National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008) - Analysis
EVAL63
(eval6_w3) Q:31. Most mainstream religion is irrelevant to the needs and concerns of most people my age.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Strongly agree | 122 | 4.8% | 4.8% | -0.11 |
2) Agree | 942 | 37.2% | 42.0% | -0.10 |
3) Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read) | 40 | 1.6% | 43.6% | -0.09 |
4) Disagree | 1227 | 48.5% | 92.1% | -0.08 |
5) Strongly disagree | 182 | 7.2% | 99.2% | -0.06 |
888) Refused | 8 | 0.3% | 99.6% | 10.69 |
999) Legitimate skip | 11 | 0.4% | 100.0% | 12.05 |
Missing | 838 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2532 |
Age (I-AGE)
17 or 18 years old | 19 years old | 20 years old | 21 years old | 22 years old | 23 or 24 years old | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 5.5%27 | 5.6%28 | 4.4%24 | 3.7%19 | 5.0%21 | 4.7%3 | 0 | 4.8%122 |
Agree | 36.0%177 | 41.3%207 | 36.9%200 | 37.3%193 | 33.9%141 | 37.5%24 | 0 | 37.2%942 |
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read) | 3.0%15 | 1.0%5 | 1.1%6 | 1.4%7 | 1.4%6 | 1.6%1 | 0 | 1.6%40 |
Disagree | 48.8%240 | 45.5%228 | 48.7%264 | 49.5%256 | 49.5%206 | 51.6%33 | 0 | 48.5%1227 |
Strongly disagree | 6.5%32 | 5.8%29 | 7.9%43 | 7.7%40 | 8.4%35 | 4.7%3 | 0 | 7.2%182 |
Refused | 0.2%1 | 0.2%1 | 0.4%2 | 0.0%0 | 1.0%4 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.3%8 |
Legitimate skip | 0.0%0 | 0.6%3 | 0.6%3 | 0.4%2 | 0.7%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.4%11 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 838 | 838 |
Total | 100%492 | 100%501 | 100%542 | 100%517 | 100%416 | 100%64 | 2532 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 5.8%71 | 3.9%51 | 0 | 4.8%122 |
Agree | 39.0%480 | 35.5%462 | 0 | 37.2%942 |
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read) | 1.2%15 | 1.9%25 | 0 | 1.6%40 |
Disagree | 46.3%570 | 50.5%657 | 0 | 48.5%1227 |
Strongly disagree | 7.0%86 | 7.4%96 | 0 | 7.2%182 |
Refused | 0.3%4 | 0.3%4 | 0 | 0.3%8 |
Legitimate skip | 0.5%6 | 0.4%5 | 0 | 0.4%11 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 838 | 838 |
Total | 100%1232 | 100%1300 | 2532 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Evangelical Protestant | Mainline Protestant | Black Protestant | Catholic | Not religious | Other religion | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 3.5%25 | 3.1%8 | 5.3%10 | 3.4%15 | 8.2%51 | 4.3%13 | 0 | 4.8%122 |
Agree | 32.9%235 | 29.7%77 | 38.1%72 | 38.6%171 | 45.0%280 | 35.1%107 | 0 | 37.2%942 |
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read) | 1.3%9 | 0.8%2 | 0.5%1 | 2.5%11 | 2.1%13 | 1.3%4 | 0 | 1.6%40 |
Disagree | 51.3%366 | 55.2%143 | 48.1%91 | 50.1%222 | 40.4%251 | 50.5%154 | 0 | 48.5%1227 |
Strongly disagree | 10.2%73 | 10.4%27 | 6.9%13 | 4.7%21 | 3.5%22 | 8.5%26 | 0 | 7.2%182 |
Refused | 0.1%1 | 0.8%2 | 0.5%1 | 0.2%1 | 0.3%2 | 0.3%1 | 0 | 0.3%8 |
Legitimate skip | 0.7%5 | 0.0%0 | 0.5%1 | 0.5%2 | 0.5%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.4%11 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 838 | 838 |
Total | 100%714 | 100%259 | 100%189 | 100%443 | 100%622 | 100%305 | 2532 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Few times a year | Many times a year | Once a month | 2-3 times a month | Once a week or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 7.0%65 | 5.2%26 | 2.4%4 | 3.2%6 | 3.1%8 | 2.7%13 | 0 | 4.8%122 |
Agree | 44.9%415 | 38.6%192 | 35.3%59 | 33.7%64 | 31.0%81 | 26.7%131 | 0 | 37.2%942 |
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read) | 1.9%18 | 2.0%10 | 1.2%2 | 1.1%2 | 1.9%5 | 0.6%3 | 0 | 1.6%40 |
Disagree | 42.5%393 | 47.5%236 | 49.7%83 | 56.3%107 | 53.6%140 | 54.3%266 | 2 | 48.4%1225 |
Strongly disagree | 3.0%28 | 5.6%28 | 9.0%15 | 5.3%10 | 10.0%26 | 15.3%75 | 0 | 7.2%182 |
Refused | 0.2%2 | 0.4%2 | 0.6%1 | 0.5%1 | 0.4%1 | 0.2%1 | 0 | 0.3%8 |
Legitimate skip | 0.4%4 | 0.6%3 | 1.8%3 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0 | 0.4%11 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 840 | 838 |
Total | 100%925 | 100%497 | 100%167 | 100%190 | 100%261 | 100%490 | 2530 |