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

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HOWDECID Y95. If you were unsure of what was right or wrong in a particular situation, how would you decide what to do? Would you MOST likely [ROTATE LIST 1-4][READ ALL LIST]   1) Make me feel happy   2) Help me get ahead   3) Follow advice of adult   4) God or Scripture says is right   5) Something else   777) Don't know   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Make me feel happy	886	26.3%	26.3%	-.13
Help me get ahead	389	11.5%	37.8%	-.12
Follow advice of adult	1384	41.1%	78.9%	-.11
God or Scripture says is right	650	19.3%	98.2%	-.09
Something else	20	.6%	98.8%	-.08
Don't know	38	1.1%	99.9%	8.91
Refused	3	.1%	100%	10.2

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Make me feel happy	24.6% 418	28.0% 468	26.3% 886
Help me get ahead	14.1% 239	9.0% 150	11.5% 389
Follow advice of adult	41.4% 704	40.7% 680	41.1% 1384
God or Scripture says is right	18.1% 307	20.5% 343	19.3% 650
Something else	0.7% 12	0.5% 8	0.6% 20
Don't know	1.0% 17	1.3% 21	1.1% 38
Refused	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Make me feel happy	34.1% 211	24.5% 672	26.3% 883
Help me get ahead	15.5% 96	10.7% 293	11.6% 389
Follow advice of adult	42.2% 261	40.8% 1119	41.0% 1380
God or Scripture says is right	5.8% 36	22.4% 614	19.3% 650
Something else	1.5% 9	0.4% 11	0.6% 20
Don't know	0.6% 4	1.2% 33	1.1% 37
Refused	0.3% 2	0.0% 1	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
Make me feel happy	19.6% 205	32.0% 111	21.5% 86	28.4% 233	33.4% 137	32.8% 90	26.2% 862
Help me get ahead	8.8% 92	8.6% 30	12.5% 50	14.3% 117	16.8% 69	9.1% 25	11.6% 383
Follow advice of adult	37.8% 395	39.8% 138	38.3% 153	47.1% 386	42.7% 175	38.7% 106	41.1% 1353
God or Scripture says is right	32.1% 335	18.2% 63	26.8% 107	8.2% 67	4.6% 19	17.2% 47	19.4% 638
Something else	0.2% 2	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	1.7% 7	1.1% 3	0.6% 19
Don't know	1.5% 16	0.3% 1	0.8% 3	1.5% 12	0.5% 2	1.1% 3	1.1% 37
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1	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