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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

MARSTAT

(marstat_w3) C:1. And now, [IF REPORTED LIVING WITH A "WIFE" OR "HUSBAND", INSERT: "Just to confirm . . ."] what is your own marital status? Is it . . .

	1) Never married
	2) Married
	3) Married but separated
	4) Divorced
	5) Widowed
	777) Don't know
	999) Legitimate skip

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never married	2357	93.1%	93.1%	-.04
Married	146	5.8%	98.9%	-.01
Married but separated	16	.6%	99.5%	.02
Divorced	6	.2%	99.7%	.05
Widowed	3	.1%	99.8%	.08
Don't know	3	.1%	100%	23.3
Legitimate skip	1	0%	100%	29.97

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
Never married	98.8% 486	97.0% 486	94.6% 513	91.7% 474	84.6% 352	71.9% 46	93.1% 2357
Married	1.0% 5	3.0% 15	4.1% 22	6.6% 34	13.0% 54	25.0% 16	5.8% 146
Married but separated	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	1.0% 5	1.4% 6	1.6% 1	0.6% 16
Divorced	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Widowed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
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
Never married	94.9% 1169	91.4% 1188	93.1% 2357
Married	4.1% 51	7.3% 95	5.8% 146
Married but separated	0.5% 6	0.8% 10	0.6% 16
Divorced	0.1% 1	0.4% 5	0.2% 6
Widowed	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
Legitimate skip	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Never married	90.6% 647	95.0% 246	94.7% 179	93.7% 415	94.9% 590	91.8% 280	93.1% 2357
Married	8.1% 58	4.2% 11	2.6% 5	5.4% 24	4.0% 25	7.5% 23	5.8% 146
Married but separated	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.5% 3	0.7% 2	0.6% 16
Divorced	0.1% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Widowed	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Legitimate skip	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
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
Never married	93.9% 869	94.2% 468	91.6% 153	93.2% 177	93.5% 244	90.8% 445	93.1% 2356
Married	4.6% 43	4.6% 23	7.8% 13	4.7% 9	5.4% 14	8.8% 43	5.7% 145
Married but separated	0.6% 6	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.6% 16
Divorced	0.3% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Widowed	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530