Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q10 (Weighted by WEIGHT) About how often do you spend time alone praying outside of religious services?   0) Never   1) Only on certain occasions   2) Once a week or less   3) A few times a week   4) Once a day   5) Several times a day

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	260	18.0%	18.0%
Only on certain occasions	295	20.5%	38.5%
Once a week or less	90	6.2%	44.7%
A few times a week	184	12.8%	57.5%
Once a day	271	18.8%	76.3%
Several times a day	342	23.7%	100.0%
Missing	65

* 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
Never	27.1% 29	28.7% 79	25.7% 46	12.8% 34	12.6% 27	12.0% 33	18.9% 248
Only on certain occasions	27.1% 29	20.7% 57	23.5% 42	18.5% 49	22.3% 48	16.4% 45	20.5% 270
Once a week or less	8.4% 9	6.2% 17	10.6% 19	4.2% 11	6.5% 14	5.8% 16	6.5% 86
A few times a week	17.8% 19	9.1% 25	12.8% 23	10.9% 29	15.8% 34	12.4% 34	12.5% 164
Once a day	4.7% 5	17.1% 47	15.6% 28	24.2% 64	16.7% 36	24.1% 66	18.7% 246
Several times a day	15.0% 16	18.2% 50	11.7% 21	29.4% 78	26.0% 56	29.2% 80	22.9% 301
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 275	100.0% 179	100.0% 265	100.0% 215	100.0% 274	1315

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
Never	15.1% 19	15.0% 58	17.6% 76	24.5% 52	21.7% 52	18.4% 257
Only on certain occasions	16.7% 21	22.0% 85	18.3% 79	22.6% 48	22.1% 53	20.5% 286
Once a week or less	9.5% 12	5.4% 21	4.6% 20	6.6% 14	8.3% 20	6.2% 87
A few times a week	10.3% 13	9.0% 35	14.8% 64	15.6% 33	13.3% 32	12.7% 177
Once a day	31.7% 40	22.5% 87	16.5% 71	14.2% 30	15.8% 38	19.1% 266
Several times a day	16.7% 21	26.1% 101	28.1% 121	16.5% 35	18.8% 45	23.1% 323
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 387	100.0% 431	100.0% 212	100.0% 240	1396

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Never	2.7% 11	12.4% 22	5.8% 6	8.4% 30	15.8% 19	66.8% 173	18.3% 261
Only on certain occasions	14.6% 60	27.5% 49	17.5% 18	25.6% 92	16.7% 20	20.1% 52	20.3% 291
Once a week or less	5.6% 23	7.9% 14	5.8% 6	7.2% 26	6.7% 8	4.6% 12	6.2% 89
A few times a week	16.5% 68	14.0% 25	9.7% 10	17.0% 61	9.2% 11	2.7% 7	12.7% 182
Once a day	23.8% 98	17.4% 31	20.4% 21	24.2% 87	15.0% 18	4.2% 11	18.6% 266
Several times a day	36.7% 151	20.8% 37	40.8% 42	17.5% 63	36.7% 44	1.5% 4	23.8% 341
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 178	100.0% 103	100.0% 359	100.0% 120	100.0% 259	1430

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Never	19.5% 211	6.2% 10	28.6% 12	17.8% 28	18.1% 261
Only on certain occasions	19.6% 212	18.0% 29	54.8% 23	19.7% 31	20.5% 295
Once a week or less	6.2% 67	4.3% 7	2.4% 1	9.6% 15	6.2% 90
A few times a week	13.2% 143	11.8% 19	0.0% 0	14.0% 22	12.8% 184
Once a day	19.2% 208	21.7% 35	7.1% 3	15.9% 25	18.8% 271
Several times a day	22.3% 241	37.9% 61	7.1% 3	22.9% 36	23.6% 341
TOTAL	100.0% 1082	100.0% 161	100.0% 42	100.0% 157	1442