Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q26D Q26 In your opinion, does each of the following ... exist d. Hell   1) Absolutely   2) Probably   3) Probably not   4) Absolutely not

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely	882	52.9%	52.9%	-.82
Probably	295	17.7%	70.6%	.13
Probably not	319	19.1%	89.7%	1.07
Absolutely not	171	10.3%	100%	2.02

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely	44.6% 321	59.2% 561	52.9% 882
Probably	18.9% 136	16.8% 159	17.7% 295
Probably not	22.3% 160	16.8% 159	19.1% 319
Absolutely not	14.2% 102	7.3% 69	10.3% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 719	100.0% 948	1667

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely	52.7% 773	76.2% 48	40.4% 40	52.9% 861
Probably	17.2% 253	15.9% 10	28.3% 28	17.9% 291
Probably not	19.8% 291	6.3% 4	17.2% 17	19.2% 312
Absolutely not	10.2% 150	1.6% 1	14.1% 14	10.1% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 1467	100.0% 63	100.0% 99	1629

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Absolutely	53.8% 198	65.9% 633	29.7% 38	3.9% 7	53.5% 876
Probably	26.6% 98	16.6% 160	12.5% 16	9.4% 17	17.8% 291
Probably not	15.2% 56	14.3% 137	33.6% 43	40.3% 73	18.9% 309
Absolutely not	4.3% 16	3.2% 31	24.2% 31	46.4% 84	9.9% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 368	100.0% 961	100.0% 128	100.0% 181	1638

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Absolutely	55.0% 72	52.4% 196	52.3% 383	53.9% 222	52.9% 873
Probably	13.7% 18	19.3% 72	17.3% 127	18.2% 75	17.7% 292
Probably not	21.4% 28	17.4% 65	20.2% 148	18.2% 75	19.2% 316
Absolutely not	9.9% 13	11.0% 41	10.2% 75	9.7% 40	10.2% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 374	100.0% 733	100.0% 412	1650

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Absolutely	16.1% 56	42.4% 193	59.8% 116	77.4% 506	52.8% 871
Probably	17.3% 60	23.3% 106	18.6% 36	14.1% 92	17.8% 294
Probably not	35.2% 122	25.9% 118	15.5% 30	6.9% 45	19.1% 315
Absolutely not	31.4% 109	8.4% 38	6.2% 12	1.7% 11	10.3% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 455	100.0% 194	100.0% 654	1650

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Absolutely	68.5% 554	35.3% 232	32.0% 8	47.2% 58	57.9% 22	52.9% 874
Probably	15.1% 122	19.5% 128	24.0% 6	21.1% 26	21.1% 8	17.6% 290
Probably not	12.6% 102	26.9% 177	28.0% 7	21.1% 26	13.2% 5	19.2% 317
Absolutely not	3.8% 31	18.3% 120	16.0% 4	10.6% 13	7.9% 3	10.4% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 657	100.0% 25	100.0% 123	100.0% 38	1652

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Absolutely	65.0% 39	71.5% 171	57.8% 230	52.2% 72	52.0% 213	36.3% 145	52.9% 870
Probably	16.7% 10	13.8% 33	17.3% 69	21.0% 29	18.3% 75	18.8% 75	17.7% 291
Probably not	11.7% 7	11.7% 28	16.6% 66	19.6% 27	19.0% 78	27.1% 108	19.1% 314
Absolutely not	6.7% 4	2.9% 7	8.3% 33	7.2% 10	10.7% 44	17.8% 71	10.3% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 239	100.0% 398	100.0% 138	100.0% 410	100.0% 399	1644

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Absolutely	45.3% 86	55.0% 560	36.7% 22	51.3% 120	57.4% 81	52.9% 869
Probably	17.9% 34	18.3% 186	16.7% 10	15.0% 35	18.4% 26	17.7% 291
Probably not	22.1% 42	18.1% 184	28.3% 17	20.5% 48	16.3% 23	19.1% 314
Absolutely not	14.7% 28	8.6% 88	18.3% 11	13.2% 31	7.8% 11	10.3% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1018	100.0% 60	100.0% 234	100.0% 141	1643

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Absolutely	63.8% 118	62.6% 139	53.4% 157	50.8% 276	40.9% 133	52.5% 823
Probably	16.8% 31	14.4% 32	18.0% 53	16.6% 90	20.3% 66	17.3% 272
Probably not	12.4% 23	17.1% 38	21.1% 62	19.9% 108	24.0% 78	19.7% 309
Absolutely not	7.0% 13	5.9% 13	7.5% 22	12.7% 69	14.8% 48	10.5% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 222	100.0% 294	100.0% 543	100.0% 325	1569