Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q19C (Weighted by WEIGHT) Based on your personal understanding of God, please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: God is directly involved in world affairs.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	176	14.6%	14.6%
Disagree	414	34.4%	49.0%
Agree	325	27.0%	76.0%
Strongly agree	289	24.0%	100.0%
Missing	260

* 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	19.3% 17	17.2% 41	15.8% 22	15.0% 35	14.9% 29	10.1% 23	14.9% 167
Disagree	36.4% 32	44.5% 106	38.1% 53	27.5% 64	32.0% 62	30.0% 68	34.4% 385
Agree	40.9% 36	21.8% 52	32.4% 45	24.0% 56	23.7% 46	32.6% 74	27.6% 309
Strongly agree	3.4% 3	16.4% 39	13.7% 19	33.5% 78	29.4% 57	27.3% 62	23.1% 258
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 238	100.0% 139	100.0% 233	100.0% 194	100.0% 227	1119

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	6.7% 6	13.0% 44	14.2% 52	17.2% 31	20.2% 42	14.8% 175
Disagree	38.2% 34	35.1% 119	30.9% 113	36.1% 65	38.9% 81	34.9% 412
Agree	33.7% 30	26.5% 90	27.3% 100	29.4% 53	21.6% 45	26.9% 318
Strongly agree	21.3% 19	25.4% 86	27.6% 101	17.2% 31	19.2% 40	23.4% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 339	100.0% 366	100.0% 180	100.0% 208	1182

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	7.8% 29	13.6% 20	5.4% 5	11.3% 36	27.7% 28	42.3% 58	15.1% 176
Disagree	21.7% 81	51.7% 76	23.9% 22	43.3% 138	27.7% 28	40.1% 55	34.2% 400
Agree	31.1% 116	21.8% 32	30.4% 28	27.6% 88	24.8% 25	14.6% 20	26.4% 309
Strongly agree	39.4% 147	12.9% 19	40.2% 37	17.9% 57	19.8% 20	2.9% 4	24.3% 284
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 147	100.0% 92	100.0% 319	100.0% 101	100.0% 137	1169

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	14.9% 136	9.1% 13	36.7% 11	12.5% 15	14.5% 175
Disagree	36.0% 328	22.4% 32	40.0% 12	35.8% 43	34.5% 415
Agree	26.7% 243	32.9% 47	13.3% 4	25.8% 31	27.0% 325
Strongly agree	22.4% 204	35.7% 51	10.0% 3	25.8% 31	24.0% 289
TOTAL	100.0% 911	100.0% 143	100.0% 30	100.0% 120	1204