Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)

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Q30B Q30 How comfortable would you feel talking about religion with... b. your co-workers (if applicable)   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	497	32.2%	32.2%	-1.12
Somewhat comfortable	553	35.8%	68%	-.13
Somewhat uncomfortable	284	18.4%	86.5%	.85
Not at all comfortable	209	13.5%	100%	1.84

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very comfortable	31.5% 212	32.8% 285	32.2% 497
Somewhat comfortable	33.1% 223	37.9% 330	35.8% 553
Somewhat uncomfortable	21.7% 146	15.9% 138	18.4% 284
Not at all comfortable	13.7% 92	13.4% 117	13.5% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 870	1543

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very comfortable	30.9% 419	60.3% 35	39.4% 37	32.5% 491
Somewhat comfortable	36.6% 497	25.9% 15	27.7% 26	35.7% 538
Somewhat uncomfortable	18.2% 247	12.1% 7	23.4% 22	18.3% 276
Not at all comfortable	14.3% 194	1.7% 1	9.6% 9	13.5% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 1357	100.0% 58	100.0% 94	1509

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Very comfortable	24.6% 85	36.7% 326	29.8% 34	26.3% 44	32.3% 489
Somewhat comfortable	41.7% 144	36.9% 328	38.6% 44	19.2% 32	36.2% 548
Somewhat uncomfortable	20.0% 69	16.3% 145	19.3% 22	23.4% 39	18.2% 275
Not at all comfortable	13.6% 47	10.0% 89	12.3% 14	31.1% 52	13.3% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 888	100.0% 114	100.0% 167	1514

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	27.7% 36	30.6% 112	33.5% 234	33.4% 112	32.3% 494
Somewhat comfortable	40.0% 52	39.1% 143	34.8% 243	32.2% 108	35.7% 546
Somewhat uncomfortable	20.8% 27	19.1% 70	18.0% 126	17.9% 60	18.5% 283
Not at all comfortable	11.5% 15	11.2% 41	13.7% 96	16.4% 55	13.5% 207
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 366	100.0% 699	100.0% 335	1530

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Very comfortable	22.9% 75	24.7% 108	36.2% 64	41.8% 245	32.2% 492
Somewhat comfortable	21.4% 70	39.6% 173	38.4% 68	40.3% 236	35.8% 547
Somewhat uncomfortable	23.5% 77	24.3% 106	15.3% 27	11.9% 70	18.3% 280
Not at all comfortable	32.1% 105	11.4% 50	10.2% 18	6.0% 35	13.6% 208
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 437	100.0% 177	100.0% 586	1527

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Very comfortable	34.1% 256	27.4% 167	26.1% 6	47.8% 55	24.2% 8	32.1% 492
Somewhat comfortable	40.1% 301	32.8% 200	43.5% 10	21.7% 25	42.4% 14	35.9% 550
Somewhat uncomfortable	15.7% 118	22.6% 138	8.7% 2	17.4% 20	12.1% 4	18.4% 282
Not at all comfortable	10.1% 76	17.2% 105	21.7% 5	13.0% 15	21.2% 7	13.6% 208
TOTAL	100.0% 751	100.0% 610	100.0% 23	100.0% 115	100.0% 33	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Very comfortable	48.1% 25	32.9% 71	33.2% 122	27.6% 35	29.6% 112	33.1% 126	32.3% 491
Somewhat comfortable	30.8% 16	33.3% 72	38.6% 142	41.7% 53	36.8% 139	32.3% 123	35.8% 545
Somewhat uncomfortable	13.5% 7	18.5% 40	15.2% 56	19.7% 25	19.8% 75	20.2% 77	18.4% 280
Not at all comfortable	7.7% 4	15.3% 33	13.0% 48	11.0% 14	13.8% 52	14.4% 55	13.5% 206
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 216	100.0% 368	100.0% 127	100.0% 378	100.0% 381	1522

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very comfortable	24.9% 46	32.5% 303	31.7% 19	40.3% 91	26.9% 32	32.3% 491
Somewhat comfortable	37.3% 69	37.4% 349	31.7% 19	31.9% 72	30.3% 36	35.8% 545
Somewhat uncomfortable	22.2% 41	17.7% 165	18.3% 11	16.8% 38	21.0% 25	18.4% 280
Not at all comfortable	15.7% 29	12.3% 115	18.3% 11	11.1% 25	21.8% 26	13.5% 206
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 932	100.0% 60	100.0% 226	100.0% 119	1522

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	38.6% 64	32.0% 64	35.3% 96	28.3% 144	31.7% 99	32.0% 467
Somewhat comfortable	35.5% 59	34.5% 69	32.7% 89	39.3% 200	34.6% 108	36.0% 525
Somewhat uncomfortable	12.7% 21	17.5% 35	20.2% 55	18.7% 95	21.2% 66	18.6% 272
Not at all comfortable	13.3% 22	16.0% 32	11.8% 32	13.8% 70	12.5% 39	13.4% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 200	100.0% 272	100.0% 509	100.0% 312	1459