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

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Q598_7 What is (his/her) religious preference now? (Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or none?) If respondent says that all children still have the same religious preference as the one in which they were raised, you may enter that response without re-asking the question for each child after the first. (G13)   1) Protestant   2) Catholic   5) No preference   20) If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference   22) If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in   97) Not applicable   98) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protestant	2	.6%	.6%	-7.46
Catholic	1	.3%	.9%	-7.38
No preference	2	.6%	1.4%	-7.14
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	1	.3%	1.7%	-5.96
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	1	.3%	2%	-5.8
Not applicable	337	97.7%	99.7%	.14
Don't know	1	.3%	100%	.22

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Protestant	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Catholic	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
No preference	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Not applicable	97.9% 183	92.6% 25	100.0% 45	83.3% 10	100.0% 74	97.7% 337
Don't know	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 27	100.0% 45	100.0% 12	100.0% 74	345

Age (I-AGE)

	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Protestant	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Catholic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
No preference	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.6% 2
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Not applicable	100.0% 89	99.3% 141	93.2% 68	95.1% 39	97.7% 337
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 142	100.0% 73	100.0% 41	345

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.6% 2
Catholic	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
No preference	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 1
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 1
Not applicable	97.8% 131	97.6% 206	97.7% 337
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 211	345

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
Protestant	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Catholic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
No preference	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 2	0.6% 2
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Not applicable	96.6% 115	100.0% 42	100.0% 48	100.0% 17	98.4% 62	94.1% 48	97.6% 332
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.3% 1
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
Protestant	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Catholic	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
No preference	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Not applicable	98.1% 254	95.2% 59	100.0% 16	97.6% 329
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
Protestant	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Catholic	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
No preference	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
If volunteered: same as respondent's present religious preference	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
If volunteered: same as religion child was raised in	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Not applicable	96.3% 154	99.1% 108	100.0% 10	98.1% 53	100.0% 6	97.6% 331
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 109	100.0% 10	100.0% 54	100.0% 6	339