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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

GRACE

(grace_w2) Q:12. Do you regularly pray to give thanks before or after mealtimes, or not?

	0) No
	1) Yes
	666) Invalid skip
	777) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1337	51.3%	51.3%	-.1
Yes	1243	47.7%	99.1%	-.09
Invalid skip	23	.9%	100%	10.29
Don't know	1	0%	100%	12.02

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No	53.5% 690	49.2% 647	51.3% 1337
Yes	45.2% 583	50.2% 660	47.7% 1243
Invalid skip	1.3% 17	0.5% 6	0.9% 23
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1290	100.0% 1314	2604

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 16	Age 17	Age 18	Age 19	Age 20	TOTAL
No	51.8% 357	47.0% 254	48.8% 263	56.3% 298	53.7% 165	51.3% 1337
Yes	47.5% 327	52.4% 283	50.1% 270	42.3% 224	45.3% 139	47.7% 1243
Invalid skip	0.7% 5	0.6% 3	0.9% 5	1.3% 7	1.0% 3	0.9% 23
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
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
No	82.3% 601	64.2% 299	48.5% 64	55.4% 107	37.4% 128	18.9% 138	51.5% 1337
Yes	17.3% 126	35.4% 165	51.5% 68	44.6% 86	61.1% 209	80.5% 589	47.9% 1243
Invalid skip	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 5	0.5% 4	0.5% 14
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
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
No	29.8% 201	46.2% 96	61.0% 308	88.0% 388	51.8% 309	20.5% 35	51.5% 1337
Yes	69.6% 470	53.4% 111	37.8% 191	11.6% 51	47.7% 284	79.5% 136	47.9% 1243
Invalid skip	0.6% 4	0.5% 1	1.2% 6	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 15
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 675	100.0% 208	100.0% 505	100.0% 441	100.0% 596	100.0% 171	2596