Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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MP15L (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements: Atheists endanger the physical safety of people like me.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Agree   4) Strongly agree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly disagree	475	35.2%	35.2%
Disagree	665	49.2%	84.4%
Agree	114	8.4%	92.8%
Strongly agree	97	7.2%	100.0%
Missing	126

* 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	51.0% 53	48.1% 130	41.4% 72	32.9% 83	28.2% 60	23.3% 58	36.1% 456
Disagree	45.2% 47	41.9% 113	51.7% 90	50.4% 127	49.3% 105	52.2% 130	48.5% 612
Agree	3.8% 4	2.2% 6	2.3% 4	10.7% 27	12.7% 27	14.9% 37	8.3% 105
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	7.8% 21	4.6% 8	6.0% 15	9.9% 21	9.6% 24	7.1% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 270	100.0% 174	100.0% 252	100.0% 213	100.0% 249	1262

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	27.4% 29	20.5% 72	31.2% 129	49.8% 107	56.2% 136	35.6% 473
Disagree	47.2% 50	54.8% 193	54.1% 224	43.3% 93	39.3% 95	49.3% 655
Agree	12.3% 13	13.6% 48	7.5% 31	4.2% 9	2.9% 7	8.1% 108
Strongly agree	13.2% 14	11.1% 39	7.2% 30	2.8% 6	1.7% 4	7.0% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 352	100.0% 414	100.0% 215	100.0% 242	1329

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	17.6% 64	38.9% 61	27.5% 25	30.0% 103	45.1% 51	63.1% 159	35.1% 463
Disagree	57.6% 209	47.1% 74	49.5% 45	54.2% 186	47.8% 54	32.5% 82	49.3% 650
Agree	13.8% 50	8.3% 13	5.5% 5	9.3% 32	5.3% 6	2.0% 5	8.4% 111
Strongly agree	11.0% 40	5.7% 9	17.6% 16	6.4% 22	1.8% 2	2.4% 6	7.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 157	100.0% 91	100.0% 343	100.0% 113	100.0% 252	1319

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	35.1% 364	28.3% 41	52.6% 20	38.6% 51	35.2% 476
Disagree	49.5% 513	53.1% 77	39.5% 15	46.2% 61	49.3% 666
Agree	8.7% 90	5.5% 8	7.9% 3	9.8% 13	8.4% 114
Strongly agree	6.8% 70	13.1% 19	0.0% 0	5.3% 7	7.1% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 1037	100.0% 145	100.0% 38	100.0% 132	1352