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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

GRACE

(grace_w3) Q:12. Do you regularly pray to give thanks before mealtimes, or not?

	0) No
	1) Yes
	777) Don't know
	999) Legitimate skip

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1472	58.1%	58.1%	-.07
Yes	1049	41.4%	99.6%	-.06
Don't know	1	0%	99.6%	11.97
Legitimate skip	10	.4%	100%	15.42

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
No	57.7% 284	58.1% 291	57.0% 309	61.5% 318	57.0% 237	51.6% 33	58.1% 1472
Yes	42.3% 208	41.3% 207	42.4% 230	37.9% 196	42.5% 177	48.4% 31	41.4% 1049
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
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
No	61.4% 757	55.0% 715	58.1% 1472
Yes	38.1% 469	44.6% 580	41.4% 1049
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.5% 6	0.3% 4	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
No	36.7% 262	60.6% 157	21.2% 40	63.2% 280	89.2% 555	58.4% 178	58.1% 1472
Yes	62.6% 447	39.4% 102	78.3% 148	36.3% 161	10.5% 65	41.3% 126	41.4% 1049
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
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
No	87.5% 809	65.4% 325	41.9% 70	46.8% 89	35.6% 93	17.1% 84	58.1% 1470
Yes	12.2% 113	34.0% 169	56.3% 94	53.2% 101	64.4% 168	82.4% 404	41.5% 1049
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.3% 3	0.6% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530