Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q30D Q30 How comfortable would you feel talking about religion with... d. your family   1) Very comfortable   2) Somewhat comfortable   3) Somewhat uncomfortable   4) Not at all comfortable

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very comfortable	1073	63.5%	63.5%	-.65
Somewhat comfortable	440	26.1%	89.6%	.62
Somewhat uncomfortable	109	6.5%	96%	1.9
Not at all comfortable	67	4%	100%	3.17

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very comfortable	60.4% 436	65.9% 637	63.5% 1073
Somewhat comfortable	27.1% 196	25.2% 244	26.1% 440
Somewhat uncomfortable	7.6% 55	5.6% 54	6.5% 109
Not at all comfortable	4.8% 35	3.3% 32	4.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 722	100.0% 967	1689

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very comfortable	62.4% 927	84.4% 54	68.0% 68	63.6% 1049
Somewhat comfortable	27.1% 402	12.5% 8	19.0% 19	26.0% 429
Somewhat uncomfortable	6.3% 94	1.6% 1	12.0% 12	6.5% 107
Not at all comfortable	4.2% 63	1.6% 1	1.0% 1	3.9% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 1486	100.0% 64	100.0% 100	1650

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very comfortable	63.2% 237	67.2% 656	60.2% 77	48.3% 87	63.7% 1057
Somewhat comfortable	27.2% 102	25.8% 252	30.5% 39	22.8% 41	26.2% 434
Somewhat uncomfortable	5.3% 20	5.1% 50	6.3% 8	15.0% 27	6.3% 105
Not at all comfortable	4.3% 16	1.8% 18	3.1% 4	13.9% 25	3.8% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 976	100.0% 128	100.0% 180	1659

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	62.6% 82	63.4% 239	61.1% 450	68.4% 292	63.6% 1063
Somewhat comfortable	24.4% 32	26.5% 100	27.1% 200	24.4% 104	26.1% 436
Somewhat uncomfortable	9.9% 13	6.6% 25	6.5% 48	5.2% 22	6.5% 108
Not at all comfortable	3.1% 4	3.4% 13	5.3% 39	2.1% 9	3.9% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 377	100.0% 737	100.0% 427	1672

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very comfortable	48.7% 170	56.5% 262	71.0% 137	74.2% 492	63.6% 1061
Somewhat comfortable	25.5% 89	31.9% 148	23.8% 46	22.6% 150	25.9% 433
Somewhat uncomfortable	12.9% 45	8.6% 40	3.6% 7	2.4% 16	6.5% 108
Not at all comfortable	12.9% 45	3.0% 14	1.6% 3	0.8% 5	4.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 464	100.0% 193	100.0% 663	1669

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very comfortable	69.4% 569	55.9% 372	60.9% 14	67.7% 86	55.3% 21	63.4% 1062
Somewhat comfortable	24.1% 198	29.3% 195	21.7% 5	20.5% 26	34.2% 13	26.1% 437
Somewhat uncomfortable	3.7% 30	9.5% 63	8.7% 2	9.4% 12	2.6% 1	6.5% 108
Not at all comfortable	2.8% 23	5.4% 36	8.7% 2	2.4% 3	7.9% 3	4.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 666	100.0% 23	100.0% 127	100.0% 38	1674

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very comfortable	75.8% 47	62.2% 156	69.7% 281	64.5% 89	59.1% 241	60.7% 244	63.6% 1058
Somewhat comfortable	21.0% 13	25.1% 63	23.3% 94	26.1% 36	29.7% 121	25.9% 104	25.9% 431
Somewhat uncomfortable	3.2% 2	8.4% 21	3.7% 15	7.2% 10	6.6% 27	8.5% 34	6.6% 109
Not at all comfortable	0.0% 0	4.4% 11	3.2% 13	2.2% 3	4.7% 19	5.0% 20	4.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 251	100.0% 403	100.0% 138	100.0% 408	100.0% 402	1664

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very comfortable	57.9% 110	64.7% 664	50.0% 30	67.4% 161	62.4% 93	63.6% 1058
Somewhat comfortable	30.5% 58	25.4% 261	26.7% 16	23.4% 56	26.8% 40	25.9% 431
Somewhat uncomfortable	7.4% 14	6.2% 64	15.0% 9	5.0% 12	6.7% 10	6.6% 109
Not at all comfortable	4.2% 8	3.6% 37	8.3% 5	4.2% 10	4.0% 6	4.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1026	100.0% 60	100.0% 239	100.0% 149	1664

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	69.9% 135	69.2% 157	62.1% 185	60.5% 328	61.3% 201	63.4% 1006
Somewhat comfortable	21.2% 41	21.1% 48	27.5% 82	28.8% 156	26.2% 86	26.0% 413
Somewhat uncomfortable	5.2% 10	6.6% 15	7.7% 23	6.1% 33	7.6% 25	6.7% 106
Not at all comfortable	3.6% 7	3.1% 7	2.7% 8	4.6% 25	4.9% 16	4.0% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 227	100.0% 298	100.0% 542	100.0% 328	1588