Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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H16A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: I am looking for something that makes my life feel meaningful.   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	225	15.6%	15.6%
Disagree	431	29.9%	45.5%
Agree	509	35.3%	80.8%
Strongly agree	226	15.7%	96.5%
Undecided	50	3.5%	100.0%
Missing	47

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	10.3% 11	10.7% 30	6.7% 12	19.5% 52	19.6% 44	14.9% 41	14.3% 190
Disagree	22.4% 24	25.0% 70	34.1% 61	30.8% 82	28.6% 64	33.8% 93	29.6% 394
Agree	23.4% 25	38.6% 108	43.0% 77	30.5% 81	37.1% 83	38.2% 105	36.0% 479
Strongly agree	38.3% 41	24.3% 68	14.5% 26	14.3% 38	11.2% 25	9.1% 25	16.8% 223
Undecided	5.6% 6	1.4% 4	1.7% 3	4.9% 13	3.6% 8	4.0% 11	3.4% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 280	100.0% 179	100.0% 266	100.0% 224	100.0% 275	1331

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school degree	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college	Four year bachelor's degree from a college or university (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Postgraduate	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.8% 12	20.5% 80	15.7% 68	12.4% 27	14.9% 37	15.9% 224
Disagree	32.0% 39	31.8% 124	31.1% 135	25.3% 55	26.9% 67	29.7% 420
Agree	40.2% 49	29.7% 116	35.9% 156	41.0% 89	36.5% 91	35.5% 501
Strongly agree	18.0% 22	13.3% 52	13.8% 60	18.0% 39	19.3% 48	15.7% 221
Undecided	0.0% 0	4.6% 18	3.5% 15	3.2% 7	2.4% 6	3.3% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 390	100.0% 434	100.0% 217	100.0% 249	1412

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	19.0% 76	13.4% 23	15.2% 15	15.8% 56	19.0% 22	11.2% 29	15.8% 221
Disagree	31.5% 126	29.1% 50	27.3% 27	33.3% 118	31.9% 37	21.9% 57	29.6% 415
Agree	32.3% 129	39.0% 67	30.3% 30	33.6% 119	34.5% 40	41.5% 108	35.2% 493
Strongly agree	15.3% 61	13.4% 23	23.2% 23	13.6% 48	12.9% 15	21.2% 55	16.1% 225
Undecided	2.0% 8	5.2% 9	4.0% 4	3.7% 13	1.7% 2	4.2% 11	3.4% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 172	100.0% 99	100.0% 354	100.0% 116	100.0% 260	1401

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	16.3% 178	17.7% 28	6.8% 3	10.6% 15	15.6% 224
Disagree	30.4% 333	25.3% 40	22.7% 10	33.1% 47	29.9% 430
Agree	35.3% 386	29.1% 46	50.0% 22	38.7% 55	35.4% 509
Strongly agree	15.4% 169	20.3% 32	13.6% 6	13.4% 19	15.7% 226
Undecided	2.6% 28	7.6% 12	6.8% 3	4.2% 6	3.4% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 158	100.0% 44	100.0% 142	1438