Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q45 (Weighted by WEIGHT) In general, how happy are you with your life as a whole these days?   1) Not too happy   2) Pretty happy   3) Very happy

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Not too happy	150	10.2%	10.2%
Pretty happy	782	53.3%	63.5%
Very happy	534	36.4%	99.9%
Missing	28

* 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
Not too happy	6.7% 7	15.7% 44	11.5% 21	9.3% 25	11.1% 25	9.3% 26	11.0% 148
Pretty happy	52.4% 55	46.1% 129	56.6% 103	54.3% 146	53.5% 121	56.2% 158	53.0% 712
Very happy	41.0% 43	38.2% 107	31.9% 58	36.4% 98	35.4% 80	34.5% 97	36.0% 483
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 280	100.0% 182	100.0% 269	100.0% 226	100.0% 281	1343

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
Not too happy	29.9% 38	8.1% 32	10.9% 48	8.3% 18	4.8% 12	10.4% 148
Pretty happy	40.2% 51	65.7% 261	51.9% 228	48.6% 106	46.4% 115	53.3% 761
Very happy	29.9% 38	26.2% 104	37.1% 163	43.1% 94	48.8% 121	36.4% 520
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 397	100.0% 439	100.0% 218	100.0% 248	1429

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Not too happy	10.1% 41	12.2% 22	17.6% 18	11.8% 42	7.4% 9	6.5% 17	10.5% 149
Pretty happy	52.0% 210	49.4% 89	48.0% 49	55.9% 199	49.6% 60	57.3% 150	53.1% 757
Very happy	37.9% 153	38.3% 69	34.3% 35	32.3% 115	43.0% 52	36.3% 95	36.4% 519
TOTAL	100.0% 404	100.0% 180	100.0% 102	100.0% 356	100.0% 121	100.0% 262	1425

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Not too happy	8.7% 97	19.0% 31	4.4% 2	13.4% 20	10.2% 150
Pretty happy	52.9% 587	52.1% 85	60.0% 27	55.7% 83	53.3% 782
Very happy	38.3% 425	28.8% 47	35.6% 16	30.9% 46	36.4% 534
TOTAL	100.0% 1109	100.0% 163	100.0% 45	100.0% 149	1466