369	100.0% 705	100.0% 342	1544

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very well	9.3% 30	7.8% 34	10.4% 19	16.7% 101	11.9% 184
Somewhat well	6.2% 20	12.2% 53	13.2% 24	12.9% 78	11.3% 175
Not very well	18.0% 58	23.7% 103	30.2% 55	26.4% 160	24.3% 376
Not at all	41.6% 134	39.8% 173	35.7% 65	35.8% 217	38.1% 589
Undecided	24.8% 80	16.6% 72	10.4% 19	8.3% 50	14.3% 221
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 435	100.0% 182	100.0% 606	1545

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very well	15.3% 116	8.6% 53	0.0% 0	8.4% 10	11.8% 4	11.8% 183
Somewhat well	13.4% 101	8.9% 55	8.3% 2	11.8% 14	14.7% 5	11.4% 177
Not very well	28.7% 217	19.6% 121	20.8% 5	22.7% 27	17.6% 6	24.3% 376
Not at all	31.7% 240	46.8% 288	54.2% 13	35.3% 42	29.4% 10	38.3% 593
Undecided	10.8% 82	16.1% 99	16.7% 4	21.8% 26	26.5% 9	14.2% 220
TOTAL	100.0% 756	100.0% 616	100.0% 24	100.0% 119	100.0% 34	1549

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very well	23.9% 11	20.5% 44	11.5% 43	14.1% 18	9.5% 37	8.4% 32	12.0% 185
Somewhat well	17.4% 8	10.7% 23	14.4% 54	14.8% 19	11.0% 43	7.0% 27	11.3% 174
Not very well	17.4% 8	18.6% 40	24.3% 91	20.3% 26	25.6% 100	28.7% 110	24.4% 375
Not at all	26.1% 12	34.4% 74	35.8% 134	38.3% 49	39.1% 153	42.8% 164	38.1% 586
Undecided	15.2% 7	15.8% 34	13.9% 52	12.5% 16	14.8% 58	13.1% 50	14.1% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 215	100.0% 374	100.0% 128	100.0% 391	100.0% 383	1537

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very well	13.5% 25	11.7% 112	13.8% 8	11.6% 26	12.3% 14	12.0% 185
Somewhat well	14.1% 26	9.8% 94	10.3% 6	16.1% 36	10.5% 12	11.3% 174
Not very well	20.5% 38	27.2% 260	10.3% 6	23.2% 52	16.7% 19	24.4% 375
Not at all	38.9% 72	38.0% 363	50.0% 29	35.3% 79	36.8% 42	38.1% 585
Undecided	13.0% 24	13.2% 126	15.5% 9	13.8% 31	23.7% 27	14.1% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 955	100.0% 58	100.0% 224	100.0% 114	1536

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very well	18.1% 30	18.8% 38	10.4% 29	11.1% 57	8.2% 26	12.2% 180
Somewhat well	18.1% 30	12.4% 25	12.9% 36	11.1% 57	6.3% 20	11.4% 168
Not very well	12.0% 20	22.3% 45	21.9% 61	28.0% 144	28.7% 91	24.4% 361
Not at all	31.9% 53	35.1% 71	40.1% 112	37.7% 194	42.3% 134	38.1% 564
Undecided	19.9% 33	11.4% 23	14.7% 41	12.2% 63	14.5% 46	13.9% 206
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 202	100.0% 279	100.0% 515	100.0% 317	1479