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National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 2 (2005)

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > National Studies of Youth and Religion > Analysis

SPIRITUA

(spiritual_w2) I:11. Some people say that they are "spiritual but not religious." How true or not would you say that is of you?

	1) Very true
	2) Somewhat true
	3) Not true at all
	666) Invalid skip
	777) Don't know
	888) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very true	300	11.5%	11.5%	-.14
Somewhat true	1236	47.5%	59%	-.13
Not true at all	1024	39.3%	98.3%	-.12
Invalid skip	18	.7%	99%	6.77
Don't know	21	.8%	99.8%	7.93
Refused	5	.2%	100%	9.08

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very true	11.3% 146	11.7% 154	11.5% 300
Somewhat true	46.3% 597	48.6% 639	47.5% 1236
Not true at all	40.5% 522	38.2% 502	39.3% 1024
Invalid skip	0.9% 12	0.5% 6	0.7% 18
Don't know	0.7% 9	0.9% 12	0.8% 21
Refused	0.3% 4	0.1% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1290	100.0% 1314	2604

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 16	Age 17	Age 18	Age 19	Age 20	TOTAL
Very true	9.3% 64	11.1% 60	12.4% 67	12.1% 64	14.7% 45	11.5% 300
Somewhat true	48.5% 334	46.5% 251	46.9% 253	47.1% 249	48.5% 149	47.5% 1236
Not true at all	40.6% 280	40.6% 219	39.3% 212	38.6% 204	35.5% 109	39.3% 1024
Invalid skip	0.7% 5	0.4% 2	0.6% 3	0.9% 5	1.0% 3	0.7% 18
Don't know	0.9% 6	1.3% 7	0.6% 3	0.8% 4	0.3% 1	0.8% 21
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 540	100.0% 539	100.0% 529	100.0% 307	2604

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Few times a year	Many times a year	Once a month	2-3 times a month	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Very true	15.6% 114	12.7% 59	9.1% 12	7.8% 15	9.4% 32	9.3% 68	11.6% 300
Somewhat true	52.2% 381	57.9% 270	59.1% 78	54.4% 105	48.2% 165	32.4% 237	47.6% 1236
Not true at all	31.1% 227	28.1% 131	29.5% 39	37.3% 72	40.4% 138	57.0% 417	39.5% 1024
Invalid skip	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.1% 1	0.3% 9
Don't know	0.7% 5	0.9% 4	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.8% 6	0.8% 21
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 730	100.0% 466	100.0% 132	100.0% 193	100.0% 342	100.0% 732	2595

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	No affiliation	Other	Black Protestant	TOTAL
Very true	10.8% 73	8.2% 17	10.1% 51	17.7% 78	10.9% 65	9.4% 16	11.6% 300
Somewhat true	41.5% 280	47.6% 99	53.7% 271	47.2% 208	48.8% 291	50.9% 87	47.6% 1236
Not true at all	45.6% 308	43.3% 90	34.7% 175	34.5% 152	39.3% 234	38.0% 65	39.4% 1024
Invalid skip	0.4% 3	0.5% 1	0.8% 4	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
Don't know	1.2% 8	0.5% 1	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	1.0% 6	1.8% 3	0.8% 21
Refused	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 675	100.0% 208	100.0% 505	100.0% 441	100.0% 596	100.0% 171	2596