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National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 4 (2013)

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > National Studies of Youth and Religion > Analysis

FAITH1_W4

FAITH1: F:1: How important or unimportant is religious faith in shaping how you live your daily life?

	1) Extremely important
	2) Very important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Very unimportant
	5) Not at all important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	416	19.4%	19.4%	-1.42
Very important	378	17.6%	37.0%	-0.70
Somewhat important	672	31.3%	68.4%	0.02
Very unimportant	202	9.4%	77.8%	0.74
Not at all important	476	22.2%	100.0%	1.46

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	20-23	24-27	28-33	TOTAL
Extremely important	22.2% 16	19.1% 326	20.1% 74	19.4% 416
Very important	11.1% 8	17.1% 291	21.5% 79	17.6% 378
Somewhat important	29.2% 21	32.0% 545	28.8% 106	31.3% 672
Very unimportant	8.3% 6	10.0% 170	7.1% 26	9.4% 202
Not at all important	29.2% 21	21.8% 372	22.6% 83	22.2% 476
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 1704	100.0% 368	2144

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other race	TOTAL
Extremely important	17.1% 268	37.1% 95	17.4% 33	16.8% 19	19.5% 415
Very important	15.3% 240	28.1% 72	23.2% 44	19.5% 22	17.8% 378
Somewhat important	31.6% 496	26.6% 68	34.7% 66	31.9% 36	31.3% 666
Very unimportant	11.3% 177	0.8% 2	6.3% 12	8.0% 9	9.4% 200
Not at all important	24.7% 388	7.4% 19	18.4% 35	23.9% 27	22.0% 469
TOTAL	100.0% 1569	100.0% 256	100.0% 190	100.0% 113	2128

Region (I-REGION)

	Midwest	Northeast	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	14.9% 74	10.1% 33	26.5% 226	17.7% 81	19.4% 414
Very important	16.9% 84	11.9% 39	20.9% 178	16.6% 76	17.7% 377
Somewhat important	34.9% 174	36.0% 118	29.8% 254	27.4% 125	31.4% 671
Very unimportant	11.2% 56	14.0% 46	7.0% 60	8.5% 39	9.4% 201
Not at all important	22.1% 110	28.0% 92	15.7% 134	29.8% 136	22.1% 472
TOTAL	100.0% 498	100.0% 328	100.0% 852	100.0% 457	2135

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	Black Protestant	Just Christian	Non-attender	TOTAL
Extremely important	40.5% 195	15.8% 29	53.8% 57	44.8% 47	38.4% 56	2.8% 31	19.4% 415
Very important	32.2% 155	29.5% 54	14.2% 15	27.6% 29	32.2% 47	6.9% 77	17.6% 377
Somewhat important	24.3% 117	46.4% 85	26.4% 28	26.7% 28	25.3% 37	33.6% 375	31.4% 670
Very unimportant	1.5% 7	4.9% 9	3.8% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	16.0% 179	9.4% 201
Not at all important	1.5% 7	3.3% 6	1.9% 2	1.0% 1	2.7% 4	40.7% 454	22.2% 474
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 183	100.0% 106	100.0% 105	100.0% 146	100.0% 1116	2137