Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Brazil

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POLITICS (Percentages are weighted by GPWGT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) [Question asked if respondent belongs to a particular religion or believes in God.] Now I am going to read you a series of statements on some different topics. For each one, please tell me if you completely agree with it, mostly agree with it, mostly disagree with it, or completely disagree with it. God fulfills his purposes through politics and elections.   1) Completely agree   2) Mostly agree   3) Mostly disagree   4) Completely disagree   98) Don't know   99) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Completely agree	8.7%	8.7%
Mostly agree	11.2%	19.9%
Mostly disagree	8.8%	28.7%
Completely disagree	69.7%	98.4%
Don't know	1.6%	100.0%
Refused	.0%	100.0%
Total N = 990

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 23	24 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 or more	TOTAL
Completely agree	8.1%	7.1%	7.5%	12.2%	8.6%	8.7%
Mostly agree	14.5%	10.0%	7.5%	10.2%	17.2%	11.2%
Mostly disagree	9.7%	6.4%	9.1%	10.2%	8.6%	8.8%
Completely disagree	63.7%	75.7%	73.7%	66.7%	65.6%	69.7%
Don't know	4.0%	0.7%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	1.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	990

Education (I-EDUC)

	Incomplete primary	Complt. primary OR Incomp. secondary. (inc. voc/tech)	Complt. sec.school: tech./voc. Type	Incompl. or complt. secondary: prep. for univ.	Some univ. level, with or without a diploma	TOTAL
Completely agree	9.9%	6.1%	5.4%	14.5%	3.9%	8.7%
Mostly agree	12.9%	9.6%	7.2%	12.9%	10.4%	11.2%
Mostly disagree	8.0%	7.8%	12.6%	8.1%	9.1%	8.8%
Completely disagree	68.1%	75.7%	72.1%	62.1%	75.3%	69.7%
Don't know	1.1%	0.9%	2.7%	2.4%	1.3%	1.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	990

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree	8.7%	8.7%	8.7%
Mostly agree	12.2%	10.1%	11.2%
Mostly disagree	9.6%	8.1%	8.8%
Completely disagree	67.2%	72.3%	69.7%
Don't know	2.3%	0.9%	1.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	990

Household income (I-INCOME)

	LT 400 reals per month	401 to 600 reals/ mon.	601 to 1,000 reals/ mon.	1,001 to 1,400 reals/ mon.	MT 1,401 reals/ mon.	TOTAL
Completely agree	6.9%	9.2%	7.9%	8.5%	9.5%	8.4%
Mostly agree	15.9%	9.9%	11.9%	13.4%	8.6%	12.0%
Mostly disagree	7.6%	10.6%	13.5%	3.7%	6.9%	8.9%
Completely disagree	69.7%	67.4%	66.7%	72.0%	72.4%	69.3%
Don't know	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	2.4%	2.6%	1.5%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	853

Race (I-RACE)

	Branco	Pardo/mulato	Negro	Amarelo/mestico	Indigena	TOTAL
Completely agree	8.1%	7.9%	12.6%	10.3%	0.0%	8.7%
Mostly agree	11.7%	9.2%	10.5%	24.1%	0.0%	11.2%
Mostly disagree	4.2%	13.6%	12.6%	13.8%	0.0%	8.8%
Completely disagree	74.6%	68.0%	62.1%	48.3%	100.0%	69.7%
Don't know	1.5%	1.3%	2.1%	3.4%	0.0%	1.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	990

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not at all important	TOTAL
Completely agree	17.9%	7.9%	4.3%	5.3%	12.0%	8.7%
Mostly agree	7.5%	13.5%	7.2%	15.8%	8.0%	11.2%
Mostly disagree	4.7%	9.2%	12.2%	10.5%	0.0%	8.9%
Completely disagree	69.8%	67.5%	76.3%	65.8%	68.0%	69.6%
Don't know	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	2.6%	12.0%	1.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	987