Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q19E (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 my affairs.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	143	11.8%	11.8%
Disagree	285	23.4%	35.2%
Agree	379	31.1%	66.3%
Strongly agree	410	33.7%	100.0%
Missing	254

* 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	21.3% 19	16.8% 40	13.6% 19	10.2% 24	9.7% 19	7.4% 17	12.2% 138
Disagree	29.2% 26	26.9% 64	27.9% 39	19.9% 47	23.0% 45	21.6% 50	24.0% 271
Agree	31.5% 28	30.7% 73	29.3% 41	27.5% 65	30.6% 60	35.9% 83	31.0% 350
Strongly agree	18.0% 16	25.6% 61	29.3% 41	42.4% 100	36.7% 72	35.1% 81	32.8% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 238	100.0% 140	100.0% 236	100.0% 196	100.0% 231	1130

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	7.6% 7	8.8% 30	10.7% 39	17.7% 32	16.3% 34	11.9% 142
Disagree	23.9% 22	22.5% 77	21.0% 77	24.9% 45	28.2% 59	23.5% 280
Agree	22.8% 21	34.8% 119	31.4% 115	31.5% 57	28.7% 60	31.3% 372
Strongly agree	45.7% 42	33.9% 116	36.9% 135	26.0% 47	26.8% 56	33.3% 396
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 342	100.0% 366	100.0% 181	100.0% 209	1190

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	5.3% 20	9.4% 14	9.7% 9	5.6% 18	13.9% 14	47.1% 64	11.8% 139
Disagree	13.8% 52	33.6% 50	14.0% 13	30.7% 99	20.8% 21	31.6% 43	23.6% 278
Agree	30.4% 115	32.2% 48	20.4% 19	39.0% 126	29.7% 30	18.4% 25	30.8% 363
Strongly agree	50.5% 191	24.8% 37	55.9% 52	24.8% 80	35.6% 36	2.9% 4	33.9% 400
TOTAL	100.0% 378	100.0% 149	100.0% 93	100.0% 323	100.0% 101	100.0% 136	1180

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	11.9% 110	9.0% 13	30.0% 9	9.8% 12	11.8% 144
Disagree	25.5% 235	15.2% 22	20.0% 6	19.5% 24	23.5% 287
Agree	30.5% 281	28.3% 41	36.7% 11	37.4% 46	31.1% 379
Strongly agree	32.1% 296	47.6% 69	13.3% 4	33.3% 41	33.6% 410
TOTAL	100.0% 922	100.0% 145	100.0% 30	100.0% 123	1220