Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing

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Q363 If you were to move to a different community, how important would it be to you to join a (mosque/church/synagogue/temple) of the same denomination as the one you belong to now? Would you say it would be very important, somewhat important, not very important or not at all important? (C461)   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important   7) Not applicable

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	77	21.8%	21.8%	-1.65
Somewhat important	20	5.7%	27.5%	-1.27
Not very important	6	1.7%	29.2%	-.88
Not at all important	4	1.1%	30.3%	-.5
Not applicable	246	69.7%	100%	.65

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Very important	27.6% 53	14.8% 4	15.2% 7	14.3% 2	14.9% 11	21.8% 77
Somewhat important	6.8% 13	11.1% 3	2.2% 1	14.3% 2	1.4% 1	5.7% 20
Not very important	1.0% 2	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	2.7% 2	1.7% 6
Not at all important	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Not applicable	63.5% 122	70.4% 19	80.4% 37	57.1% 8	81.1% 60	69.7% 246
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 27	100.0% 46	100.0% 14	100.0% 74	353

Age (I-AGE)

	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	16.5% 15	23.4% 34	23.0% 17	25.6% 11	21.8% 77
Somewhat important	4.4% 4	5.5% 8	5.4% 4	9.3% 4	5.7% 20
Not very important	0.0% 0	2.8% 4	2.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 6
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	1.4% 1	2.3% 1	1.1% 4
Not applicable	79.1% 72	66.9% 97	67.6% 50	62.8% 27	69.7% 246
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 145	100.0% 74	100.0% 43	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	15.1% 21	26.2% 56	21.8% 77
Somewhat important	5.0% 7	6.1% 13	5.7% 20
Not very important	2.2% 3	1.4% 3	1.7% 6
Not at all important	2.2% 3	0.5% 1	1.1% 4
Not applicable	75.5% 105	65.9% 141	69.7% 246
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 214	353

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	One year of college	Two years of college	Three years of college	Four years of college	Five or more years of college	TOTAL
Very important	17.6% 21	19.0% 8	25.0% 12	17.6% 3	22.2% 14	33.3% 17	22.1% 75
Somewhat important	2.5% 3	9.5% 4	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	7.9% 5	9.8% 5	5.9% 20
Not very important	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	6.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 6
Not at all important	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.6% 2
Not applicable	78.2% 93	71.4% 30	66.7% 32	82.4% 14	63.5% 40	54.9% 28	69.7% 237
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 42	100.0% 48	100.0% 17	100.0% 63	100.0% 51	340

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	20.8% 54	30.6% 19	12.5% 2	22.3% 75
Somewhat important	6.6% 17	3.2% 2	6.3% 1	5.9% 20
Not very important	1.2% 3	4.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 6
Not at all important	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not applicable	70.7% 183	61.3% 38	81.3% 13	69.4% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
Very important	26.4% 43	27.3% 30	30.0% 3	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	22.2% 77
Somewhat important	9.2% 15	4.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.8% 20
Not very important	3.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 6
Not at all important	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	1.2% 4
Not applicable	58.9% 96	68.2% 75	70.0% 7	100.0% 56	75.0% 6	69.2% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 110	100.0% 10	100.0% 56	100.0% 8	347