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

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DOUBTS1 Y81. [If teen identifies with a religion or answers "don't know"][IF Y62<8 OR Y62=9] In the last year, how much, if at all, have you had doubts about whether your religious beliefs are true? Have you had: [READ LIST]   1) Many doubts   2) Some doubts   3) A few doubts   4) No doubts   777) Don't know   888) Refused   999) Not asked

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Many doubts	151	4.5%	4.5%	-.46
Some doubts	410	12.2%	16.6%	-.46
A few doubts	875	26%	42.6%	-.46
No doubts	1355	40.2%	82.8%	-.45
Don't know	7	.2%	83%	1.61
Refused	3	.1%	83.1%	1.91
Not asked	569	16.9%	100%	2.2

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Many doubts	4.5% 76	4.5% 75	4.5% 151
Some doubts	12.6% 215	11.7% 195	12.2% 410
A few doubts	25.0% 425	26.9% 450	26.0% 875
No doubts	38.4% 653	42.0% 702	40.2% 1355
Don't know	0.2% 4	0.2% 3	0.2% 7
Refused	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 3
Not asked	19.2% 326	14.6% 243	16.9% 569
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Many doubts	4.7% 29	4.4% 122	4.5% 151
Some doubts	7.4% 46	13.2% 363	12.2% 409
A few doubts	11.6% 72	29.2% 801	26.0% 873
No doubts	15.3% 95	45.8% 1256	40.2% 1351
Don't know	0.5% 3	0.1% 4	0.2% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.1% 3
Not asked	60.4% 374	7.1% 194	16.9% 568
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 2743	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Conservative Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other relig	TOTAL
Many doubts	4.0% 42	5.5% 19	5.8% 23	5.0% 41	0.5% 2	6.6% 18	4.4% 145
Some doubts	13.2% 138	9.8% 34	12.5% 50	15.3% 125	2.0% 8	13.5% 37	11.9% 392
A few doubts	29.4% 307	32.9% 114	23.8% 95	31.3% 256	2.2% 9	26.3% 72	25.9% 853
No doubts	46.9% 490	46.4% 161	50.0% 200	43.0% 352	2.0% 8	46.4% 127	40.6% 1338
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.6% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 7
Refused	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 3
Not asked	6.1% 64	4.9% 17	7.8% 31	5.5% 45	93.2% 382	6.6% 18	16.9% 557
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 347	100.0% 400	100.0% 819	100.0% 410	100.0% 274	3295