Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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H18C (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: I often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.   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	409	28.4%	28.4%
Disagree	730	50.6%	79.0%
Agree	240	16.6%	95.6%
Strongly agree	36	2.5%	98.1%
Undecided	27	1.9%	100.0%
Missing	48

* 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	26.4% 29	30.1% 84	30.9% 56	29.2% 78	30.9% 69	23.2% 64	28.4% 380
Disagree	43.6% 48	44.4% 124	51.4% 93	54.7% 146	49.8% 111	54.7% 151	50.4% 673
Agree	26.4% 29	20.1% 56	12.7% 23	12.7% 34	15.7% 35	17.4% 48	16.8% 225
Strongly agree	3.6% 4	4.3% 12	1.1% 2	3.0% 8	2.2% 5	1.1% 3	2.5% 34
Undecided	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	3.9% 7	0.4% 1	1.3% 3	3.6% 10	1.8% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 279	100.0% 181	100.0% 267	100.0% 223	100.0% 276	1336

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	24.6% 31	20.3% 78	31.0% 135	32.7% 71	36.3% 91	28.7% 406
Disagree	34.9% 44	55.6% 214	51.4% 224	50.7% 110	51.0% 128	50.9% 720
Agree	29.4% 37	20.0% 77	13.1% 57	13.8% 30	11.2% 28	16.2% 229
Strongly agree	7.9% 10	2.3% 9	2.5% 11	1.8% 4	0.8% 2	2.5% 36
Undecided	3.2% 4	1.8% 7	2.1% 9	0.9% 2	0.8% 2	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 385	100.0% 436	100.0% 217	100.0% 251	1415

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	30.0% 118	23.9% 42	30.7% 31	21.8% 77	32.5% 38	34.5% 90	28.2% 396
Disagree	51.1% 201	52.8% 93	38.6% 39	54.2% 192	47.9% 56	49.4% 129	50.6% 710
Agree	15.3% 60	14.8% 26	23.8% 24	20.3% 72	16.2% 19	13.0% 34	16.8% 235
Strongly agree	2.3% 9	4.5% 8	5.9% 6	2.3% 8	0.9% 1	1.1% 3	2.5% 35
Undecided	1.3% 5	4.0% 7	1.0% 1	1.4% 5	2.6% 3	1.9% 5	1.9% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 176	100.0% 101	100.0% 354	100.0% 117	100.0% 261	1402

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	28.2% 309	35.8% 57	42.2% 19	16.8% 24	28.3% 409
Disagree	52.8% 579	35.8% 57	46.7% 21	51.7% 74	50.7% 731
Agree	15.0% 164	22.0% 35	6.7% 3	26.6% 38	16.6% 240
Strongly agree	2.3% 25	5.0% 8	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	2.5% 36
Undecided	1.7% 19	1.3% 2	4.4% 2	2.8% 4	1.9% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 1096	100.0% 159	100.0% 45	100.0% 143	1443