Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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MP12C (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: The federal government should enforce strict separation of church and state.   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	116	8.3%	8.3%
Disagree	279	19.9%	28.2%
Agree	387	27.6%	55.8%
Strongly agree	498	35.5%	91.3%
Undecided	122	8.7%	100.0%
Missing	91

* 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	4.6% 5	5.8% 16	6.7% 12	10.9% 28	12.6% 27	8.8% 23	8.6% 111
Disagree	20.4% 22	16.6% 46	18.4% 33	22.9% 59	20.5% 44	19.5% 51	19.6% 255
Agree	20.4% 22	22.4% 62	22.3% 40	28.7% 74	34.0% 73	31.0% 81	27.1% 352
Strongly agree	44.4% 48	48.7% 135	39.1% 70	31.4% 81	26.0% 56	32.2% 84	36.5% 474
Undecided	10.2% 11	6.5% 18	13.4% 24	6.2% 16	7.0% 15	8.4% 22	8.2% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 277	100.0% 179	100.0% 258	100.0% 215	100.0% 261	1298

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	12.7% 14	10.3% 40	9.0% 38	5.6% 12	3.3% 8	8.2% 112
Disagree	24.5% 27	22.2% 86	18.3% 77	21.0% 45	13.4% 32	19.5% 267
Agree	20.0% 22	26.6% 103	30.9% 130	25.2% 54	31.0% 74	27.9% 383
Strongly agree	27.3% 30	28.4% 110	33.5% 141	43.0% 92	49.0% 117	35.7% 490
Undecided	15.5% 17	12.4% 48	8.3% 35	5.1% 11	3.3% 8	8.7% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 387	100.0% 421	100.0% 214	100.0% 239	1371

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	10.9% 42	6.1% 10	18.6% 18	7.3% 25	5.9% 7	4.2% 11	8.3% 113
Disagree	24.5% 94	16.6% 27	21.6% 21	29.4% 101	14.3% 17	4.6% 12	19.9% 272
Agree	29.2% 112	28.8% 47	28.9% 28	34.7% 119	31.1% 37	14.3% 37	27.8% 380
Strongly agree	23.4% 90	39.3% 64	24.7% 24	21.0% 72	45.4% 54	71.0% 184	35.8% 488
Undecided	12.0% 46	9.2% 15	6.2% 6	7.6% 26	3.4% 4	5.8% 15	8.2% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 163	100.0% 97	100.0% 343	100.0% 119	100.0% 259	1365

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	7.0% 75	20.8% 32	9.5% 4	2.9% 4	8.2% 115
Disagree	19.0% 203	20.1% 31	16.7% 7	27.9% 38	19.9% 279
Agree	28.8% 308	26.6% 41	19.0% 8	22.1% 30	27.6% 387
Strongly agree	37.8% 404	23.4% 36	42.9% 18	29.4% 40	35.5% 498
Undecided	7.5% 80	9.1% 14	11.9% 5	17.6% 24	8.8% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 1070	100.0% 154	100.0% 42	100.0% 136	1402