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

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READREL

(readrel_w3) [IF RESPONDENT ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES, DK OR REF OR RESPONDENT CONSIDERS SELF RELIGIOUS OR RELIGIOUS FAITH IS VERY OR EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE RESPONDENT] Q:2. In the last year, have you [INSERT LIST H-N] [READ STEM FOR ‘H' AND THEN ONLY IF NECESSARY]? M. read a devotional, religious, or spiritual book other than the [SCRIPTURES B]

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1267	50%	50%	-.53
Yes	706	27.9%	77.9%	-.53
Don't know	1	0%	78%	1.34
Legitimate skip	558	22%	100%	1.88

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	53.3% 262	52.1% 261	49.4% 268	48.4% 250	46.9% 195	48.4% 31	50.0% 1267
Yes	24.2% 119	26.5% 133	30.3% 164	27.7% 143	31.0% 129	28.1% 18	27.9% 706
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	22.6% 111	21.2% 106	20.3% 110	24.0% 124	22.1% 92	23.4% 15	22.0% 558
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	50.5% 622	49.6% 645	50.0% 1267
Yes	23.9% 294	31.7% 412	27.9% 706
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	25.6% 316	18.6% 242	22.0% 558
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
No	54.8% 391	63.3% 164	67.2% 127	76.7% 340	8.8% 55	62.3% 190	50.0% 1267
Yes	44.4% 317	36.7% 95	32.3% 61	22.8% 101	2.7% 17	37.7% 115	27.9% 706
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	88.4% 550	0.0% 0	22.0% 558
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	33.8% 313	76.7% 381	65.9% 110	69.5% 132	54.8% 143	38.2% 187	50.0% 1266
Yes	6.6% 61	22.5% 112	32.3% 54	30.5% 58	45.2% 118	61.6% 302	27.9% 705
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	59.6% 551	0.6% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	22.1% 558
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530

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