Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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MP15E (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: Conservative Christians want to limit the personal freedoms of people like me.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	279	20.9%	20.9%
Disagree	571	42.9%	63.8%
Agree	286	21.5%	85.3%
Strongly agree	196	14.7%	100.0%
Missing	144

* 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	14.3% 15	19.9% 53	20.8% 36	26.8% 68	20.2% 42	18.6% 44	20.8% 258
Disagree	38.1% 40	33.8% 90	39.9% 69	41.7% 106	51.0% 106	49.2% 116	42.4% 527
Agree	30.5% 32	25.2% 67	15.6% 27	19.7% 50	20.7% 43	22.0% 52	21.8% 271
Strongly agree	17.1% 18	21.1% 56	23.7% 41	11.8% 30	8.2% 17	10.2% 24	15.0% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 266	100.0% 173	100.0% 254	100.0% 208	100.0% 236	1242

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	20.2% 20	15.7% 54	23.2% 95	25.1% 54	22.3% 53	21.1% 276
Disagree	47.5% 47	54.8% 189	41.2% 169	38.6% 83	27.7% 66	42.4% 554
Agree	17.2% 17	15.7% 54	22.7% 93	23.7% 51	28.2% 67	21.6% 282
Strongly agree	15.2% 15	13.9% 48	12.9% 53	12.6% 27	21.8% 52	14.9% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 345	100.0% 410	100.0% 215	100.0% 238	1307

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	29.4% 104	16.8% 27	18.7% 17	24.1% 80	22.4% 24	7.5% 19	20.9% 271
Disagree	46.9% 166	42.9% 69	50.5% 46	51.8% 172	33.6% 36	26.2% 66	42.8% 555
Agree	13.6% 48	29.2% 47	17.6% 16	17.8% 59	28.0% 30	32.5% 82	21.7% 282
Strongly agree	10.2% 36	11.2% 18	13.2% 12	6.3% 21	15.9% 17	33.7% 85	14.6% 189
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 161	100.0% 91	100.0% 332	100.0% 107	100.0% 252	1297

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	20.7% 211	20.1% 29	21.6% 8	22.3% 29	20.8% 277
Disagree	42.6% 434	45.1% 65	45.9% 17	42.3% 55	43.0% 571
Agree	21.1% 215	22.2% 32	24.3% 9	23.1% 30	21.5% 286
Strongly agree	15.5% 158	12.5% 18	8.1% 3	12.3% 16	14.7% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 1018	100.0% 144	100.0% 37	100.0% 130	1329