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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

I-RELIGION

(tradrel_w3) Identical to relatt_w3 but uses identification info on non-attenders to classify if possible (Recoded for use with online analysis)

	1) Evangelical Protestant
	2) Mainline Protestant
	3) Black Protestant
	5) Catholic
	8) Not religious
	9) Other religion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Evangelical Protestant	714	28.2%	28.2%	-1.16
Mainline Protestant	259	10.2%	38.4%	-.84
Black Protestant	189	7.5%	45.9%	-.52
Catholic	443	17.5%	63.4%	.12
Not religious	622	24.6%	88%	1.08
Other religion	305	12%	100%	1.4

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
Evangelical Protestant	27.8% 137	29.9% 150	28.4% 154	26.7% 138	28.1% 117	28.1% 18	28.2% 714
Mainline Protestant	10.0% 49	9.4% 47	10.5% 57	10.1% 52	11.3% 47	10.9% 7	10.2% 259
Black Protestant	8.5% 42	7.6% 38	7.0% 38	6.0% 31	7.7% 32	12.5% 8	7.5% 189
Catholic	18.9% 93	16.4% 82	18.8% 102	16.8% 87	16.8% 70	14.1% 9	17.5% 443
Not religious	25.0% 123	24.0% 120	22.5% 122	25.7% 133	25.7% 107	26.6% 17	24.6% 622
Other religion	9.8% 48	12.8% 64	12.7% 69	14.7% 76	10.3% 43	7.8% 5	12.0% 305
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
Evangelical Protestant	25.2% 311	31.0% 403	28.2% 714
Mainline Protestant	9.9% 122	10.5% 137	10.2% 259
Black Protestant	7.5% 92	7.5% 97	7.5% 189
Catholic	17.3% 213	17.7% 230	17.5% 443
Not religious	28.5% 351	20.8% 271	24.6% 622
Other religion	11.6% 143	12.5% 162	12.0% 305
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Evangelical Protestant	100.0% 714	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.2% 714
Mainline Protestant	0.0% 0	100.0% 259	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.2% 259
Black Protestant	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 189	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.5% 189
Catholic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 443	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.5% 443
Not religious	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 622	0.0% 0	24.6% 622
Other religion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 305	12.0% 305
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
Evangelical Protestant	7.2% 67	30.0% 149	38.9% 65	37.4% 71	45.6% 119	49.4% 242	28.2% 713
Mainline Protestant	5.4% 50	15.7% 78	15.6% 26	13.7% 26	14.2% 37	8.6% 42	10.2% 259
Black Protestant	2.6% 24	10.3% 51	13.2% 22	11.1% 21	10.0% 26	9.2% 45	7.5% 189
Catholic	9.9% 92	26.0% 129	23.4% 39	27.4% 52	19.9% 52	16.1% 79	17.5% 443
Not religious	64.9% 600	3.6% 18	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	24.6% 622
Other religion	9.9% 92	14.5% 72	9.0% 15	10.0% 19	9.6% 25	16.5% 81	12.0% 304
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530