Chapman Survey of American Fears, Wave 1 (2014)

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PHOB_STR (Weighted by WEIGHT) How afraid are you of the following? Strangers. [PHOBIA_STRANGERS]   1) Very afraid   2) Afraid   3) Somewhat afraid   4) Not afraid at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very afraid	53	3.5%	3.5%
Afraid	119	7.8%	11.3%
Somewhat afraid	581	38.2%	49.5%
Not afraid at all	767	50.5%	100%
Missing	46

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

Variable Comparisons

Religion Age Education Race Gender Family income Marital status Region

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian (neither Protestant nor Catholic)	Other	None	TOTAL
Very afraid	2.7% 15	2.8% 10	5.2% 9	7.1% 11	3.0% 8	3.5% 53
Afraid	8.0% 45	5.8% 21	9.2% 16	15.4% 24	4.5% 12	7.8% 118
Somewhat afraid	40.6% 229	37.6% 135	43.4% 75	31.4% 49	35.0% 93	38.3% 581
Not afraid at all	48.8% 275	53.8% 193	42.2% 73	46.2% 72	57.5% 153	50.5% 766
TOTAL	100.0% 564	100.0% 359	100.0% 173	100.0% 156	100.0% 266	1518

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60+	TOTAL
Very afraid	6.7% 21	3.3% 13	2.4% 10	2.5% 10	3.6% 54
Afraid	8.0% 25	9.7% 38	6.7% 28	7.0% 28	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	42.8% 134	33.5% 131	36.1% 150	41.0% 164	38.1% 579
Not afraid at all	42.5% 133	53.5% 209	54.7% 227	49.5% 198	50.5% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 391	100.0% 415	100.0% 400	1519

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	Bachelor's degree or higher	TOTAL
Very afraid	12.9% 24	4.0% 18	1.8% 8	0.7% 3	3.5% 53
Afraid	16.1% 30	8.1% 36	5.0% 22	7.0% 31	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	32.3% 60	41.7% 186	38.1% 168	37.4% 167	38.2% 581
Not afraid at all	38.7% 72	46.2% 206	55.1% 243	54.9% 245	50.4% 766
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 446	100.0% 441	100.0% 446	1519

Race (I-RACE)

	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Other, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	TOTAL
Very afraid	2.7% 27	6.8% 12	0.0% 0	6.5% 14	3.5% 53
Afraid	5.3% 54	11.9% 21	16.8% 19	11.6% 25	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	38.4% 389	33.3% 59	45.1% 51	37.5% 81	38.2% 580
Not afraid at all	53.6% 543	48.0% 85	38.1% 43	44.4% 96	50.5% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 1013	100.0% 177	100.0% 113	100.0% 216	1519

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very afraid	2.3% 17	4.5% 36	3.5% 53
Afraid	6.3% 46	9.2% 73	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	29.7% 215	46.0% 365	38.2% 580
Not afraid at all	61.7% 447	40.3% 320	50.5% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 725	100.0% 794	1519

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 to $34,999	$35,000 to $59,999	$60,000 to $99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Very afraid	6.9% 15	7.4% 17	1.5% 5	2.3% 8	2.2% 9	3.6% 54
Afraid	11.0% 24	9.2% 21	7.9% 26	6.2% 21	6.7% 27	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	39.0% 85	38.0% 87	36.3% 119	40.5% 138	37.5% 152	38.2% 581
Not afraid at all	43.1% 94	45.4% 104	54.3% 178	51.0% 174	53.6% 217	50.4% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 229	100.0% 328	100.0% 341	100.0% 405	1521

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed, divorced, separated	Never married	Living with partner	TOTAL
Very afraid	2.0% 16	5.7% 14	4.8% 18	3.4% 4	3.4% 52
Afraid	6.8% 53	9.4% 23	7.4% 28	12.9% 15	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	38.2% 299	43.0% 105	36.2% 136	34.5% 40	38.2% 580
Not afraid at all	52.9% 414	41.8% 102	51.6% 194	49.1% 57	50.5% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 782	100.0% 244	100.0% 376	100.0% 116	1518

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very afraid	2.5% 7	4.2% 14	4.3% 24	2.3% 8	3.5% 53
Afraid	7.9% 22	6.3% 21	9.6% 54	6.3% 22	7.8% 119
Somewhat afraid	36.8% 102	36.9% 123	37.1% 209	42.4% 147	38.2% 581
Not afraid at all	52.7% 146	52.6% 175	49.0% 276	49.0% 170	50.5% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 333	100.0% 563	100.0% 347	1520