U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Southern Baptist Attenders

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TALKFATH Which of the following best describes your readiness to talk to others about your faith?   1) I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.   2) I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.   3) I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.   4) I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.   5) I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.	77	.7%	.7%	-3.86
I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.	405	3.6%	4.3%	-2.58
I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.	1645	14.7%	19%	-1.3
I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.	6188	55.3%	74.4%	-.02
I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.	2865	25.6%	100%	1.26

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.	0.4% 28	1.0% 41	0.7% 69
I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.	2.7% 175	4.7% 200	3.5% 375
I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.	12.8% 813	17.9% 755	14.8% 1568
I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.	57.4% 3655	53.4% 2249	55.8% 5904
I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.	26.7% 1700	23.0% 967	25.2% 2667
TOTAL	100.0% 6371	100.0% 4212	10583

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.	1.2% 31	0.4% 13	0.3% 8	0.5% 5	0.5% 4	0.6% 61
I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.	4.4% 118	3.6% 107	3.4% 78	2.9% 30	2.7% 23	3.6% 356
I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.	14.8% 394	13.4% 403	15.2% 352	15.1% 157	16.7% 144	14.7% 1450
I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.	48.9% 1302	56.7% 1703	59.1% 1365	61.5% 641	60.5% 522	56.0% 5533
I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.	30.8% 820	25.8% 775	21.9% 507	20.1% 210	19.7% 170	25.1% 2482
TOTAL	100.0% 2665	100.0% 3001	100.0% 2310	100.0% 1043	100.0% 863	9882

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.	1.6% 27	0.7% 32	0.4% 7	0.2% 4	0.5% 4	0.7% 74
I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.	5.0% 83	3.4% 162	3.6% 62	3.6% 67	2.5% 22	3.6% 396
I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.	17.9% 298	14.2% 674	12.8% 220	16.3% 301	11.9% 104	14.7% 1597
I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.	47.7% 792	55.4% 2633	58.1% 999	60.0% 1108	57.7% 504	55.6% 6036
I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.	27.8% 462	26.3% 1250	25.1% 432	19.9% 368	27.5% 240	25.4% 2752
TOTAL	100.0% 1662	100.0% 4751	100.0% 1720	100.0% 1848	100.0% 874	10855

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.	1.1% 17	0.6% 47	1.2% 2	0.5% 3	0.5% 5	0.7% 74
I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.	4.5% 68	3.3% 256	7.0% 12	3.3% 21	4.3% 40	3.6% 397
I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.	22.0% 331	13.8% 1064	15.2% 26	14.4% 92	9.3% 86	14.6% 1599
I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.	54.5% 821	56.6% 4352	46.8% 80	57.6% 368	48.3% 444	55.5% 6065
I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.	17.9% 269	25.6% 1966	29.8% 51	24.3% 155	37.5% 345	25.5% 2786
TOTAL	100.0% 1506	100.0% 7685	100.0% 171	100.0% 639	100.0% 920	10921

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
I do not have faith, so the question is not applicable.	1.4% 19	0.3% 10	0.3% 6	0.7% 11	1.1% 29	0.7% 75
I do not talk about my faith; my life and actions are sufficient.	4.2% 56	3.5% 113	2.8% 54	2.7% 46	4.7% 124	3.6% 393
I find it hard to talk about my faith in ordinary language.	23.2% 307	16.0% 521	14.2% 279	11.8% 198	11.1% 295	14.7% 1600
I mostly feel at ease talking about my faith and do so if it comes up.	53.5% 707	61.1% 1986	58.4% 1145	53.5% 895	48.6% 1295	55.5% 6028
I feel at ease talking about my faith and seek opportunities to do so.	17.6% 233	19.1% 621	24.3% 477	31.3% 524	34.5% 919	25.5% 2774
TOTAL	100.0% 1322	100.0% 3251	100.0% 1961	100.0% 1674	100.0% 2662	10870