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

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PFRNDINF P9. Thinking about [your teen]'s friends, what kind of influence do you think they have on [your teen] overall? Is their influence generally: [READ LIST]   1) Very negative   2) Somewhat negative   3) Neither   4) Somewhat positive   5) Very positive   777) Don't know   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very negative	78	2.3%	2.3%	-.16
Somewhat negative	389	11.5%	13.9%	-.15
Neither	636	18.9%	32.7%	-.14
Somewhat positive	1446	42.9%	75.6%	-.13
Very positive	761	22.6%	98.2%	-.12
Don't know	50	1.5%	99.7%	7.24
Refused	10	.3%	100%	8.3

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very negative	2.5% 42	2.2% 36	2.3% 78
Somewhat negative	11.7% 199	11.4% 190	11.5% 389
Neither	19.2% 326	18.6% 310	18.9% 636
Somewhat positive	43.8% 744	42.0% 702	42.9% 1446
Very positive	21.5% 366	23.7% 395	22.6% 761
Don't know	0.9% 16	2.0% 34	1.5% 50
Refused	0.4% 7	0.2% 3	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Very negative	3.7% 23	2.0% 54	2.3% 77
Somewhat negative	14.1% 87	11.0% 301	11.5% 388
Neither	21.3% 132	18.3% 502	18.9% 634
Somewhat positive	40.2% 249	43.6% 1195	43.0% 1444
Very positive	18.3% 113	23.6% 647	22.6% 760
Don't know	1.8% 11	1.4% 38	1.5% 49
Refused	0.6% 4	0.2% 6	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 2743	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Conservative Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other relig	TOTAL
Very negative	2.7% 28	1.2% 4	2.8% 11	2.1% 17	2.9% 12	1.8% 5	2.3% 77
Somewhat negative	12.2% 128	4.9% 17	18.5% 74	10.6% 87	13.4% 55	7.3% 20	11.6% 381
Neither	16.7% 174	17.6% 61	20.5% 82	20.3% 166	21.7% 89	15.7% 43	18.7% 615
Somewhat positive	44.2% 462	49.0% 170	39.3% 157	40.0% 328	42.7% 175	43.4% 119	42.8% 1411
Very positive	22.7% 237	27.1% 94	16.5% 66	25.2% 206	16.6% 68	29.9% 82	22.9% 753
Don't know	1.2% 13	0.3% 1	2.3% 9	1.5% 12	2.2% 9	1.8% 5	1.5% 49
Refused	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 347	100.0% 400	100.0% 819	100.0% 410	100.0% 274	3295