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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

MARRELIG3_W4

MARRELIG3: R:30b1: [If divorced and not atheist, agnostic, or not religious or widowed and not atheist, agnostic, or not religious:] How important is it to you to marry someone who is not religious?

	-99) Valid skip
	1) Extremely important
	2) Very important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Not very important
	5) Not important at all
	6) I do not want or plan to get married

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Valid skip	1755	82.3%	82.3%	-0.46
Extremely important	12	.6%	82.9%	2.08
Very important	35	1.6%	84.5%	2.11
Somewhat important	74	3.5%	88.0%	2.13
Not very important	89	4.2%	92.2%	2.16
Not important at all	147	6.9%	99.1%	2.18
I do not want or plan to get married	20	.9%	100.0%	2.21

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	20-23	24-27	28-33	TOTAL
Valid skip	76.4% 55	82.2% 1392	84.2% 308	82.3% 1755
Extremely important	0.0% 0	0.6% 11	0.3% 1	0.6% 12
Very important	1.4% 1	1.8% 30	1.1% 4	1.6% 35
Somewhat important	2.8% 2	3.4% 57	4.1% 15	3.5% 74
Not very important	2.8% 2	4.4% 75	3.3% 12	4.2% 89
Not important at all	15.3% 11	6.6% 112	6.6% 24	6.9% 147
I do not want or plan to get married	1.4% 1	1.0% 17	0.5% 2	0.9% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 1694	100.0% 366	2132

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other race	TOTAL
Valid skip	80.9% 1264	90.9% 229	85.2% 161	77.9% 88	82.3% 1742
Extremely important	0.6% 9	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.9% 1	0.6% 12
Very important	2.0% 31	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 3	1.6% 34
Somewhat important	4.0% 63	2.0% 5	1.6% 3	1.8% 2	3.4% 73
Not very important	4.4% 69	3.2% 8	3.7% 7	4.4% 5	4.2% 89
Not important at all	7.2% 113	2.8% 7	6.9% 13	12.4% 14	6.9% 147
I do not want or plan to get married	0.8% 13	0.8% 2	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.9% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 1562	100.0% 252	100.0% 189	100.0% 113	2116

Region (I-REGION)

	Midwest	Northeast	South	West	TOTAL
Valid skip	84.1% 418	78.5% 256	86.5% 732	75.8% 344	82.4% 1750
Extremely important	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	0.5% 4	0.9% 4	0.6% 12
Very important	1.2% 6	1.8% 6	1.3% 11	2.6% 12	1.6% 35
Somewhat important	3.6% 18	2.8% 9	3.8% 32	2.9% 13	3.4% 72
Not very important	3.6% 18	6.4% 21	2.6% 22	5.9% 27	4.1% 88
Not important at all	6.4% 32	8.0% 26	4.7% 40	10.6% 48	6.9% 146
I do not want or plan to get married	0.6% 3	1.8% 6	0.6% 5	1.3% 6	0.9% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 497	100.0% 326	100.0% 846	100.0% 454	2123

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	Black Protestant	Just Christian	Non-attender	TOTAL
Valid skip	99.4% 478	99.5% 181	99.1% 105	97.1% 100	97.2% 141	67.1% 743	82.3% 1748
Extremely important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 12	0.6% 12
Very important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 35	1.6% 35
Somewhat important	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	6.4% 71	3.5% 74
Not very important	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0.9% 1	1.0% 1	2.8% 4	7.3% 81	4.2% 89
Not important at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	13.2% 146	6.9% 147
I do not want or plan to get married	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 20	0.9% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 182	100.0% 106	100.0% 103	100.0% 145	100.0% 1108	2125