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Evolution - Belief Statistics Topic

Q41d. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about science: Humans evolved from other primates over millions of years (HUMNEVOL)
Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007) - Instructional Dataset)


Evolution by Age

 18-2930-3940-4950-5960-6970+MissingTotal
Strongly disagree36.8%
82
28.6%
77
32.2%
92
25.6%
65
33.5%
56
31.1%
46
031.0%
418
Disagree13.0%
29
15.6%
42
21.7%
62
19.7%
50
24.6%
41
24.3%
36
019.3%
260
Agree20.6%
46
28.6%
77
27.6%
79
27.2%
69
20.4%
34
31.1%
46
026.1%
351
Strongly agree29.6%
66
27.1%
73
18.5%
53
27.6%
70
21.6%
36
13.5%
20
023.6%
318
Missing3637506646562910
Total 100%
223
100%
269
100%
286
100%
254
100%
167
100%
148
   
1347

Evolution by Education

 No high school diplomaHigh school graduateSome collegeTrade/technical/vocational trainingCollege graduatePostgraduate work/degreeMissingTotal
Strongly disagree24.4%
21
40.1%
147
34.5%
124
35.0%
50
21.6%
41
17.4%
31
631.3%
414
Disagree27.9%
24
18.5%
68
19.8%
71
24.5%
35
17.9%
34
11.8%
21
419.1%
253
Agree29.1%
25
25.9%
95
24.2%
87
23.8%
34
32.1%
61
25.8%
46
226.3%
348
Strongly agree18.6%
16
15.5%
57
21.4%
77
16.8%
24
28.4%
54
44.9%
80
923.3%
308
Missing35777117413631214
Total 100%
86
100%
367
100%
359
100%
143
100%
190
100%
178
   
1323

Evolution by Gender

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Strongly disagree27.3%
176
34.6%
242
031.1%
418
Disagree18.9%
122
19.4%
136
019.2%
258
Agree26.5%
171
25.9%
181
026.2%
352
Strongly agree27.3%
176
20.1%
141
023.6%
317
Missing1191722910
Total 100%
645
100%
700
   
1345

Evolution by Region

 EastMid-WestSouthWestMissingTotal
Strongly disagree16.6%
49
36.1%
116
40.1%
173
26.8%
80
031.1%
418
Disagree16.6%
49
20.6%
66
21.1%
91
17.8%
53
019.2%
259
Agree36.1%
107
24.3%
78
21.1%
91
25.2%
75
026.1%
351
Strongly agree30.7%
91
19.0%
61
17.6%
76
30.2%
90
023.6%
318
Missing636494702910
Total 100%
296
100%
321
100%
431
100%
298
   
1346

Evolution by Religion

 Evangelical ProtestantBlack ProtestantMainline ProtestantCatholicOtherNoneMissingTotal
Strongly disagree55.8%
253
35.7%
20
22.5%
57
17.0%
46
25.2%
27
6.5%
11
531.7%
414
Disagree22.7%
103
39.3%
22
21.7%
55
21.1%
57
10.3%
11
3.6%
6
419.4%
254
Agree12.8%
58
14.3%
8
30.0%
76
44.1%
119
30.8%
33
24.3%
41
1325.6%
335
Strongly agree8.6%
39
10.7%
6
25.7%
65
17.8%
48
33.6%
36
65.7%
111
1423.3%
305
Missing64177385231532714
Total 100%
453
100%
56
100%
253
100%
270
100%
107
100%
169
   
1308

Evolution by Worship attendance

 Less than once a yearOnce or twice a yearSeveral times a year1-3 times a monthAbout weeklyWeekly or moreMissingTotal
Strongly disagree11.2%
47
11.0%
14
16.9%
24
27.6%
40
26.3%
21
64.1%
268
631.1%
414
Disagree10.7%
45
15.7%
20
25.4%
36
32.4%
47
36.3%
29
18.9%
79
319.2%
256
Agree33.2%
139
44.1%
56
35.9%
51
27.6%
40
23.8%
19
10.3%
43
326.1%
348
Strongly agree44.9%
188
29.1%
37
21.8%
31
12.4%
18
13.8%
11
6.7%
28
723.5%
313
Missing8038333820763106
Total 100%
419
100%
127
100%
142
100%
145
100%
80
100%
418
   
1331

Related variables

A similar question appeared on General Social Survey, 2004
Human beings developed from earlier species of animals. (SCITESTY)


Notes

This file contains all of the cases and variables that are in the original 2007 Baylor Religion Survey, but is prepared for easier use in the classroom. Changes have been made in two areas. First, to avoid confusion when constructing tables or interpreting basic analysis, all missing data codes have been set to system missing. Second, many of the continuous variables have been categorized into fewer categories, and added as additional variables to the file.

The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) received a major three-year grant from the John M. Templeton Foundation, to conduct a nationally representative multi-year study of religious values, practices, and behaviors, with a specific focus on consumption of religious goods and services. Using a host of new survey items that improve upon previous work, the study will yield new data to more systematically explore and better understand what sometimes appears to be an ambiguous relationship between trust, civic engagement, and religion. In partnering with the Gallup Organization, we believe this cutting-edge study has the potential to generate data that may well cause scholars to rethink our currently used measures of religious commitment or devoutness, as well as various theories linking the influence of religion to civic engagement, spiritual capital, and many other important social and behavioral outcomes.

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