Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q16 Q16 About how often do you pray or meditate outside of religious services   1) Never   2) Only on certain occasions   3) Once a week or less   4) A few times a week   5) Once a day   6) Several times a day

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	221	13%	13%	-1.71
Only on certain occasions	241	14.2%	27.2%	-1.14
Once a week or less	117	6.9%	34.1%	-.58
A few times a week	295	17.4%	51.5%	-.01
Once a day	348	20.5%	72%	.55
Several times a day	475	28%	100%	1.12

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	18.5% 136	8.8% 85	13.0% 221
Only on certain occasions	20.8% 153	9.1% 88	14.2% 241
Once a week or less	7.5% 55	6.4% 62	6.9% 117
A few times a week	15.6% 115	18.7% 180	17.4% 295
Once a day	17.8% 131	22.6% 217	20.5% 348
Several times a day	19.7% 145	34.3% 330	28.0% 475
TOTAL	100.0% 735	100.0% 962	1697

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Never	13.4% 199	3.1% 2	14.7% 15	13.1% 216
Only on certain occasions	14.2% 211	13.8% 9	15.7% 16	14.3% 236
Once a week or less	7.1% 106	1.5% 1	6.9% 7	6.9% 114
A few times a week	17.5% 261	16.9% 11	16.7% 17	17.5% 289
Once a day	20.6% 307	23.1% 15	14.7% 15	20.4% 337
Several times a day	27.2% 404	41.5% 27	31.4% 32	28.0% 463
TOTAL	100.0% 1488	100.0% 65	100.0% 102	1655

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Never	7.2% 27	5.4% 53	12.9% 17	65.0% 119	13.0% 216
Only on certain occasions	17.5% 66	12.5% 122	18.9% 25	11.5% 21	14.0% 234
Once a week or less	6.6% 25	6.7% 65	9.8% 13	6.6% 12	6.9% 115
A few times a week	19.6% 74	17.4% 170	22.7% 30	7.7% 14	17.3% 288
Once a day	24.7% 93	22.7% 221	14.4% 19	6.6% 12	20.7% 345
Several times a day	24.4% 92	35.3% 344	21.2% 28	2.7% 5	28.1% 469
TOTAL	100.0% 377	100.0% 975	100.0% 132	100.0% 183	1667

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	13.3% 17	16.5% 62	13.3% 99	9.8% 42	13.1% 220
Only on certain occasions	18.0% 23	13.3% 50	15.4% 115	11.9% 51	14.2% 239
Once a week or less	9.4% 12	6.4% 24	7.5% 56	5.6% 24	6.9% 116
A few times a week	17.2% 22	17.6% 66	18.4% 137	15.8% 68	17.4% 293
Once a day	18.0% 23	18.6% 70	19.4% 145	24.7% 106	20.5% 344
Several times a day	24.2% 31	27.7% 104	26.0% 194	32.3% 139	27.9% 468
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 376	100.0% 746	100.0% 430	1680

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Never	44.4% 158	11.2% 52	2.6% 5	0.7% 5	13.0% 220
Only on certain occasions	19.7% 70	22.7% 106	15.5% 30	4.9% 33	14.2% 239
Once a week or less	5.3% 19	10.7% 50	8.3% 16	4.8% 32	6.9% 117
A few times a week	13.8% 49	20.8% 97	24.9% 48	14.9% 100	17.4% 294
Once a day	10.1% 36	17.4% 81	27.5% 53	26.2% 176	20.5% 346
Several times a day	6.7% 24	17.2% 80	21.2% 41	48.5% 326	27.9% 471
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 466	100.0% 193	100.0% 672	1687

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Never	7.6% 62	18.6% 125	20.0% 5	17.5% 22	15.8% 6	13.1% 220
Only on certain occasions	11.4% 93	17.9% 120	12.0% 3	14.3% 18	13.2% 5	14.2% 239
Once a week or less	5.3% 43	9.1% 61	0.0% 0	7.9% 10	2.6% 1	6.8% 115
A few times a week	16.7% 137	18.9% 127	12.0% 3	15.9% 20	13.2% 5	17.4% 292
Once a day	22.1% 181	18.5% 124	24.0% 6	20.6% 26	21.1% 8	20.5% 345
Several times a day	37.0% 303	17.1% 115	32.0% 8	23.8% 30	34.2% 13	27.9% 469
TOTAL	100.0% 819	100.0% 672	100.0% 25	100.0% 126	100.0% 38	1680

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Never	6.6% 4	8.0% 20	12.4% 50	16.7% 23	14.9% 61	15.1% 61	13.1% 219
Only on certain occasions	18.0% 11	13.2% 33	14.4% 58	13.8% 19	12.2% 50	16.5% 67	14.3% 238
Once a week or less	1.6% 1	5.6% 14	4.2% 17	9.4% 13	9.0% 37	8.1% 33	6.9% 115
A few times a week	13.1% 8	13.6% 34	19.8% 80	15.9% 22	18.0% 74	17.8% 72	17.4% 290
Once a day	21.3% 13	24.4% 61	19.8% 80	21.0% 29	19.3% 79	18.8% 76	20.3% 338
Several times a day	39.3% 24	35.2% 88	29.5% 119	23.2% 32	26.6% 109	23.7% 96	28.1% 468
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 250	100.0% 404	100.0% 138	100.0% 410	100.0% 405	1668

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Never	16.0% 30	11.4% 118	19.7% 12	17.7% 42	11.3% 17	13.1% 219
Only on certain occasions	19.1% 36	14.4% 149	11.5% 7	11.8% 28	11.9% 18	14.3% 238
Once a week or less	11.2% 21	7.5% 77	3.3% 2	4.6% 11	2.6% 4	6.9% 115
A few times a week	14.4% 27	17.4% 180	24.6% 15	21.9% 52	11.9% 18	17.5% 292
Once a day	16.0% 30	21.5% 222	26.2% 16	14.8% 35	23.2% 35	20.3% 338
Several times a day	23.4% 44	27.7% 286	14.8% 9	29.1% 69	39.1% 59	28.0% 467
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 1032	100.0% 61	100.0% 237	100.0% 151	1669

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Never	10.9% 21	10.6% 24	11.8% 35	13.0% 71	17.6% 58	13.1% 209
Only on certain occasions	10.9% 21	10.1% 23	14.2% 42	16.5% 90	17.3% 57	14.6% 233
Once a week or less	2.1% 4	6.2% 14	7.1% 21	8.8% 48	7.6% 25	7.0% 112
A few times a week	14.0% 27	15.4% 35	20.6% 61	17.0% 93	19.7% 65	17.6% 281
Once a day	24.9% 48	21.1% 48	17.2% 51	21.0% 115	19.4% 64	20.5% 326
Several times a day	37.3% 72	36.6% 83	29.1% 86	23.8% 130	18.5% 61	27.1% 432
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 227	100.0% 296	100.0% 547	100.0% 330	1593