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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_4_W4

MM2_4: How much do you agree with the following statements? Questions of what is ethical for everyone can never be resolved because what is moral or immoral is up to the individual to decide.

	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	289	13.6%	13.6%	-1.36
Agree	507	23.9%	37.6%	-0.79
Somewhat agree	443	20.9%	58.5%	-0.22
Neither agree nor disagree	318	15.0%	73.5%	0.35
Somewhat agree	216	10.2%	83.7%	0.91
Disagree	212	10.0%	93.7%	1.48
Strongly disagree	133	6.3%	100.0%	2.05

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	20-23	24-27	28-33	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.8% 15	13.8% 233	11.3% 41	13.6% 289
Agree	19.4% 14	24.7% 416	21.2% 77	23.9% 507
Somewhat agree	19.4% 14	21.1% 355	20.4% 74	20.9% 443
Neither agree nor disagree	16.7% 12	14.5% 244	17.1% 62	15.0% 318
Somewhat agree	5.6% 4	10.0% 168	12.1% 44	10.2% 216
Disagree	6.9% 5	9.7% 163	12.1% 44	10.0% 212
Strongly disagree	11.1% 8	6.2% 104	5.8% 21	6.3% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 1683	100.0% 363	2118

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other race	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.2% 190	20.3% 51	15.1% 28	15.9% 18	13.7% 287
Agree	22.6% 350	27.1% 68	30.6% 57	24.8% 28	23.9% 503
Somewhat agree	21.9% 340	18.3% 46	19.4% 36	15.9% 18	20.9% 440
Neither agree nor disagree	14.1% 219	15.5% 39	20.4% 38	16.8% 19	15.0% 315
Somewhat agree	11.3% 175	5.6% 14	6.5% 12	12.4% 14	10.2% 215
Disagree	11.0% 170	7.6% 19	4.3% 8	10.6% 12	9.9% 209
Strongly disagree	7.0% 108	5.6% 14	3.8% 7	3.5% 4	6.3% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 1552	100.0% 251	100.0% 186	100.0% 113	2102

Region (I-REGION)

	Midwest	Northeast	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.4% 56	14.1% 46	14.0% 118	15.1% 68	13.7% 288
Agree	22.0% 108	23.2% 76	25.4% 214	23.7% 107	23.9% 505
Somewhat agree	22.0% 108	22.0% 72	20.7% 174	19.7% 89	21.0% 443
Neither agree nor disagree	17.1% 84	16.5% 54	13.9% 117	13.5% 61	15.0% 316
Somewhat agree	11.0% 54	11.6% 38	8.3% 70	11.5% 52	10.1% 214
Disagree	10.4% 51	9.2% 30	10.2% 86	9.8% 44	10.0% 211
Strongly disagree	5.9% 29	3.4% 11	7.4% 62	6.7% 30	6.3% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 490	100.0% 327	100.0% 841	100.0% 451	2109

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	Black Protestant	Just Christian	Non-attender	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.4% 40	10.9% 20	5.8% 6	23.5% 24	9.0% 13	16.9% 186	13.7% 289
Agree	18.9% 90	27.3% 50	17.3% 18	24.5% 25	26.9% 39	25.5% 281	23.8% 503
Somewhat agree	18.9% 90	23.0% 42	15.4% 16	20.6% 21	20.0% 29	22.2% 244	20.9% 442
Neither agree nor disagree	15.3% 73	14.8% 27	13.5% 14	10.8% 11	20.7% 30	14.7% 162	15.0% 317
Somewhat agree	9.0% 43	12.0% 22	12.5% 13	6.9% 7	4.8% 7	11.2% 123	10.2% 215
Disagree	16.6% 79	7.1% 13	15.4% 16	7.8% 8	11.7% 17	7.2% 79	10.0% 212
Strongly disagree	12.8% 61	4.9% 9	20.2% 21	5.9% 6	6.9% 10	2.4% 26	6.3% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 183	100.0% 104	100.0% 102	100.0% 145	100.0% 1101	2111