Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q77 Q77 Which of the statements below best summarizes your opinion of professional astrologers, psychics, palm readers, and other people who claim to foresee the future   1) At least some really have the power to foresee the future   2) May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded   3) Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying   4) I have no opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	356	21%	21%	-1.58
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	241	14.2%	35.2%	-.7
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	475	28%	63.2%	.17
I have no opinion	624	36.8%	100%	1.04

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	12.4% 91	27.6% 265	21.0% 356
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	16.6% 122	12.4% 119	14.2% 241
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	36.5% 268	21.5% 207	28.0% 475
I have no opinion	34.6% 254	38.5% 370	36.8% 624
TOTAL	100.0% 735	100.0% 961	1696

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	20.3% 303	28.1% 18	29.4% 30	21.2% 351
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	14.9% 222	7.8% 5	9.8% 10	14.3% 237
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	28.9% 430	15.6% 10	23.5% 24	28.0% 464
I have no opinion	35.9% 535	48.4% 31	37.3% 38	36.5% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 1490	100.0% 64	100.0% 102	1656

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	23.6% 88	18.1% 176	27.1% 36	21.9% 40	20.4% 340
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	10.2% 38	15.2% 148	16.5% 22	16.4% 30	14.3% 238
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	26.0% 97	29.6% 289	24.1% 32	26.8% 49	28.1% 467
I have no opinion	40.2% 150	37.1% 362	32.3% 43	35.0% 64	37.2% 619
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 975	100.0% 133	100.0% 183	1664

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	32.8% 43	21.7% 81	21.4% 158	16.1% 70	21.0% 352
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	16.0% 21	12.6% 47	13.7% 101	16.1% 70	14.2% 239
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	28.2% 37	31.6% 118	27.1% 200	26.7% 116	28.1% 471
I have no opinion	22.9% 30	34.0% 127	37.9% 280	41.1% 179	36.7% 616
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 373	100.0% 739	100.0% 435	1678

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	25.2% 90	25.2% 118	21.9% 42	15.6% 103	21.1% 353
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	12.6% 45	12.6% 59	12.5% 24	16.7% 110	14.2% 238
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	23.8% 85	25.0% 117	29.2% 56	32.2% 212	28.0% 470
I have no opinion	38.4% 137	37.2% 174	36.5% 70	35.5% 234	36.7% 615
TOTAL	100.0% 357	100.0% 468	100.0% 192	100.0% 659	1676

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	16.3% 133	25.1% 169	24.0% 6	22.0% 28	39.5% 15	20.9% 351
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	16.6% 136	12.3% 83	12.0% 3	12.6% 16	5.3% 2	14.3% 240
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	33.8% 276	23.3% 157	24.0% 6	22.8% 29	13.2% 5	28.2% 473
I have no opinion	33.3% 272	39.2% 264	40.0% 10	42.5% 54	42.1% 16	36.7% 616
TOTAL	100.0% 817	100.0% 673	100.0% 25	100.0% 127	100.0% 38	1680

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	22.6% 14	20.2% 50	21.5% 87	23.7% 33	22.0% 91	19.4% 78	21.1% 353
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	11.3% 7	7.7% 19	18.1% 73	10.8% 15	11.8% 49	19.1% 77	14.4% 240
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	19.4% 12	28.2% 70	26.2% 106	27.3% 38	30.9% 128	27.8% 112	27.9% 466
I have no opinion	46.8% 29	44.0% 109	34.2% 138	38.1% 53	35.3% 146	33.7% 136	36.6% 611
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 248	100.0% 404	100.0% 139	100.0% 414	100.0% 403	1670

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	31.6% 60	18.2% 189	36.2% 21	22.1% 52	20.5% 31	21.1% 353
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	10.5% 20	15.1% 156	12.1% 7	14.9% 35	14.6% 22	14.4% 240
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	32.6% 62	28.9% 299	24.1% 14	23.8% 56	23.2% 35	27.9% 466
I have no opinion	25.3% 48	37.8% 392	27.6% 16	39.1% 92	41.7% 63	36.6% 611
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1036	100.0% 58	100.0% 235	100.0% 151	1670

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
At least some really have the power to foresee the future	26.4% 51	23.9% 55	24.1% 72	19.6% 106	18.8% 62	21.7% 346
May believe they can tell the future/mentally ill/deluded	11.9% 23	13.5% 31	15.7% 47	13.8% 75	17.0% 56	14.6% 232
Know they cannot tell the future and are simply lying	22.3% 43	24.3% 56	23.4% 70	30.4% 165	32.1% 106	27.6% 440
I have no opinion	39.4% 76	38.3% 88	36.8% 110	36.2% 196	32.1% 106	36.1% 576
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 230	100.0% 299	100.0% 542	100.0% 330	1594