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

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PIMTNEXC P7A2H. Now I am going to read you a list of things some parents think are important and others do not. Please tell me how important or not each is to you. How important or not important is it to you that (your teen) participates in extracurricular activities and programs other than sports?   1) Extremely important   2) Very   3) Somewhat   4) Not very   5) Not important at all   777) Don't know   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	621	18.4%	18.4%	-.08
Very	1534	45.5%	63.9%	-.06
Somewhat	1000	29.7%	93.6%	-.04
Not very	139	4.1%	97.7%	-.01
Not important at all	66	2%	99.7%	.01
Don't know	7	.2%	99.9%	17.53
Refused	3	.1%	100%	20.05

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	17.1% 290	19.8% 331	18.4% 621
Very	44.0% 748	47.1% 786	45.5% 1534
Somewhat	31.8% 540	27.5% 460	29.7% 1000
Not very	4.6% 79	3.6% 60	4.1% 139
Not important at all	2.3% 39	1.6% 27	2.0% 66
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.2% 4	0.2% 7
Refused	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Extremely important	16.3% 101	18.9% 519	18.4% 620
Very	43.5% 269	46.0% 1261	45.5% 1530
Somewhat	31.2% 193	29.3% 804	29.7% 997
Not very	5.3% 33	3.9% 106	4.1% 139
Not important at all	3.4% 21	1.6% 45	2.0% 66
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.2% 6	0.2% 7
Refused	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 2743	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Conservative Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other relig	TOTAL
Extremely important	16.1% 168	17.3% 60	23.5% 94	20.4% 167	13.4% 55	25.5% 70	18.6% 614
Very	45.4% 474	47.3% 164	47.3% 189	47.9% 392	42.0% 172	40.5% 111	45.6% 1502
Somewhat	32.5% 340	29.7% 103	22.5% 90	26.5% 217	35.1% 144	29.2% 80	29.6% 974
Not very	4.3% 45	4.3% 15	3.8% 15	3.3% 27	4.9% 20	2.9% 8	3.9% 130
Not important at all	1.2% 13	1.2% 4	2.8% 11	1.8% 15	4.4% 18	1.5% 4	2.0% 65
Don't know	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 347	100.0% 400	100.0% 819	100.0% 410	100.0% 274	3295