Pluralism & media Research brief
Comfort across faith lines stays high
Willingness to live near and collaborate with families of another faith.
Asked “How comfortable do you feel actively collaborating with or living near a community fully composed of families from a different faith tradition?”, 74.9% of the 399 respondents in the Kerala Gen Z Survey 2026 (299 people) selected fully comfortable and accepting. The next-largest answer, slightly hesitant but manageable, accounts for 19.3% (77), a gap of 55.6 percentage points.
Key figures
- 74.9% (299 of 399) answered fully comfortable and accepting on “How comfortable do you feel actively collaborating with or living near a community fully composed of families from a different faith tradition?”.
- The top two answers are separated by 55.6 percentage points, and the smallest category still covers 9 respondents.
- Findings describe this community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents, not Kerala's youth population.
Figures & data tables#
Figures are drawn directly from the primary response counts; each carries its full data table and an embed snippet.
How comfortable do you feel actively collaborating with or living near a community fully composed of families from a different faith tradition?
മറ്റൊരു സമുദായത്തിലെ ആളുകളുമായി ഒരുമിച്ച് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നതിലും അയൽക്കാരായി താമസിക്കുന്നതിലും നിങ്ങൾക്ക് എത്രത്തോളം താല്പര്യമുണ്ട്?
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Data table
| Response | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fully comfortable and accepting | 299 | 74.9% |
| Slightly hesitant but manageable | 77 | 19.3% |
| Would strictly avoid it | 14 | 3.5% |
| Highly uncomfortable and anxious | 9 | 2.3% |
| Total answered | 399 | 100% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/kerala-gen-z-survey-2026">The Kerala Gen Z Report 2026</a>, Moyan AI.</p>What the primary figure shows#
The full distribution for “How comfortable do you feel actively collaborating with or living near a community fully composed of families from a different faith tradition?” (n = 399) is: Fully comfortable and accepting — 74.9% (299); Slightly hesitant but manageable — 19.3% (77); Would strictly avoid it — 3.5% (14); Highly uncomfortable and anxious — 2.3% (9).
The cohort is clearly concentrated on this question. A single option carries 74.9% of responses, so the headline figure is stable enough to plan against. The smallest recorded answer, highly uncomfortable and anxious, still represents 9 people — a group large enough to matter in programme design even at 2.3%.
What this brief does not establish#
The sample is a community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents surveyed between 21 May and 28 June 2026. Figures describe this cohort; they are not state-level prevalence estimates and should not be reported as such.
The composition of the sample also shapes the totals: 74.4% of respondents fall in the older student and early-career band, and 72.7% identify as male. Any reading by gender, district or occupation needs disaggregated fieldwork this instrument was not designed to deliver.
The instrument records one moment in time, so nothing here identifies a cause or a trend. Statements about mechanism in this brief are interpretive and flagged as such.
Questions readers ask#
- How comfortable do you feel actively collaborating with or living near a community fully composed of families from a different faith tradition?? (Kerala Gen Z Survey 2026)
- 74.9% of 399 respondents answered fully comfortable and accepting, followed by slightly hesitant but manageable at 19.3%. Full distribution: Fully comfortable and accepting — 74.9% (299); Slightly hesitant but manageable — 19.3% (77); Would strictly avoid it — 3.5% (14); Highly uncomfortable and anxious — 2.3% (9).
- How many people answered this question?
- All 399 respondents in the Kerala Gen Z Survey 2026 answered this item.
- Can these figures be generalised to all Kerala youth?
- No. The survey is a community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents surveyed between 21 May and 28 June 2026, so the figures describe this cohort rather than the state's youth population.
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Every figure in this brief comes from the The Kerala Gen Z Report 2026 response sheet. The full aggregate dataset, codebook and methodology are open: open data · methodology.
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Community Leadership and Social Change Program Research Scholars & Valakkulam, Y. (2026). Comfort across faith lines stays high. Moyan Journal of Community & Society, Volume 1, Issue 1. Department of Graduate Institute, DHI University (DHIU), India; published by Moyan AI. https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/research/comfort-across-faith-lines-keralaReference manager
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