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National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)

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

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(tworel1_w3) [IF CONSIDERS SELF RELIGIOUS] I:22. Do you think it is okay for someone of your religion to also practice other religions, or should people only practice one religion?

	1) Okay to practice other religions
	2) Should only practice one religion
	777) Don't know
	888) Refused
	999) Legitimate skip

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Okay to practice other religions	864	34.1%	34.1%	-.67
Should only practice one religion	877	34.6%	68.8%	-.67
Don't know	31	1.2%	70%	1.02
Refused	11	.4%	70.4%	1.26
Legitimate skip	749	29.6%	100%	1.5

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	17 or 18 years old	19 years old	20 years old	21 years old	22 years old	23 or 24 years old	TOTAL
Okay to practice other religions	35.4% 174	34.1% 171	33.4% 181	35.6% 184	30.8% 128	40.6% 26	34.1% 864
Should only practice one religion	32.5% 160	34.1% 171	38.0% 206	33.8% 175	35.1% 146	29.7% 19	34.6% 877
Don't know	1.4% 7	1.6% 8	0.9% 5	1.0% 5	1.4% 6	0.0% 0	1.2% 31
Refused	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
Legitimate skip	30.7% 151	29.5% 148	27.1% 147	29.0% 150	32.2% 134	29.7% 19	29.6% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 492	100.0% 501	100.0% 542	100.0% 517	100.0% 416	100.0% 64	2532

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Okay to practice other religions	30.4% 375	37.6% 489	34.1% 864
Should only practice one religion	34.3% 423	34.9% 454	34.6% 877
Don't know	1.0% 12	1.5% 19	1.2% 31
Refused	0.2% 3	0.6% 8	0.4% 11
Legitimate skip	34.0% 419	25.4% 330	29.6% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Okay to practice other religions	32.4% 231	54.4% 141	36.0% 68	58.7% 260	0.2% 1	53.4% 163	34.1% 864
Should only practice one religion	58.3% 416	37.1% 96	46.6% 88	34.3% 152	0.0% 0	41.0% 125	34.6% 877
Don't know	2.1% 15	0.8% 2	2.6% 5	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	1.2% 31
Refused	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.4% 11
Legitimate skip	7.0% 50	7.7% 20	12.7% 24	5.4% 24	99.8% 621	3.3% 10	29.6% 749
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 259	100.0% 189	100.0% 443	100.0% 622	100.0% 305	2532

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
Okay to practice other religions	23.6% 218	49.1% 244	49.7% 83	49.5% 94	42.1% 110	23.5% 115	34.2% 864
Should only practice one religion	10.8% 100	33.8% 168	39.5% 66	36.8% 70	52.1% 136	68.6% 336	34.6% 876
Don't know	0.3% 3	1.2% 6	1.2% 2	1.1% 2	1.5% 4	2.9% 14	1.2% 31
Refused	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.8% 2	1.0% 5	0.4% 11
Legitimate skip	65.1% 602	15.7% 78	9.6% 16	12.1% 23	3.4% 9	4.1% 20	29.6% 748
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530