Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q26F Q26 In your opinion, does each of the following ... exist f. Angels   1) Absolutely   2) Probably   3) Probably not   4) Absolutely not

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely	1023	61.3%	61.3%	-.69
Probably	320	19.2%	80.4%	.35
Probably not	194	11.6%	92%	1.38
Absolutely not	133	8%	100%	2.42

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely	49.8% 358	69.9% 665	61.3% 1023
Probably	23.6% 170	15.8% 150	19.2% 320
Probably not	14.7% 106	9.3% 88	11.6% 194
Absolutely not	11.8% 85	5.0% 48	8.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 719	100.0% 951	1670

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely	60.2% 885	85.2% 52	61.4% 62	61.2% 999
Probably	19.5% 286	14.8% 9	16.8% 17	19.1% 312
Probably not	12.2% 179	0.0% 0	12.9% 13	11.8% 192
Absolutely not	8.2% 120	0.0% 0	8.9% 9	7.9% 129
TOTAL	100.0% 1470	100.0% 61	100.0% 101	1632

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Absolutely	68.1% 252	72.1% 693	36.7% 47	9.4% 17	61.5% 1009
Probably	21.9% 81	17.8% 171	26.6% 34	15.5% 28	19.1% 314
Probably not	6.5% 24	8.0% 77	21.1% 27	34.3% 62	11.6% 190
Absolutely not	3.5% 13	2.1% 20	15.6% 20	40.9% 74	7.7% 127
TOTAL	100.0% 370	100.0% 961	100.0% 128	100.0% 181	1640

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Absolutely	61.1% 80	59.5% 222	61.4% 451	61.8% 256	61.0% 1009
Probably	17.6% 23	20.4% 76	18.9% 139	19.3% 80	19.2% 318
Probably not	13.0% 17	12.3% 46	12.2% 90	9.7% 40	11.7% 193
Absolutely not	8.4% 11	7.8% 29	7.5% 55	9.2% 38	8.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 373	100.0% 735	100.0% 414	1653

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Absolutely	26.1% 91	51.2% 232	70.5% 136	83.8% 553	61.2% 1012
Probably	21.6% 75	26.7% 121	20.2% 39	12.6% 83	19.2% 318
Probably not	26.7% 93	15.2% 69	6.2% 12	2.7% 18	11.6% 192
Absolutely not	25.6% 89	6.8% 31	3.1% 6	0.9% 6	8.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 453	100.0% 193	100.0% 660	1654

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Absolutely	73.9% 596	45.7% 302	52.0% 13	60.0% 75	71.1% 27	61.2% 1013
Probably	16.6% 134	21.9% 145	24.0% 6	18.4% 23	21.1% 8	19.1% 316
Probably not	6.2% 50	18.5% 122	16.0% 4	12.8% 16	5.3% 2	11.7% 194
Absolutely not	3.2% 26	13.9% 92	8.0% 2	8.8% 11	2.6% 1	8.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 661	100.0% 25	100.0% 125	100.0% 38	1655

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Absolutely	83.6% 51	80.2% 194	66.1% 263	62.5% 85	58.3% 239	44.1% 176	61.2% 1008
Probably	8.2% 5	12.0% 29	17.8% 71	19.1% 26	20.7% 85	24.3% 97	19.0% 313
Probably not	4.9% 3	5.0% 12	9.8% 39	11.0% 15	13.2% 54	17.5% 70	11.7% 193
Absolutely not	3.3% 2	2.9% 7	6.3% 25	7.4% 10	7.8% 32	14.0% 56	8.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 242	100.0% 398	100.0% 136	100.0% 410	100.0% 399	1646

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Absolutely	56.3% 107	62.2% 634	51.7% 31	61.5% 144	64.3% 92	61.2% 1008
Probably	18.4% 35	20.4% 208	21.7% 13	15.0% 35	15.4% 22	19.0% 313
Probably not	15.3% 29	10.2% 104	16.7% 10	15.4% 36	9.8% 14	11.7% 193
Absolutely not	10.0% 19	7.2% 73	10.0% 6	8.1% 19	10.5% 15	8.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1019	100.0% 60	100.0% 234	100.0% 143	1646

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Absolutely	78.2% 147	68.4% 154	65.8% 192	58.0% 315	46.9% 152	61.1% 960
Probably	10.6% 20	16.4% 37	16.8% 49	21.0% 114	24.4% 79	19.0% 299
Probably not	6.9% 13	9.3% 21	12.0% 35	11.6% 63	16.7% 54	11.8% 186
Absolutely not	4.3% 8	5.8% 13	5.5% 16	9.4% 51	12.0% 39	8.1% 127
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 225	100.0% 292	100.0% 543	100.0% 324	1572