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

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HEAVEN(Percentages are unweighted)

(heaven_w2) I:9. Do you believe in heaven as a place where some people go after death, or not? [INTERVIEWER: IF R SAYS "MAYBE", PROBE ONCE. IF HE/SHE STILL SAYS "MAYBE", CODE YES.]

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	2179	83.7%	83.7%	-0.14
No	371	14.2%	97.9%	-0.15
Don't know	36	1.4%	99.3%	7.16
Invalid skip	17	.7%	100.0%	6.12
Refused	1	.0%	100.0%	8.21

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	87.4% 1149	79.8% 1030	83.7% 2179
No	10.9% 143	17.7% 228	14.2% 371
Don't know	1.3% 17	1.5% 19	1.4% 36
Invalid skip	0.4% 5	0.9% 12	0.7% 17
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1314	100.0% 1290	2604

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 16	Age 17	Age 18	Age 19	Age 20	TOTAL
Yes	82.9% 571	86.3% 466	83.5% 450	82.6% 437	83.1% 255	83.7% 2179
No	15.8% 109	12.4% 67	13.5% 73	15.5% 82	13.0% 40	14.2% 371
Don't know	0.7% 5	0.7% 4	2.4% 13	0.9% 5	2.9% 9	1.4% 36
Invalid skip	0.6% 4	0.4% 2	0.6% 3	0.9% 5	1.0% 3	0.7% 17
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	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
Yes	64.8% 473	87.1% 406	89.4% 118	89.1% 172	92.7% 317	94.7% 693	84.0% 2179
No	31.9% 233	11.2% 52	9.1% 12	9.8% 19	5.8% 20	4.8% 35	14.3% 371
Don't know	2.9% 21	1.5% 7	1.5% 2	1.0% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 3	1.4% 36
Invalid skip	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.1% 1	0.3% 8
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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
Yes	95.3% 643	90.9% 189	92.3% 466	53.5% 236	81.9% 488	91.8% 157	83.9% 2179
No	4.0% 27	7.7% 16	6.5% 33	42.9% 189	15.8% 94	7.0% 12	14.3% 371
Don't know	0.3% 2	1.0% 2	0.6% 3	2.9% 13	2.3% 14	1.2% 2	1.4% 36
Invalid skip	0.4% 3	0.5% 1	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 9
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	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