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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

MM2_3_W4

MM2_3: How much do you agree with the following statements? Moral standards should be seen as individualistic: what one person considers to be moral may be judged as immoral by another person.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Somewhat agree
	4) Neither agree nor disagree
	5) Somewhat agree
	6) Disagree
	7) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	290	13.7%	13.7%	-1.35
Agree	522	24.7%	38.4%	-0.76
Somewhat agree	480	22.7%	61.0%	-0.18
Neither agree nor disagree	332	15.7%	76.7%	0.41
Somewhat agree	195	9.2%	85.9%	1.00
Disagree	175	8.3%	94.2%	1.58
Strongly disagree	123	5.8%	100.0%	2.17

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	20-23	24-27	28-33	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.7% 12	13.4% 226	14.3% 52	13.7% 290
Agree	26.4% 19	25.7% 432	19.5% 71	24.7% 522
Somewhat agree	18.1% 13	22.6% 380	23.9% 87	22.7% 480
Neither agree nor disagree	18.1% 13	15.2% 255	17.6% 64	15.7% 332
Somewhat agree	4.2% 3	8.7% 146	12.6% 46	9.2% 195
Disagree	6.9% 5	8.6% 144	7.1% 26	8.3% 175
Strongly disagree	9.7% 7	5.8% 98	4.9% 18	5.8% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 1681	100.0% 364	2117

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other race	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.9% 200	18.9% 47	13.0% 24	15.9% 18	13.8% 289
Agree	23.0% 357	31.3% 78	27.2% 50	27.4% 31	24.6% 516
Somewhat agree	24.1% 374	16.1% 40	23.9% 44	17.7% 20	22.8% 478
Neither agree nor disagree	14.3% 223	18.9% 47	20.1% 37	19.5% 22	15.7% 329
Somewhat agree	10.2% 158	4.8% 12	8.7% 16	7.1% 8	9.2% 194
Disagree	9.0% 140	5.6% 14	4.3% 8	9.7% 11	8.2% 173
Strongly disagree	6.6% 103	4.4% 11	2.7% 5	2.7% 3	5.8% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 1555	100.0% 249	100.0% 184	100.0% 113	2101

Region (I-REGION)

	Midwest	Northeast	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.9% 63	13.5% 44	15.5% 130	11.8% 53	13.8% 290
Agree	23.5% 115	21.7% 71	27.2% 229	23.6% 106	24.7% 521
Somewhat agree	24.5% 120	28.7% 94	17.1% 144	26.4% 119	22.6% 477
Neither agree nor disagree	13.7% 67	18.3% 60	15.6% 131	16.2% 73	15.7% 331
Somewhat agree	11.4% 56	8.0% 26	8.6% 72	8.7% 39	9.2% 193
Disagree	8.4% 41	7.3% 24	9.0% 76	7.1% 32	8.2% 173
Strongly disagree	5.7% 28	2.4% 8	7.0% 59	6.2% 28	5.8% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 490	100.0% 327	100.0% 841	100.0% 450	2108

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	Black Protestant	Just Christian	Non-attender	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.8% 37	10.4% 19	7.8% 8	24.5% 25	9.8% 14	17.0% 187	13.7% 290
Agree	19.5% 93	25.8% 47	16.5% 17	26.5% 27	30.8% 44	26.6% 293	24.7% 521
Somewhat agree	19.5% 93	24.7% 45	16.5% 17	17.6% 18	15.4% 22	25.7% 283	22.7% 478
Neither agree nor disagree	14.5% 69	15.9% 29	17.5% 18	14.7% 15	18.9% 27	15.6% 172	15.6% 330
Somewhat agree	13.2% 63	9.3% 17	10.7% 11	4.9% 5	4.9% 7	8.2% 90	9.1% 193
Disagree	12.4% 59	8.2% 15	12.6% 13	5.9% 6	15.4% 22	5.4% 60	8.3% 175
Strongly disagree	13.2% 63	5.5% 10	18.4% 19	5.9% 6	4.9% 7	1.6% 18	5.8% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 182	100.0% 103	100.0% 102	100.0% 143	100.0% 1103	2110