Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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L9B (Weighted by WEIGHT) How close do you feel to: Your friends.   1) Not at all close   2) Not very close   3) Somewhat close   4) Very close   8) Undecided

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Not at all close	52	3.6%	3.6%
Not very close	176	12.1%	15.7%
Somewhat close	696	47.9%	63.6%
Very close	516	35.5%	99.1%
Undecided	13	.9%	100.0%
Missing	40

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Not at all close	10.0% 11	7.2% 20	3.8% 7	0.7% 2	1.4% 3	2.2% 6	3.7% 49
Not very close	16.4% 18	14.1% 39	14.8% 27	10.4% 28	12.6% 28	7.6% 21	12.0% 161
Somewhat close	31.8% 35	39.0% 108	49.5% 90	54.1% 146	55.9% 124	51.3% 142	48.2% 645
Very close	38.2% 42	39.7% 110	29.7% 54	33.7% 91	29.7% 66	38.3% 106	35.1% 469
Undecided	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 4	1.1% 3	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	1.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 277	100.0% 182	100.0% 270	100.0% 222	100.0% 277	1338

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school degree	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college	Four year bachelor's degree from a college or university (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Postgraduate	TOTAL
Not at all close	9.0% 11	4.6% 18	2.5% 11	2.3% 5	1.6% 4	3.5% 49
Not very close	23.8% 29	13.1% 51	13.5% 59	8.7% 19	7.3% 18	12.5% 176
Somewhat close	43.4% 53	49.2% 191	46.8% 204	42.5% 93	52.8% 131	47.6% 672
Very close	23.8% 29	31.7% 123	36.2% 158	46.6% 102	37.9% 94	35.8% 506
Undecided	0.0% 0	1.3% 5	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 388	100.0% 436	100.0% 219	100.0% 248	1413

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Not at all close	3.7% 15	5.6% 10	6.0% 6	3.4% 12	2.5% 3	2.3% 6	3.7% 52
Not very close	10.7% 43	5.6% 10	19.0% 19	13.0% 46	11.8% 14	15.7% 41	12.3% 173
Somewhat close	49.0% 197	53.7% 95	46.0% 46	45.3% 160	47.9% 57	46.0% 120	47.8% 675
Very close	35.8% 144	34.5% 61	29.0% 29	37.1% 131	37.0% 44	34.1% 89	35.3% 498
Undecided	0.7% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.8% 1	1.9% 5	1.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 177	100.0% 100	100.0% 353	100.0% 119	100.0% 261	1412

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Not at all close	3.4% 37	5.6% 9	4.5% 2	2.8% 4	3.6% 52
Not very close	11.2% 123	13.0% 21	9.1% 4	18.9% 27	12.1% 175
Somewhat close	46.6% 514	50.6% 82	61.4% 27	50.3% 72	47.9% 695
Very close	38.6% 425	26.5% 43	25.0% 11	25.2% 36	35.5% 515
Undecided	0.3% 3	4.3% 7	0.0% 0	2.8% 4	1.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 1102	100.0% 162	100.0% 44	100.0% 143	1451