Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q30E Q30 How comfortable would you feel talking about religion with... e. strangers   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	345	20.5%	20.5%	-1.43
Somewhat comfortable	499	29.7%	50.2%	-.5
Somewhat uncomfortable	425	25.3%	75.5%	.43
Not at all comfortable	412	24.5%	100%	1.36

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very comfortable	22.1% 159	19.4% 186	20.5% 345
Somewhat comfortable	27.9% 201	31.0% 298	29.7% 499
Somewhat uncomfortable	25.8% 186	24.9% 239	25.3% 425
Not at all comfortable	24.2% 174	24.8% 238	24.5% 412
TOTAL	100.0% 720	100.0% 961	1681

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very comfortable	18.9% 280	53.1% 34	28.6% 28	20.8% 342
Somewhat comfortable	30.3% 448	26.6% 17	21.4% 21	29.6% 486
Somewhat uncomfortable	25.7% 381	10.9% 7	26.5% 26	25.2% 414
Not at all comfortable	25.1% 371	9.4% 6	23.5% 23	24.4% 400
TOTAL	100.0% 1480	100.0% 64	100.0% 98	1642

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very comfortable	15.1% 56	22.4% 218	20.5% 26	20.6% 37	20.4% 337
Somewhat comfortable	29.8% 111	34.1% 331	23.6% 30	12.8% 23	30.0% 495
Somewhat uncomfortable	27.4% 102	25.2% 245	21.3% 27	23.3% 42	25.2% 416
Not at all comfortable	27.7% 103	18.3% 178	34.6% 44	43.3% 78	24.4% 403
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 972	100.0% 127	100.0% 180	1651

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	14.5% 19	16.7% 63	22.7% 167	22.3% 94	20.6% 343
Somewhat comfortable	30.5% 40	31.6% 119	28.8% 212	28.7% 121	29.5% 492
Somewhat uncomfortable	32.1% 42	25.5% 96	24.7% 182	24.4% 103	25.4% 423
Not at all comfortable	22.9% 30	26.3% 99	23.8% 175	24.6% 104	24.5% 408
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 377	100.0% 736	100.0% 422	1666

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very comfortable	18.2% 63	14.4% 67	20.7% 40	25.9% 171	20.5% 341
Somewhat comfortable	14.2% 49	27.8% 129	33.7% 65	37.7% 249	29.6% 492
Somewhat uncomfortable	23.4% 81	29.5% 137	24.9% 48	23.5% 155	25.3% 421
Not at all comfortable	44.2% 153	28.2% 131	20.7% 40	12.9% 85	24.6% 409
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 464	100.0% 193	100.0% 660	1663

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very comfortable	20.8% 170	18.1% 120	8.7% 2	34.1% 43	21.1% 8	20.6% 343
Somewhat comfortable	34.3% 280	25.2% 167	34.8% 8	24.6% 31	13.2% 5	29.5% 491
Somewhat uncomfortable	25.5% 208	25.8% 171	26.1% 6	18.3% 23	36.8% 14	25.3% 422
Not at all comfortable	19.5% 159	30.8% 204	30.4% 7	23.0% 29	28.9% 11	24.6% 410
TOTAL	100.0% 817	100.0% 662	100.0% 23	100.0% 126	100.0% 38	1666

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very comfortable	32.3% 20	22.3% 55	23.7% 95	19.7% 27	17.9% 73	18.0% 72	20.7% 342
Somewhat comfortable	27.4% 17	30.0% 74	29.2% 117	32.1% 44	30.4% 124	28.7% 115	29.6% 491
Somewhat uncomfortable	24.2% 15	24.3% 60	25.7% 103	25.5% 35	25.5% 104	25.2% 101	25.2% 418
Not at all comfortable	16.1% 10	23.5% 58	21.4% 86	22.6% 31	26.2% 107	28.2% 113	24.5% 405
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 247	100.0% 401	100.0% 137	100.0% 408	100.0% 401	1656

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very comfortable	16.3% 31	20.3% 207	20.0% 12	28.9% 69	15.6% 23	20.7% 342
Somewhat comfortable	28.9% 55	31.0% 316	20.0% 12	26.4% 63	30.6% 45	29.6% 491
Somewhat uncomfortable	30.5% 58	25.0% 255	25.0% 15	22.6% 54	24.5% 36	25.2% 418
Not at all comfortable	24.2% 46	23.7% 242	35.0% 21	22.2% 53	29.3% 43	24.5% 405
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1020	100.0% 60	100.0% 239	100.0% 147	1656

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	27.4% 52	22.2% 50	21.8% 65	16.1% 87	20.1% 66	20.2% 320
Somewhat comfortable	32.6% 62	33.3% 75	30.9% 92	28.7% 155	26.2% 86	29.7% 470
Somewhat uncomfortable	22.6% 43	20.9% 47	24.5% 73	26.9% 145	28.7% 94	25.4% 402
Not at all comfortable	17.4% 33	23.6% 53	22.8% 68	28.3% 153	25.0% 82	24.6% 389
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 225	100.0% 298	100.0% 540	100.0% 328	1581