Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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H18A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: I have little control over the things that happen to me.   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	338	23.4%	23.4%
Disagree	783	54.3%	77.7%
Agree	247	17.1%	94.8%
Strongly agree	47	3.3%	98.1%
Undecided	27	1.9%	100.0%
Missing	44

* 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	24.8% 27	26.8% 75	23.3% 42	26.2% 70	24.2% 54	16.7% 46	23.5% 314
Disagree	47.7% 52	50.0% 140	57.2% 103	52.1% 139	57.0% 127	58.7% 162	54.2% 723
Agree	18.3% 20	17.1% 48	15.6% 28	17.6% 47	14.3% 32	19.6% 54	17.2% 229
Strongly agree	7.3% 8	5.7% 16	1.1% 2	2.6% 7	2.7% 6	2.2% 6	3.4% 45
Undecided	1.8% 2	0.4% 1	2.8% 5	1.5% 4	1.8% 4	2.9% 8	1.8% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 280	100.0% 180	100.0% 267	100.0% 223	100.0% 276	1335

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	24.2% 29	19.8% 77	25.2% 110	23.4% 51	27.5% 69	23.8% 336
Disagree	45.8% 55	51.5% 200	56.1% 245	56.4% 123	57.0% 143	54.2% 766
Agree	22.5% 27	25.0% 97	14.6% 64	13.8% 30	9.6% 24	17.1% 242
Strongly agree	5.8% 7	2.1% 8	2.5% 11	3.7% 8	4.8% 12	3.3% 46
Undecided	1.7% 2	1.5% 6	1.6% 7	2.8% 6	1.2% 3	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 388	100.0% 437	100.0% 218	100.0% 251	1414

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	21.2% 83	21.0% 37	27.3% 27	20.3% 72	21.4% 25	31.4% 82	23.3% 326
Disagree	55.9% 219	51.7% 91	52.5% 52	56.5% 200	63.2% 74	47.1% 123	54.3% 759
Agree	19.9% 78	17.6% 31	14.1% 14	18.6% 66	8.5% 10	16.5% 43	17.3% 242
Strongly agree	1.5% 6	4.0% 7	6.1% 6	3.4% 12	5.1% 6	3.1% 8	3.2% 45
Undecided	1.5% 6	5.7% 10	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	1.7% 2	1.9% 5	1.9% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 176	100.0% 99	100.0% 354	100.0% 117	100.0% 261	1399

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	23.5% 258	28.9% 46	22.2% 10	17.9% 25	23.5% 339
Disagree	54.0% 594	49.1% 78	44.4% 20	65.0% 91	54.3% 783
Agree	17.6% 193	16.4% 26	20.0% 9	13.6% 19	17.1% 247
Strongly agree	2.9% 32	5.7% 9	8.9% 4	1.4% 2	3.3% 47
Undecided	2.0% 22	0.0% 0	4.4% 2	2.1% 3	1.9% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 1099	100.0% 159	100.0% 45	100.0% 140	1443