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

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PACTVOTE P19. In NATIONAL political elections, do you always vote, sometimes vote, occasionally vote, or never vote?   1) Always   2) Sometimes   3) Occasionally   4) Never   777) Don't know   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	2000	59.3%	59.3%	-.07
Sometimes	625	18.5%	77.9%	-.04
Occasionally	252	7.5%	85.4%	-.02
Never	485	14.4%	99.8%	.01
Don't know	5	.1%	99.9%	19.4
Refused	3	.1%	100%	22.19

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always	60.1% 1021	58.6% 979	59.3% 2000
Sometimes	18.2% 310	18.9% 315	18.5% 625
Occasionally	7.3% 124	7.7% 128	7.5% 252
Never	14.1% 240	14.7% 245	14.4% 485
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.1% 2	0.1% 5
Refused	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Always	52.2% 323	61.1% 1675	59.4% 1998
Sometimes	20.0% 124	18.2% 499	18.5% 623
Occasionally	7.6% 47	7.4% 204	7.5% 251
Never	19.7% 122	13.1% 360	14.3% 482
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.1% 4	0.1% 5
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
Always	59.6% 623	74.1% 257	55.5% 222	57.3% 469	49.5% 203	68.6% 188	59.5% 1962
Sometimes	19.4% 203	18.7% 65	23.5% 94	15.8% 129	20.5% 84	12.8% 35	18.5% 610
Occasionally	7.8% 81	3.2% 11	10.0% 40	8.4% 69	8.5% 35	4.0% 11	7.5% 247
Never	13.1% 137	3.7% 13	10.5% 42	18.6% 152	20.7% 85	14.6% 40	14.2% 469
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	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