Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q36F Q36 How do you feel about the following marriage and family related issues... f. Gay marriage   1) Always wrong   2) Almost always wrong   3) Only wrong sometimes   4) Not wrong at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	952	56.6%	56.6%	-.82
Almost always wrong	86	5.1%	61.7%	-.09
Only wrong sometimes	122	7.3%	69%	.64
Not wrong at all	521	31%	100%	1.37

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Religion Age Church attendance Political ideology Education Marital status Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	57.8% 421	55.7% 531	56.6% 952
Almost always wrong	5.5% 40	4.8% 46	5.1% 86
Only wrong sometimes	7.4% 54	7.1% 68	7.3% 122
Not wrong at all	29.3% 213	32.3% 308	31.0% 521
TOTAL	100.0% 728	100.0% 953	1681

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	56.8% 842	66.1% 41	43.9% 43	56.4% 926
Almost always wrong	5.0% 74	3.2% 2	8.2% 8	5.1% 84
Only wrong sometimes	7.4% 109	1.6% 1	9.2% 9	7.2% 119
Not wrong at all	30.8% 457	29.0% 18	38.8% 38	31.2% 513
TOTAL	100.0% 1482	100.0% 62	100.0% 98	1642

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Always wrong	57.1% 213	69.1% 668	31.8% 41	12.2% 22	57.2% 944
Almost always wrong	7.0% 26	4.7% 45	3.1% 4	5.5% 10	5.2% 85
Only wrong sometimes	9.4% 35	6.5% 63	8.5% 11	6.1% 11	7.3% 120
Not wrong at all	26.5% 99	19.8% 191	56.6% 73	76.2% 138	30.4% 501
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 967	100.0% 129	100.0% 181	1650

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Always wrong	42.0% 55	51.1% 191	53.9% 395	69.9% 297	56.4% 938
Almost always wrong	5.3% 7	5.9% 22	5.6% 41	3.8% 16	5.2% 86
Only wrong sometimes	8.4% 11	7.0% 26	7.8% 57	6.6% 28	7.3% 122
Not wrong at all	44.3% 58	36.1% 135	32.7% 240	19.8% 84	31.1% 517
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 374	100.0% 733	100.0% 425	1663

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Always wrong	27.8% 98	46.0% 212	62.8% 120	77.7% 511	56.6% 941
Almost always wrong	4.2% 15	6.9% 32	6.8% 13	3.6% 24	5.1% 84
Only wrong sometimes	7.4% 26	9.5% 44	8.4% 16	5.5% 36	7.3% 122
Not wrong at all	60.6% 214	37.5% 173	22.0% 42	13.2% 87	31.0% 516
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 461	100.0% 191	100.0% 658	1663

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Always wrong	80.6% 658	29.6% 197	25.0% 6	49.6% 62	55.3% 21	56.6% 944
Almost always wrong	5.1% 42	4.2% 28	4.2% 1	10.4% 13	2.6% 1	5.1% 85
Only wrong sometimes	4.0% 33	10.5% 70	12.5% 3	8.8% 11	10.5% 4	7.3% 121
Not wrong at all	10.2% 83	55.6% 370	58.3% 14	31.2% 39	31.6% 12	31.1% 518
TOTAL	100.0% 816	100.0% 665	100.0% 24	100.0% 125	100.0% 38	1668

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	68.4% 39	72.4% 181	64.7% 260	64.0% 87	53.5% 219	37.1% 149	56.5% 935
Almost always wrong	3.5% 2	3.2% 8	3.5% 14	5.9% 8	6.8% 28	6.2% 25	5.1% 85
Only wrong sometimes	10.5% 6	8.4% 21	5.0% 20	5.9% 8	7.3% 30	8.5% 34	7.2% 119
Not wrong at all	17.5% 10	16.0% 40	26.9% 108	24.3% 33	32.3% 132	48.3% 194	31.2% 517
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 250	100.0% 402	100.0% 136	100.0% 409	100.0% 402	1656

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Always wrong	40.7% 77	59.8% 613	31.1% 19	55.5% 131	66.2% 96	56.5% 936
Almost always wrong	4.2% 8	5.7% 58	3.3% 2	4.2% 10	4.8% 7	5.1% 85
Only wrong sometimes	11.1% 21	6.4% 66	4.9% 3	6.8% 16	9.0% 13	7.2% 119
Not wrong at all	43.9% 83	28.1% 288	60.7% 37	33.5% 79	20.0% 29	31.2% 516
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 1025	100.0% 61	100.0% 236	100.0% 145	1656

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Always wrong	66.8% 125	65.0% 147	57.3% 172	52.9% 287	46.5% 151	55.8% 882
Almost always wrong	5.3% 10	6.6% 15	6.3% 19	4.6% 25	4.0% 13	5.2% 82
Only wrong sometimes	6.4% 12	7.5% 17	6.0% 18	8.5% 46	6.5% 21	7.2% 114
Not wrong at all	21.4% 40	20.8% 47	30.3% 91	34.1% 185	43.1% 140	31.8% 503
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 226	100.0% 300	100.0% 543	100.0% 325	1581