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

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JDH9_W4

JDH9: Which of the following statement BEST describes your understanding of evil?
  1) Evil is what limits self-expression and personal growth
  2) Evil is whatever limits human progress and the advance of knowledge
  3) Evil is whatever keeps people from making their own decisions and living their own lives
  4) Evil is whatever hurts someone or causes them to suffer
  5) Evil is whatever goes against God's will and purpose

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Evil is what limits self-expression and personal growth 98 4.6% 4.6% -2.80
Evil is whatever limits human progress and the advance of knowledge 159 7.5% 12.2% -1.84
Evil is whatever keeps people from making their own decisions and living their own lives 176 8.3% 20.5% -0.89
Evil is whatever hurts someone or causes them to suffer 1047 49.6% 70.0% 0.07
Evil is whatever goes against God's will and purpose 633 30.0% 100.0% 1.02

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

20-23 24-27 28-33 TOTAL
Evil is what limits self-expression and personal growth 6.9%
5
4.4%
73
5.5%
20
4.6%
98
Evil is whatever limits human progress and the advance of knowledge 6.9%
5
8.0%
134
5.5%
20
7.5%
159
Evil is whatever keeps people from making their own decisions and living their own lives 6.9%
5
8.3%
139
8.8%
32
8.3%
176
Evil is whatever hurts someone or causes them to suffer 50.0%
36
49.6%
832
49.3%
179
49.6%
1047
Evil is whatever goes against God's will and purpose 29.2%
21
29.8%
500
30.9%
112
30.0%
633
TOTAL 100.0%
72
100.0%
1678
100.0%
363

2113


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Hispanic Other race TOTAL
Evil is what limits self-expression and personal growth 4.7%
72
6.0%
15
2.7%
5
5.3%
6
4.7%
98
Evil is whatever limits human progress and the advance of knowledge 7.2%
112
6.0%
15
11.9%
22
8.0%
9
7.5%
158
Evil is whatever keeps people from making their own decisions and living their own lives 9.4%
146
3.2%
8
7.6%
14
6.2%
7
8.3%
175
Evil is whatever hurts someone or causes them to suffer 50.6%
783
35.5%
89
51.9%
96
58.4%
66
49.3%
1034
Evil is whatever goes against God's will and purpose 28.1%
435
49.4%
124
25.9%
48
22.1%
25
30.1%
632
TOTAL 100.0%
1548
100.0%
251
100.0%
185
100.0%
113

2097


Region (I-REGION)

Midwest Northeast South West TOTAL
Evil is what limits self-expression and personal growth 3.1%
15
5.2%
17
4.2%
35
6.7%
30
4.6%
97
Evil is whatever limits human progress and the advance of knowledge 4.9%
24
9.8%
32
6.5%
55
10.5%
47
7.5%
158
Evil is whatever keeps people from making their own decisions and living their own lives 11.2%
55
8.3%
27
7.0%
59
7.6%
34
8.3%
175
Evil is whatever hurts someone or causes them to suffer 51.6%
253
57.7%
188
44.0%
370
52.0%
233
49.6%
1044
Evil is whatever goes against God's will and purpose 29.2%
143
19.0%
62
38.2%
321
23.2%
104
29.9%
630
TOTAL 100.0%
490
100.0%
326
100.0%
840
100.0%
448

2104


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Other Black Protestant Just Christian Non-attender TOTAL
Evil is what limits self-expression and personal growth 3.4%
16
2.2%
4
4.9%
5
1.9%
2
4.9%
7
5.8%
64
4.7%
98
Evil is whatever limits human progress and the advance of knowledge 2.1%
10
4.9%
9
6.8%
7
4.9%
5
4.9%
7
11.0%
121
7.5%
159
Evil is whatever keeps people from making their own decisions and living their own lives 5.0%
24
7.7%
14
4.9%
5
1.9%
2
3.5%
5
11.4%
125
8.3%
175
Evil is whatever hurts someone or causes them to suffer 29.4%
140
54.9%
100
39.8%
41
35.0%
36
30.6%
44
61.9%
680
49.4%
1041
Evil is whatever goes against God's will and purpose 60.1%
286
30.2%
55
43.7%
45
56.3%
58
56.3%
81
9.8%
108
30.1%
633
TOTAL 100.0%
476
100.0%
182
100.0%
103
100.0%
103
100.0%
144
100.0%
1098

2106

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