Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q30A Q30 How comfortable would you feel talking about religion with... a. your neighbors   1) Very comfortable   2) Somewhat comfortable   3) Somewhat uncomfortable   4) Not at all comfortable

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very comfortable	545	32.4%	32.4%	-1.11
Somewhat comfortable	601	35.7%	68.1%	-.13
Somewhat uncomfortable	309	18.4%	86.5%	.86
Not at all comfortable	227	13.5%	100%	1.84

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very comfortable	32.6% 235	32.3% 310	32.4% 545
Somewhat comfortable	35.5% 256	35.9% 345	35.7% 601
Somewhat uncomfortable	19.3% 139	17.7% 170	18.4% 309
Not at all comfortable	12.6% 91	14.2% 136	13.5% 227
TOTAL	100.0% 721	100.0% 961	1682

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very comfortable	30.7% 455	66.7% 42	37.8% 37	32.5% 534
Somewhat comfortable	37.0% 548	19.0% 12	27.6% 27	35.7% 587
Somewhat uncomfortable	18.0% 267	11.1% 7	25.5% 25	18.2% 299
Not at all comfortable	14.3% 212	3.2% 2	9.2% 9	13.6% 223
TOTAL	100.0% 1482	100.0% 63	100.0% 98	1643

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very comfortable	28.0% 104	36.5% 355	26.8% 34	22.8% 41	32.3% 534
Somewhat comfortable	37.4% 139	38.3% 373	39.4% 50	19.4% 35	36.1% 597
Somewhat uncomfortable	20.4% 76	16.2% 158	15.7% 20	26.7% 48	18.3% 302
Not at all comfortable	14.2% 53	8.9% 87	18.1% 23	31.1% 56	13.3% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 973	100.0% 127	100.0% 180	1652

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	23.7% 31	27.1% 102	33.0% 243	38.4% 162	32.3% 538
Somewhat comfortable	39.7% 52	37.7% 142	34.6% 255	35.1% 148	35.8% 597
Somewhat uncomfortable	26.0% 34	19.4% 73	18.1% 133	15.6% 66	18.4% 306
Not at all comfortable	10.7% 14	15.9% 60	14.3% 105	10.9% 46	13.5% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 377	100.0% 736	100.0% 422	1666

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very comfortable	21.3% 74	25.1% 116	33.7% 65	42.6% 281	32.2% 536
Somewhat comfortable	24.2% 84	36.3% 168	40.4% 78	40.0% 264	35.7% 594
Somewhat uncomfortable	22.2% 77	24.8% 115	16.6% 32	12.6% 83	18.5% 307
Not at all comfortable	32.3% 112	13.8% 64	9.3% 18	4.8% 32	13.6% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 463	100.0% 193	100.0% 660	1663

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very comfortable	34.6% 283	27.6% 183	21.7% 5	44.8% 56	26.3% 10	32.2% 537
Somewhat comfortable	39.0% 319	33.8% 224	43.5% 10	26.4% 33	31.6% 12	35.9% 598
Somewhat uncomfortable	16.9% 138	21.0% 139	13.0% 3	15.2% 19	18.4% 7	18.4% 306
Not at all comfortable	9.5% 78	17.6% 117	21.7% 5	13.6% 17	23.7% 9	13.6% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 818	100.0% 663	100.0% 23	100.0% 125	100.0% 38	1667

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very comfortable	48.4% 30	32.1% 80	36.5% 146	31.4% 43	28.7% 117	30.2% 121	32.4% 537
Somewhat comfortable	29.0% 18	34.1% 85	36.0% 144	37.2% 51	37.3% 152	35.2% 141	35.7% 591
Somewhat uncomfortable	12.9% 8	19.3% 48	15.0% 60	16.1% 22	19.9% 81	20.9% 84	18.3% 303
Not at all comfortable	9.7% 6	14.5% 36	12.5% 50	15.3% 21	14.2% 58	13.7% 55	13.6% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 249	100.0% 400	100.0% 137	100.0% 408	100.0% 401	1657

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very comfortable	23.7% 45	32.7% 335	28.3% 17	38.9% 93	32.4% 47	32.4% 537
Somewhat comfortable	38.9% 74	36.3% 371	33.3% 20	31.8% 76	34.5% 50	35.7% 591
Somewhat uncomfortable	21.6% 41	18.6% 190	20.0% 12	14.2% 34	17.9% 26	18.3% 303
Not at all comfortable	15.8% 30	12.4% 127	18.3% 11	15.1% 36	15.2% 22	13.6% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 1023	100.0% 60	100.0% 239	100.0% 145	1657

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	37.9% 72	36.4% 82	33.6% 100	28.1% 152	29.3% 96	31.8% 502
Somewhat comfortable	37.4% 71	36.4% 82	34.2% 102	34.3% 185	39.0% 128	35.9% 568
Somewhat uncomfortable	12.6% 24	14.7% 33	17.4% 52	22.8% 123	19.5% 64	18.7% 296
Not at all comfortable	12.1% 23	12.4% 28	14.8% 44	14.8% 80	12.2% 40	13.6% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 225	100.0% 298	100.0% 540	100.0% 328	1581