Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q20B (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your opinion, how well do each of the following words describe God? Critical   1) Not at all   2) Not very well   3) Somewhat well   4) Very well

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Not at all	454	39.4%	39.4%
Not very well	332	28.8%	68.2%
Somewhat well	223	19.4%	87.6%
Very well	142	12.3%	99.9%
Missing	308

* 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
Not at all	14.1% 12	30.7% 71	39.0% 53	39.8% 94	57.2% 103	45.9% 95	39.8% 428
Not very well	43.5% 37	29.0% 67	30.9% 42	36.0% 85	21.7% 39	22.2% 46	29.4% 316
Somewhat well	25.9% 22	21.6% 50	16.2% 22	12.3% 29	15.6% 28	21.3% 44	18.1% 195
Very well	16.5% 14	18.6% 43	14.0% 19	11.9% 28	5.6% 10	10.6% 22	12.7% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 231	100.0% 136	100.0% 236	100.0% 180	100.0% 207	1075

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
Not at all	27.6% 21	38.5% 120	44.8% 159	33.5% 60	43.3% 90	39.8% 450
Not very well	26.3% 20	25.0% 78	25.9% 92	39.1% 70	33.7% 70	29.2% 330
Somewhat well	18.4% 14	27.6% 86	16.1% 57	14.0% 25	14.9% 31	18.8% 213
Very well	27.6% 21	9.0% 28	13.2% 47	13.4% 24	8.2% 17	12.1% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 312	100.0% 355	100.0% 179	100.0% 208	1130

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Not at all	41.0% 144	37.7% 58	35.4% 29	36.8% 112	42.6% 40	48.9% 65	40.1% 448
Not very well	27.6% 97	29.9% 46	23.2% 19	28.9% 88	28.7% 27	30.8% 41	28.4% 318
Somewhat well	16.2% 57	25.3% 39	11.0% 9	20.1% 61	24.5% 23	16.5% 22	18.9% 211
Very well	15.1% 53	7.1% 11	30.5% 25	14.1% 43	4.3% 4	3.8% 5	12.6% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 154	100.0% 82	100.0% 304	100.0% 94	100.0% 133	1118

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Not at all	40.0% 355	42.5% 57	37.9% 11	31.3% 31	39.5% 454
Not very well	31.2% 277	17.9% 24	37.9% 11	19.2% 19	28.8% 331
Somewhat well	17.6% 156	17.2% 23	20.7% 6	38.4% 38	19.4% 223
Very well	11.2% 99	22.4% 30	3.4% 1	11.1% 11	12.3% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 887	100.0% 134	100.0% 29	100.0% 99	1149