National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)

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PTNLIFE P3. In general, how well would you say (your teen) is doing in life? Is (your teen): [READ LIST]   1) A wonderful kid doing great in life?   2) A normal kid with a normal amount of kid troubles?   3) A kid with potential but having some troubles?   4) A kid who is really struggling in life?   777) Don't know   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A wonderful kid doing great in life?	1526	45.3%	45.3%	-.08
A normal kid with a normal amount of kid troubles?	1461	43.4%	88.6%	-.06
A kid with potential but having some troubles?	291	8.6%	97.3%	-.04
A kid who is really struggling in life?	79	2.3%	99.6%	-.01
Don't know	11	.3%	99.9%	15.7
Refused	2	.1%	100%	17.95

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A wonderful kid doing great in life?	41.9% 712	48.7% 814	45.3% 1526
A normal kid with a normal amount of kid troubles?	44.3% 753	42.4% 708	43.4% 1461
A kid with potential but having some troubles?	10.7% 182	6.5% 109	8.6% 291
A kid who is really struggling in life?	2.6% 44	2.1% 35	2.3% 79
Don't know	0.5% 8	0.2% 3	0.3% 11
Refused	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
A wonderful kid doing great in life?	39.1% 242	46.6% 1279	45.2% 1521
A normal kid with a normal amount of kid troubles?	44.3% 274	43.2% 1186	43.4% 1460
A kid with potential but having some troubles?	12.1% 75	7.8% 215	8.6% 290
A kid who is really struggling in life?	3.9% 24	2.0% 54	2.3% 78
Don't know	0.5% 3	0.3% 8	0.3% 11
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 2743	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Conservative Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other relig	TOTAL
A wonderful kid doing great in life?	44.7% 467	49.9% 173	42.0% 168	45.2% 370	39.3% 161	60.2% 165	45.6% 1504
A normal kid with a normal amount of kid troubles?	43.4% 454	40.9% 142	44.8% 179	47.3% 387	42.0% 172	30.3% 83	43.0% 1417
A kid with potential but having some troubles?	9.1% 95	7.8% 27	10.3% 41	6.1% 50	13.2% 54	6.6% 18	8.6% 285
A kid who is really struggling in life?	2.5% 26	1.4% 5	2.3% 9	1.3% 11	4.6% 19	2.2% 6	2.3% 76
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.1% 1	0.7% 3	0.7% 2	0.3% 11
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 347	100.0% 400	100.0% 819	100.0% 410	100.0% 274	3295