Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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MP12A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: The federal government should declare the United States as a Christian nation.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree   8) Undecided

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	544	38.0%	38.0%
Disagree	362	25.3%	63.3%
Agree	229	16.0%	79.3%
Strongly agree	184	12.9%	92.2%
Undecided	112	7.8%	100.0%
Missing	63

* 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	53.2% 58	54.1% 151	44.9% 80	32.6% 87	30.1% 66	27.9% 75	39.1% 517
Disagree	24.8% 27	28.0% 78	25.8% 46	20.2% 54	31.5% 69	24.9% 67	25.8% 341
Agree	8.3% 9	4.7% 13	12.4% 22	19.1% 51	18.7% 41	24.5% 66	15.3% 202
Strongly agree	2.8% 3	9.3% 26	5.1% 9	21.0% 56	12.3% 27	14.9% 40	12.2% 161
Undecided	11.0% 12	3.9% 11	11.8% 21	7.1% 19	7.3% 16	7.8% 21	7.6% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 279	100.0% 178	100.0% 267	100.0% 219	100.0% 269	1321

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	23.3% 28	23.6% 91	38.6% 165	51.4% 112	58.1% 143	38.6% 539
Disagree	24.2% 29	25.9% 100	25.0% 107	28.9% 63	22.0% 54	25.3% 353
Agree	14.2% 17	24.4% 94	14.0% 60	10.6% 23	11.8% 29	16.0% 223
Strongly agree	17.5% 21	16.6% 64	15.2% 65	4.1% 9	4.9% 12	12.2% 171
Undecided	20.8% 25	9.6% 37	7.2% 31	5.0% 11	3.3% 8	8.0% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 386	100.0% 428	100.0% 218	100.0% 246	1398

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	17.5% 70	35.9% 60	22.7% 22	31.0% 108	59.0% 72	77.8% 203	38.4% 535
Disagree	22.1% 88	27.5% 46	40.2% 39	32.8% 114	23.0% 28	12.3% 32	24.9% 347
Agree	26.3% 105	16.2% 27	7.2% 7	19.3% 67	7.4% 9	3.4% 9	16.1% 224
Strongly agree	26.3% 105	9.0% 15	20.6% 20	8.0% 28	5.7% 7	2.3% 6	13.0% 181
Undecided	7.8% 31	11.4% 19	9.3% 9	8.9% 31	4.9% 6	4.2% 11	7.7% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 167	100.0% 97	100.0% 348	100.0% 122	100.0% 261	1394

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	39.6% 431	25.3% 40	48.8% 21	36.9% 52	38.0% 544
Disagree	24.4% 266	35.4% 56	20.9% 9	22.0% 31	25.3% 362
Agree	17.1% 186	12.7% 20	2.3% 1	15.6% 22	16.0% 229
Strongly agree	12.4% 135	14.6% 23	9.3% 4	15.6% 22	12.9% 184
Undecided	6.5% 71	12.0% 19	18.6% 8	9.9% 14	7.8% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 1089	100.0% 158	100.0% 43	100.0% 141	1431