Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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R26 (Weighted by WEIGHT) How often do you turn to your religion or your spiritual beliefs to help you deal with your daily problems?   1) Never   2) Rarely   3) Sometimes   4) Often   5) Always

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	263	18.0%	18.0%
Rarely	182	12.4%	30.4%
Sometimes	301	20.5%	50.9%
Often	376	25.7%	76.6%
Always	343	23.4%	100.0%
Missing	35

* 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
Never	26.6% 29	24.5% 68	25.3% 45	19.3% 52	12.9% 29	11.4% 32	19.0% 255
Rarely	21.1% 23	19.4% 54	12.4% 22	7.8% 21	10.7% 24	8.9% 25	12.6% 169
Sometimes	21.1% 23	15.8% 44	32.0% 57	16.0% 43	24.0% 54	17.5% 49	20.2% 270
Often	18.3% 20	30.9% 86	14.0% 25	22.7% 61	30.7% 69	28.9% 81	25.5% 342
Always	12.8% 14	9.4% 26	16.3% 29	34.2% 92	21.8% 49	33.2% 93	22.6% 303
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 278	100.0% 178	100.0% 269	100.0% 225	100.0% 280	1339

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
Never	16.9% 22	13.8% 54	17.8% 78	22.0% 48	22.6% 56	18.1% 258
Rarely	8.5% 11	12.8% 50	10.1% 44	18.3% 40	13.7% 34	12.6% 179
Sometimes	22.3% 29	19.5% 76	22.0% 96	19.3% 42	21.4% 53	20.8% 296
Often	23.1% 30	24.9% 97	27.9% 122	25.7% 56	24.2% 60	25.7% 365
Always	29.2% 38	29.0% 113	22.2% 97	14.7% 32	18.1% 45	22.8% 325
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 390	100.0% 437	100.0% 218	100.0% 248	1423

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Never	5.4% 22	11.3% 19	7.8% 8	5.5% 20	12.2% 15	67.3% 175	18.2% 259
Rarely	7.1% 29	19.0% 32	7.8% 8	14.7% 53	8.1% 10	13.8% 36	11.8% 168
Sometimes	18.7% 76	28.0% 47	8.7% 9	27.7% 100	26.0% 32	11.9% 31	20.8% 295
Often	32.3% 131	28.6% 48	32.0% 33	29.4% 106	29.3% 36	4.6% 12	25.8% 366
Always	36.5% 148	13.1% 22	43.7% 45	22.7% 82	24.4% 30	2.3% 6	23.4% 333
TOTAL	100.0% 406	100.0% 168	100.0% 103	100.0% 361	100.0% 123	100.0% 260	1421

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Never	19.9% 219	6.6% 11	42.9% 18	10.3% 16	18.0% 264
Rarely	12.4% 137	6.6% 11	16.7% 7	17.3% 27	12.4% 182
Sometimes	21.7% 239	14.4% 24	16.7% 7	19.2% 30	20.5% 300
Often	25.7% 283	28.7% 48	16.7% 7	25.0% 39	25.7% 377
Always	20.3% 223	43.7% 73	7.1% 3	28.2% 44	23.4% 343
TOTAL	100.0% 1101	100.0% 167	100.0% 42	100.0% 156	1466