Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

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IMPRELU (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How important was religion in your upbringing?   -1) Skip, no self completion   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important   8) Can't choose   9) Refused/not answered

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Skip, no self completion	121	10%	10%
Very important	342	28.2%	38.2%
Somewhat important	475	39.2%	77.4%
Not very important	173	14.3%	91.7%
Not at all important	77	6.3%	98%
Can't choose	21	1.7%	99.7%
Refused/not answered	4	.3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Religion Church attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Skip, no self completion	3.6% 4	11.1% 21	7.6% 18	10.3% 24	8.9% 19	15.0% 35	10.0% 121
Very important	19.8% 22	23.2% 44	24.6% 58	28.0% 65	32.2% 69	36.5% 85	28.2% 343
Somewhat important	49.5% 55	32.1% 61	41.5% 98	38.8% 90	43.0% 92	34.3% 80	39.1% 476
Not very important	17.1% 19	19.5% 37	14.8% 35	13.4% 31	10.7% 23	12.0% 28	14.2% 173
Not at all important	5.4% 6	11.1% 21	9.3% 22	7.8% 18	3.7% 8	0.9% 2	6.3% 77
Can't choose	4.5% 5	3.2% 6	1.7% 4	0.9% 2	0.9% 2	0.9% 2	1.7% 21
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 190	100.0% 236	100.0% 232	100.0% 214	100.0% 233	1216

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Skip, no self completion	11.8% 69	8.1% 51	9.9% 120
Very important	23.4% 137	32.6% 205	28.2% 342
Somewhat important	39.8% 233	38.7% 243	39.2% 476
Not very important	15.7% 92	12.9% 81	14.3% 173
Not at all important	7.5% 44	5.4% 34	6.4% 78
Can't choose	1.4% 8	2.1% 13	1.7% 21
Refused/not answered	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 628	1214

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	No religion	Missing	TOTAL
Skip, no self completion	10.2% 45	9.0% 53	10.3% 16	6	9.6% 114
Very important	39.9% 176	24.1% 142	9.6% 15	9	28.1% 333
Somewhat important	37.4% 165	43.6% 257	28.2% 44	10	39.3% 466
Not very important	8.2% 36	16.8% 99	22.4% 35	3	14.3% 170
Not at all important	2.3% 10	4.6% 27	26.3% 41	0	6.6% 78
Can't choose	1.8% 8	1.2% 7	3.2% 5	1	1.7% 20
Refused/not answered	0.2% 1	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 589	100.0% 156	29	1186

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Skip, no self completion	8.8% 14	13.7% 38	8.8% 24	7.2% 25	20	9.6% 101
Very important	13.8% 22	20.9% 58	28.3% 77	49.1% 171	15	31.0% 328
Somewhat important	37.5% 60	38.6% 107	52.6% 143	35.1% 122	44	40.9% 432
Not very important	26.3% 42	19.1% 53	7.7% 21	6.6% 23	35	13.2% 139
Not at all important	9.4% 15	5.4% 15	1.5% 4	0.9% 3	41	3.5% 37
Can't choose	3.8% 6	2.2% 6	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	6	1.4% 15
Refused/not answered	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.6% 2	0	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 277	100.0% 272	100.0% 348	161	1057