Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q61B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: Gays and lesbians should be allowed to legally marry.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	275	19.2%	19.2%
Disagree	210	14.7%	33.9%
Agree	397	27.8%	61.7%
Strongly agree	548	38.3%	100.0%
Missing	70

* 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	5.5% 6	12.5% 35	15.8% 29	26.6% 70	20.8% 46	24.0% 64	18.9% 250
Disagree	3.6% 4	11.7% 33	10.9% 20	16.0% 42	19.5% 43	21.7% 58	15.1% 200
Agree	18.2% 20	20.3% 57	27.9% 51	27.0% 71	33.9% 75	30.0% 80	26.7% 354
Strongly agree	72.7% 80	55.5% 156	45.4% 83	30.4% 80	25.8% 57	24.3% 65	39.3% 521
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 281	100.0% 183	100.0% 263	100.0% 221	100.0% 267	1325

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	31.2% 39	24.2% 93	19.6% 84	11.1% 24	9.8% 24	18.8% 264
Disagree	29.6% 37	14.8% 57	15.9% 68	10.6% 23	9.8% 24	14.9% 209
Agree	16.8% 21	32.5% 125	27.0% 116	28.6% 62	23.7% 58	27.3% 382
Strongly agree	22.4% 28	28.6% 110	37.5% 161	49.8% 108	56.7% 139	39.0% 546
TOTAL	100.0% 125	100.0% 385	100.0% 429	100.0% 217	100.0% 245	1401

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	33.3% 131	12.0% 20	25.5% 25	16.0% 57	20.8% 25	3.1% 8	19.1% 266
Disagree	22.6% 89	10.2% 17	23.5% 23	14.9% 53	9.2% 11	3.4% 9	14.5% 202
Agree	23.7% 93	37.3% 62	26.5% 26	33.7% 120	26.7% 32	21.1% 55	27.8% 388
Strongly agree	20.4% 80	40.4% 67	24.5% 24	35.4% 126	43.3% 52	72.4% 189	38.6% 538
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 166	100.0% 98	100.0% 356	100.0% 120	100.0% 261	1394

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	18.1% 197	25.6% 40	13.6% 6	22.2% 32	19.2% 275
Disagree	14.7% 160	21.2% 33	2.3% 1	10.4% 15	14.6% 209
Agree	27.5% 299	26.9% 42	40.9% 18	26.4% 38	27.8% 397
Strongly agree	39.6% 430	26.3% 41	43.2% 19	41.0% 59	38.4% 549
TOTAL	100.0% 1086	100.0% 156	100.0% 44	100.0% 144	1430