Religious Salvation

• Introduction
• Patterns

Religious Salvation (Demographic Patterns)

Which one statement comes closest to your personal view of religious salvation?

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Religious Salvation by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	20.0% 144	14.3% 135	16.7% 279
Many religions lead to salvation	50.8% 365	54.5% 516	52.9% 881
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	18.1% 130	20.8% 197	19.6% 327
I don’t know	11.1% 80	10.5% 99	10.7% 179
Missing	26	29	55
TOTAL	100% 719	100% 947	1666

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Religious Salvation by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	16.0% 234	14.1% 9	26.5% 26	10	16.5% 269
Many religions lead to salvation	53.4% 783	46.9% 30	52.0% 51	17	53.1% 864
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	19.9% 292	29.7% 19	8.2% 8	8	19.6% 319
I don’t know	10.6% 156	9.4% 6	13.3% 13	4	10.8% 175
Missing	43	2	5	5	55
TOTAL	100% 1465	100% 64	100% 98	44	1627

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Religious Salvation by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	6.6% 63	8.3% 31	65.9% 149	31.8% 27	9	16.5% 270
Many religions lead to salvation	56.8% 542	71.2% 265	15.5% 35	34.1% 29	10	53.2% 871
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	27.1% 259	11.6% 43	0.9% 2	24.7% 21	2	19.9% 325
I don’t know	9.4% 90	8.9% 33	17.7% 40	9.4% 8	8	10.4% 171
Missing	36	8	5	1	5	55
TOTAL	100% 954	100% 372	100% 226	100% 85	34	1637

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Religious Salvation by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	24.0% 31	18.4% 68	18.2% 132	10.6% 45	3	16.7% 276
Many religions lead to salvation	43.4% 56	47.8% 177	56.4% 409	55.2% 235	4	53.2% 877
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	23.3% 30	22.2% 82	15.4% 112	22.8% 97	6	19.5% 321
I don’t know	9.3% 12	11.6% 43	9.9% 72	11.5% 49	3	10.7% 176
Missing	2	9	24	16	4	55
TOTAL	100% 129	100% 370	100% 725	100% 426	20	1650

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Religious Salvation by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	46.5% 164	16.2% 74	7.2% 23	3.3% 17	1	16.9% 278
Many religions lead to salvation	32.9% 116	62.9% 287	63.4% 203	51.3% 266	9	52.9% 872
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	2.5% 9	7.2% 33	20.0% 64	41.8% 217	4	19.6% 323
I don’t know	18.1% 64	13.6% 62	9.4% 30	3.7% 19	4	10.6% 175
Missing	5	18	9	19	4	55
TOTAL	100% 353	100% 456	100% 320	100% 519	22	1648

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Religious Salvation by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	8.6% 69	26.2% 173	18.4% 35	2	16.8% 277
Many religions lead to salvation	53.3% 427	52.3% 345	53.2% 101	8	52.9% 873
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	29.2% 234	10.2% 67	11.6% 22	4	19.6% 323
I don’t know	8.9% 71	11.4% 75	16.8% 32	1	10.8% 178
Missing	30	19	2	4	55
TOTAL	100% 801	100% 660	100% 190	19	1651

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Religious Salvation by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	6.6% 4	7.8% 19	15.7% 62	17.9% 24	17.7% 72	23.0% 92	6	16.6% 273
Many religions lead to salvation	50.8% 31	57.2% 139	54.8% 217	53.0% 71	52.8% 215	49.0% 196	12	53.0% 869
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	24.6% 15	22.6% 55	18.4% 73	17.2% 23	20.1% 82	18.5% 74	5	19.6% 322
I don’t know	18.0% 11	12.3% 30	11.1% 44	11.9% 16	9.3% 38	9.5% 38	2	10.8% 177
Missing	1	14	14	6	8	6	6	55
TOTAL	100% 61	100% 243	100% 396	100% 134	100% 407	100% 400	31	1641

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Religious Salvation by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	14.1% 143	28.3% 17	11.0% 16	21.4% 50	24.7% 47	6	16.6% 273
Many religions lead to salvation	55.0% 556	51.7% 31	53.4% 78	50.9% 119	44.7% 85	12	53.0% 869
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	21.3% 215	11.7% 7	20.5% 30	15.4% 36	17.9% 34	5	19.6% 322
I don’t know	9.6% 97	8.3% 5	15.1% 22	12.4% 29	12.6% 24	2	10.8% 177
Missing	32	1	7	8	2	5	55
TOTAL	100% 1011	100% 60	100% 146	100% 234	100% 190	30	1641

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Religious Salvation by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
I do not believe in religious salvation	10.9% 21	12.8% 29	16.4% 48	18.5% 98	21.5% 70	13	17.0% 266
Many religions lead to salvation	50.0% 96	53.5% 121	54.5% 159	53.1% 282	53.7% 175	48	53.2% 833
My religion is the 1/true faith that leads to salvation	22.9% 44	24.8% 56	19.2% 56	19.0% 101	13.8% 45	25	19.3% 302
I don’t know	16.1% 31	8.8% 20	9.9% 29	9.4% 50	11.0% 36	13	10.6% 166
Missing	5	6	10	18	5	11	55
TOTAL	100% 192	100% 226	100% 292	100% 531	100% 326	110	1567

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Notes

Baylor Religion Survey, 2005: The Baylor Religion Survey (BRS) is national population survey of religious characteristics, orientations, and attitudes modeled after the General Social Survey. The 2005 BRS data includes 1,721 responses collected by the Gallup Organization. A third of the survey is dedicated solely to religion items; focusing on affiliation, identity, belief, experience, and commitment. Two-thirds of the survey is dedicated to topical modules which will be rotated in subsequent administrations. The 2005 survey includes modules on moral and political attitudes, the consumption of religious goods, the paranormal and civic engagement.