Forgiveness Survey, 1999

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RELGFAM How important would you say religion was in your family while you were growing up?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	894	64.8%	64.8%	-.68
Somewhat important	347	25.2%	90%	.82
Not very important	138	10%	100%	2.31

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	65.6% 145	62.1% 296	62.8% 255	72.2% 171	64.7% 867
Somewhat important	23.1% 51	26.4% 126	27.6% 112	20.3% 48	25.1% 337
Not very important	11.3% 25	11.5% 55	9.6% 39	7.6% 18	10.2% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 477	100.0% 406	100.0% 237	1341

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	TOTAL
Very important	68.9% 71	65.9% 184	66.1% 240	62.1% 36	60.8% 208	66.2% 155	64.8% 894
Somewhat important	18.4% 19	25.4% 71	23.4% 85	25.9% 15	31.0% 106	21.8% 51	25.2% 347
Not very important	12.6% 13	8.6% 24	10.5% 38	12.1% 7	8.2% 28	12.0% 28	10.0% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 279	100.0% 363	100.0% 58	100.0% 342	100.0% 234	1379

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	65.0% 554	64.5% 340	64.8% 894
Somewhat important	25.1% 214	25.2% 133	25.2% 347
Not very important	9.9% 84	10.2% 54	10.0% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 852	100.0% 527	1379

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single/never been married	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Don�t know	Refused	TOTAL
Very important	72.8% 158	61.6% 512	57.7% 15	70.2% 92	68.5% 102	100.0% 1	58.3% 14	64.8% 894
Somewhat important	22.6% 49	26.5% 220	19.2% 5	20.6% 27	26.8% 40	0.0% 0	25.0% 6	25.2% 347
Not very important	4.6% 10	11.9% 99	23.1% 6	9.2% 12	4.7% 7	0.0% 0	16.7% 4	10.0% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 831	100.0% 26	100.0% 131	100.0% 149	100.0% 1	100.0% 24	1379

Race (I-RACE)

	Other	White	Black	Hispanic	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	71.2% 47	62.7% 680	76.8% 136	56.8% 21	71.4% 10	64.8% 894
Somewhat important	21.2% 14	26.7% 290	16.9% 30	24.3% 9	28.6% 4	25.2% 347
Not very important	7.6% 5	10.6% 115	6.2% 11	18.9% 7	0.0% 0	10.0% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 1085	100.0% 177	100.0% 37	100.0% 14	1379

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prot	Catholic	EvanLuth	Jewish	Mormon	Muslim	TOTAL
Very important	64.0% 463	75.8% 160	60.6% 43	69.6% 32	75.0% 33	57.1% 16	66.5% 747
Somewhat important	26.0% 188	19.0% 40	23.9% 17	19.6% 9	20.5% 9	32.1% 9	24.2% 272
Not very important	10.0% 72	5.2% 11	15.5% 11	10.9% 5	4.5% 2	10.7% 3	9.3% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 723	100.0% 211	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	100.0% 44	100.0% 28	1123