Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q42B Q42 How important is it to do the following.. in order to be a good person; b. Take care of the sick and needy   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	1089	64.5%	64.5%	-.66
Somewhat important	529	31.3%	95.9%	.95
Not very important	44	2.6%	98.5%	2.55
Not at all important	26	1.5%	100%	4.16

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	59.7% 436	68.2% 653	64.5% 1089
Somewhat important	35.8% 261	28.0% 268	31.3% 529
Not very important	2.9% 21	2.4% 23	2.6% 44
Not at all important	1.6% 12	1.5% 14	1.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 730	100.0% 958	1688

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	63.9% 950	75.8% 47	67.3% 68	64.5% 1065
Somewhat important	31.9% 474	22.6% 14	30.7% 31	31.5% 519
Not very important	2.6% 39	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.4% 40
Not at all important	1.6% 24	1.6% 1	1.0% 1	1.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 1487	100.0% 62	100.0% 101	1650

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	64.3% 241	64.6% 625	67.7% 88	60.7% 111	64.3% 1065
Somewhat important	33.1% 124	31.4% 304	27.7% 36	31.7% 58	31.5% 522
Not very important	2.1% 8	2.5% 24	3.8% 5	3.8% 7	2.7% 44
Not at all important	0.5% 2	1.5% 15	0.8% 1	3.8% 7	1.5% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 968	100.0% 130	100.0% 183	1656

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	53.8% 70	61.5% 232	63.8% 470	71.5% 306	64.5% 1078
Somewhat important	40.0% 52	32.4% 122	32.2% 237	26.4% 113	31.3% 524
Not very important	2.3% 3	4.5% 17	2.7% 20	0.9% 4	2.6% 44
Not at all important	3.8% 5	1.6% 6	1.4% 10	1.2% 5	1.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 377	100.0% 737	100.0% 428	1672

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very important	59.0% 210	60.8% 282	63.0% 121	70.2% 462	64.4% 1075
Somewhat important	34.0% 121	36.4% 169	33.9% 65	25.8% 170	31.4% 525
Not very important	4.2% 15	2.8% 13	2.1% 4	1.8% 12	2.6% 44
Not at all important	2.8% 10	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	2.1% 14	1.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 464	100.0% 192	100.0% 658	1670

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	61.1% 501	67.9% 457	62.5% 15	67.7% 86	68.6% 24	64.5% 1083
Somewhat important	34.0% 279	29.0% 195	37.5% 9	26.8% 34	25.7% 9	31.3% 526
Not very important	2.8% 23	2.1% 14	0.0% 0	3.9% 5	5.7% 2	2.6% 44
Not at all important	2.1% 17	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 673	100.0% 24	100.0% 127	100.0% 35	1679

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very important	75.0% 45	72.2% 179	64.7% 262	63.5% 87	60.2% 247	62.4% 251	64.4% 1071
Somewhat important	20.0% 12	23.8% 59	32.1% 130	32.8% 45	34.6% 142	33.6% 135	31.5% 523
Not very important	1.7% 1	2.0% 5	1.7% 7	2.9% 4	3.2% 13	3.0% 12	2.5% 42
Not at all important	3.3% 2	2.0% 5	1.5% 6	0.7% 1	2.0% 8	1.0% 4	1.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 248	100.0% 405	100.0% 137	100.0% 410	100.0% 402	1662

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	60.6% 114	64.5% 664	66.1% 39	62.3% 149	71.4% 105	64.4% 1071
Somewhat important	34.0% 64	31.8% 328	30.5% 18	31.8% 76	25.2% 37	31.4% 523
Not very important	1.6% 3	2.4% 25	1.7% 1	4.6% 11	2.0% 3	2.6% 43
Not at all important	3.7% 7	1.3% 13	1.7% 1	1.3% 3	1.4% 2	1.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 1030	100.0% 59	100.0% 239	100.0% 147	1663

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very important	72.4% 139	70.3% 161	66.2% 196	58.3% 318	63.6% 208	64.3% 1022
Somewhat important	24.0% 46	27.1% 62	30.7% 91	36.0% 196	33.0% 108	31.7% 503
Not very important	2.1% 4	1.7% 4	1.4% 4	3.3% 18	3.1% 10	2.5% 40
Not at all important	1.6% 3	0.9% 2	1.7% 5	2.4% 13	0.3% 1	1.5% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 229	100.0% 296	100.0% 545	100.0% 327	1589