National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)

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PTALK2 P52A. [If parent respondent talks at all with teen about potentially sensitive subjects] [IF P51<5] How EASY or HARD is it for you to talk with [your teen] about potentially sensitive subjects, such as friendships, dating, or drinking? Is it: [READ LIST]   1) Very hard   2) Somewhat hard   3) Fairly easy   4) Very easy   777) Don't know   888) Refused   999) Not asked

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very hard	51	1.5%	1.5%	-.14
Somewhat hard	341	10.1%	11.6%	-.13
Fairly easy	918	27.2%	38.9%	-.12
Very easy	2012	59.7%	98.6%	-.11
Don't know	11	.3%	98.9%	6.79
Refused	2	.1%	99%	7.78
Not asked	35	1%	100%	8.77

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very hard	1.7% 29	1.3% 22	1.5% 51
Somewhat hard	10.6% 180	9.6% 161	10.1% 341
Fairly easy	29.0% 493	25.4% 425	27.2% 918
Very easy	57.2% 973	62.2% 1039	59.7% 2012
Don't know	0.2% 4	0.4% 7	0.3% 11
Refused	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Not asked	1.1% 19	1.0% 16	1.0% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Very hard	2.3% 14	1.3% 37	1.5% 51
Somewhat hard	12.3% 76	9.6% 264	10.1% 340
Fairly easy	25.8% 160	27.5% 754	27.2% 914
Very easy	58.3% 361	60.1% 1648	59.8% 2009
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.4% 10	0.3% 11
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 2
Not asked	1.1% 7	1.0% 28	1.0% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 2743	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Conservative Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other relig	TOTAL
Very hard	1.4% 15	0.6% 2	2.3% 9	1.7% 14	2.0% 8	0.7% 2	1.5% 50
Somewhat hard	9.1% 95	12.7% 44	7.3% 29	12.1% 99	9.8% 40	8.8% 24	10.0% 331
Fairly easy	25.8% 270	34.6% 120	18.3% 73	29.5% 242	26.3% 108	32.1% 88	27.3% 901
Very easy	62.4% 652	51.6% 179	70.3% 281	54.9% 450	60.5% 248	56.9% 156	59.7% 1966
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.5% 2	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 11
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 2
Not asked	1.0% 10	0.3% 1	1.5% 6	1.2% 10	1.2% 5	0.7% 2	1.0% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 347	100.0% 400	100.0% 819	100.0% 410	100.0% 274	3295