Christian Nationalism, Attitude about - Measurement Concept
Should the United States be a Christian nation?17 Questions match selected parameters.
Survey Questions
ADVOCHR from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)Q37e. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should advocate Christian values?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly disagree | 303 | 18.9 |
2) Disagree | 298 | 18.6 |
3) Agree | 533 | 33.2 |
4) Strongly agree | 348 | 21.7 |
8) Undecided | 122 | 7.6 |
Missing | 43 | |
Total | 1604 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2007 |
Cases: | 1648 |
Variables: | 318 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Mixed Mode |
Q37b. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should declare the United States a Christian nation?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly disagree | 531 | 33.1 |
2) Disagree | 498 | 31.0 |
3) Agree | 250 | 15.6 |
4) Strongly agree | 180 | 11.2 |
8) Undecided | 145 | 9.1 |
Missing | 46 | |
Total | 1604 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2007 |
Cases: | 1648 |
Variables: | 318 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Mixed Mode |
Q37l. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly disagree | 143 | 8.9 |
2) Disagree | 261 | 16.3 |
3) Agree | 638 | 39.7 |
4) Strongly agree | 461 | 28.6 |
8) Undecided | 105 | 6.6 |
Missing | 41 | |
Total | 1608 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2007 |
Cases: | 1648 |
Variables: | 318 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Mixed Mode |
Q30 How comfortable would you feel talking about religion with... b. your co-workers (if applicable)
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Very comfortable | 497 | 32.2 |
2) Somewhat comfortable | 553 | 35.8 |
3) Somewhat uncomfortable | 284 | 18.4 |
4) Not at all comfortable | 209 | 13.5 |
Missing | 178 | |
Total | 1543 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2005 |
Cases: | 1721 |
Variables: | 395 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Mixed Mode |
Q39 To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should..e. Defend Christian values
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly agree | 444 | 26.6 |
2) Agree | 546 | 32.7 |
3) Disagree | 235 | 14.1 |
4) Strongly disagree | 359 | 21.5 |
5) Undecided | 88 | 5.3 |
Missing | 49 | |
Total | 1672 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2005 |
Cases: | 1721 |
Variables: | 395 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Mixed Mode |
Q39 To what extent do you agree or disagree that the federal government should..l. Allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly agree | 502 | 29.8 |
2) Agree | 625 | 37.1 |
3) Disagree | 206 | 12.2 |
4) Strongly disagree | 234 | 13.9 |
5) Undecided | 118 | 7.0 |
Missing | 36 | |
Total | 1685 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2005 |
Cases: | 1721 |
Variables: | 395 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Mixed Mode |
(chrstlaw_w2) R:6. Christian morality should be the law of the land, even though not all Americans are Christians. (Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree?)
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly agree | 126 | 4.8 |
2) Agree | 719 | 27.6 |
3) Undecided/DK [INTERVIEWER: DO NOT READ] | 25 | 1.0 |
4) Disagree | 1146 | 44.0 |
5) Strongly disagree | 560 | 21.5 |
666) Invalid skip | 23 | 0.9 |
888) Refused | 5 | 0.2 |
Total | 2604 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2005 |
Cases: | 2604 |
Variables: | 509 |
Scope: | Other |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
Now, please also tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: Government officials should be allowed to post the Ten Commandments inside public buildings when they are displayed as one document among many historical documents.
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly agree | 666 | 66.4 |
2) Mildly agree | 186 | 18.5 |
3) Mildly disagree | 36 | 3.6 |
4) Strongly disagree | 93 | 9.3 |
9) Don't know/Refused | 22 | 2.2 |
Total | 1003 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2005 |
Cases: | 1003 |
Variables: | 71 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
[ASK FORM 2 ONLY:] As I read some issues the Supreme Court may rule on over the coming years, please tell me how important each issue is to you personally. Are court decisions on whether to allow religious displays on government property very important, fairly important, not too important, or not at all important to you?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Very important | 54.9 | |
2) Fairly important | 24.9 | |
3) Not too important | 11.0 | |
4) Not at all important | 7.8 | |
9) Don't know/Refused | 1.4 | |
Missing | 751 | |
Total | 751 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2005 |
Cases: | 1502 |
Variables: | 156 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
I'm going to read you some ways people might exercise their First Amendment right of freedom of religion. For each, tell me if you agree or disagree that someone should be free to do it. People should be allowed to display religious symbols on government property. Do you agree or disagree that people should be free to do this? PROBE: do you strongly or mildly (agree/disagree)?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly agree | 284 | 27.7 |
2) Mildly agree | 201 | 19.6 |
3) Mildly disagree | 204 | 19.9 |
4) Strongly disagree | 292 | 28.5 |
9) Don't know/Refused | 44 | 4.3 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1997 |
Cases: | 1025 |
Variables: | 108 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
For each of the following questions, would you tell me whether you agree or disagree: The United States is a Christian country, and the government should make laws to keep it that way.
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Agree | 387 | 47.4 |
2) Disagree | 382 | 46.8 |
3) Don't know/No answer | 48 | 5.9 |
Total | 817 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1994 |
Cases: | 817 |
Variables: | 135 |
Scope: | Regional Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement: do you strongly agree, agree, neither agree or disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree? -- We should pass a constitutional amendment declaring the United States is a Christian nation.
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Strongly agree | 43 | 6.7 |
2) Agree | 125 | 19.2 |
3) Neither | 68 | 10.4 |
4) Disagree | 271 | 41.6 |
5) Strongly disagree | 123 | 18.9 |
6) Don't know/No answer | 21 | 3.2 |
Total | 651 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1996 |
Cases: | 1010 |
Variables: | 129 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
Do you believe that it is proper or improper for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in a government building?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Proper | 72.1 | |
2) Improper | 23.4 | |
9) Don't know/Refused | 4.6 | |
Total | 1512 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 2004 |
Cases: | 1512 |
Variables: | 155 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
For each of the following questions, would you tell me whether you agree or disagree: The United States is a Christian country, and the government should make laws to keep it that way.
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Agree | 134 | 32.0 |
2) Disagree | 259 | 61.8 |
3) Don't know/No answer | 26 | 6.2 |
Total | 419 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1994 |
Cases: | 419 |
Variables: | 136 |
Scope: | Regional Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
Do you think that Christian morality should be the law of the land, even though not all Americans are Christians, or not?
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Yes | 1048 | 40.5 |
2) No | 1315 | 50.8 |
3) DK | 162 | 6.3 |
4) Refused | 65 | 2.5 |
Total | 2590 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1996 |
Cases: | 2590 |
Variables: | 168 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | U.S. Adults |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
Which of these statements comes closest to your opinion? 'The government should take special steps to protect the Judeo-Christian heritage,' or 'There should be a high wall of separation between church and state.'
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Protect heritage | 999 | 29.7 |
2) Wall of separation | 1867 | 55.5 |
6) Neither | 2 | 0.1 |
8) Don't know | 493 | 14.7 |
Missing | 2 | |
Total | 3361 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1987 |
Cases: | 3363 |
Variables: | 109 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | Other: Additional interviews were conducted with seven leadership groups, including business executives, college professors, government leaders, newspaper editors and radio/TV news directors, Protestant ministers, Roman Catholic priests and rabbis. |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |
Do you mostly agree or mostly disagree with the following statement? - The government should require that Judeo-Christian values be emphasized in public schools.
TOTAL | % | |
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1) Agree | 981 | 29.2 |
2) Disagree | 1914 | 56.9 |
8) Don't know | 468 | 13.9 |
Total | 3363 | 100.0 |
Survey Details | |
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Year: | 1987 |
Cases: | 3363 |
Variables: | 109 |
Scope: | U.S. Samples |
Frame: | Other: Additional interviews were conducted with seven leadership groups, including business executives, college professors, government leaders, newspaper editors and radio/TV news directors, Protestant ministers, Roman Catholic priests and rabbis. |
Sample: | Random Samples |
Mode: | Phone |