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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

MEANLESS

(meanless_w3) P:5. How often, if ever, does life feel meaningless to you?

	1) Very often
	2) Fairly often
	3) Sometimes
	4) Rarely
	5) Never
	777) Don't know
	888) Refused
	999) Legitimate skip

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	71	2.8%	2.8%	-.12
Fairly often	84	3.3%	6.1%	-.11
Sometimes	347	13.7%	19.8%	-.09
Rarely	527	20.8%	40.6%	-.08
Never	1488	58.8%	99.4%	-.07
Don't know	2	.1%	99.5%	10.64
Refused	4	.2%	99.6%	12.18
Legitimate skip	9	.4%	100%	13.72

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
Very often	3.3% 16	1.2% 6	2.8% 15	3.5% 18	3.4% 14	3.1% 2	2.8% 71
Fairly often	2.0% 10	3.6% 18	2.8% 15	3.9% 20	4.3% 18	4.7% 3	3.3% 84
Sometimes	14.0% 69	16.2% 81	15.9% 86	11.2% 58	10.8% 45	12.5% 8	13.7% 347
Rarely	18.3% 90	21.4% 107	20.8% 113	23.4% 121	19.7% 82	21.9% 14	20.8% 527
Never	62.4% 307	56.7% 284	57.2% 310	57.3% 296	61.1% 254	57.8% 37	58.8% 1488
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.4% 2	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 9
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
Very often	2.7% 33	2.9% 38	2.8% 71
Fairly often	3.5% 43	3.2% 41	3.3% 84
Sometimes	13.6% 168	13.8% 179	13.7% 347
Rarely	19.6% 242	21.9% 285	20.8% 527
Never	59.9% 738	57.7% 750	58.8% 1488
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Refused	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.4% 5	0.3% 4	0.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Very often	2.2% 16	1.9% 5	3.2% 6	2.3% 10	4.2% 26	2.6% 8	2.8% 71
Fairly often	2.8% 20	1.9% 5	2.6% 5	3.4% 15	5.3% 33	2.0% 6	3.3% 84
Sometimes	12.3% 88	10.0% 26	13.2% 25	12.0% 53	17.7% 110	14.8% 45	13.7% 347
Rarely	18.8% 134	25.1% 65	14.3% 27	25.1% 111	21.2% 132	19.0% 58	20.8% 527
Never	62.7% 448	60.2% 156	65.6% 124	56.9% 252	51.4% 320	61.6% 188	58.8% 1488
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refused	0.1% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 9
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
Very often	4.2% 39	2.4% 12	1.2% 2	1.1% 2	2.3% 6	2.0% 10	2.8% 71
Fairly often	4.4% 41	3.2% 16	3.0% 5	2.6% 5	2.7% 7	2.0% 10	3.3% 84
Sometimes	16.8% 155	14.1% 70	12.0% 20	13.7% 26	9.2% 24	10.6% 52	13.7% 347
Rarely	21.2% 196	20.5% 102	20.4% 34	18.4% 35	22.6% 59	20.4% 100	20.8% 526
Never	52.9% 489	59.0% 293	61.1% 102	64.2% 122	63.2% 165	64.5% 316	58.8% 1487
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refused	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.2% 2	0.6% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530