National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 2 (2005)

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JESUSCHR (jesuschrst_w2) I:6. Which of the following comes closest to your beliefs about Jesus Christ? Do you believe: [ALL RESPONSE OPTIONS MUST BE READ] [INTERVIEWER: IF RESPONDENT NAMES A NUMBER AS THEIR RESPONSE READ BACK THE ANSWER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT NUMBER TO CLARIFY]   1) One, that Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead   2) Two, that Jesus was an important human teacher but was not the Son of God   3) Three, that Jesus never really existed   4) Four, do you believe something else   5) Five, you are unsure what you believe about Jesus\Don't know   666) Invalid skip   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
One, that Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	1755	67.4%	67.4%	-.11
Two, that Jesus was an important human teacher but was not the Son of God	264	10.1%	77.5%	-.09
Three, that Jesus never really existed	33	1.3%	78.8%	-.08
Four, do you believe something else	88	3.4%	82.2%	-.06
Five, you are unsure what you believe about Jesus\Don't know	442	17%	99.2%	-.04
Invalid skip	17	.7%	99.8%	9.97
Refused	5	.2%	100%	13.34

Variable Comparisons

Gender Age Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
One, that Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	63.5% 819	71.2% 936	67.4% 1755
Two, that Jesus was an important human teacher but was not the Son of God	12.1% 156	8.2% 108	10.1% 264
Three, that Jesus never really existed	1.6% 21	0.9% 12	1.3% 33
Four, do you believe something else	3.7% 48	3.0% 40	3.4% 88
Five, you are unsure what you believe about Jesus\Don't know	17.8% 230	16.1% 212	17.0% 442
Invalid skip	0.9% 12	0.4% 5	0.7% 17
Refused	0.3% 4	0.1% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1290	100.0% 1314	2604

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Few times a year	Many times a year	Once a month	2-3 times a month	Once a week or more	TOTAL
One, that Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	34.8% 254	65.7% 306	78.0% 103	76.2% 147	82.5% 282	90.6% 663	67.6% 1755
Two, that Jesus was an important human teacher but was not the Son of God	21.1% 154	11.8% 55	9.8% 13	8.8% 17	2.9% 10	2.0% 15	10.2% 264
Three, that Jesus never really existed	4.0% 29	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.3% 33
Four, do you believe something else	6.0% 44	2.6% 12	4.5% 6	1.0% 2	2.3% 8	2.2% 16	3.4% 88
Five, you are unsure what you believe about Jesus\Don't know	33.6% 245	18.9% 88	7.6% 10	14.0% 27	11.1% 38	4.6% 34	17.0% 442
Invalid skip	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.1% 1	0.3% 8
Refused	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 730	100.0% 466	100.0% 132	100.0% 193	100.0% 342	100.0% 732	2595

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	No affiliation	Other	Black Protestant	TOTAL
One, that Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	89.9% 607	79.8% 166	74.7% 377	21.1% 93	61.1% 364	86.5% 148	67.6% 1755
Two, that Jesus was an important human teacher but was not the Son of God	2.1% 14	6.7% 14	5.3% 27	25.2% 111	15.9% 95	1.8% 3	10.2% 264
Three, that Jesus never really existed	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 27	0.5% 3	1.2% 2	1.3% 33
Four, do you believe something else	1.6% 11	0.0% 0	3.2% 16	6.3% 28	4.9% 29	2.3% 4	3.4% 88
Five, you are unsure what you believe about Jesus\Don't know	5.8% 39	13.0% 27	16.2% 82	40.6% 179	16.9% 101	8.2% 14	17.0% 442
Invalid skip	0.4% 3	0.5% 1	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 9
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 675	100.0% 208	100.0% 505	100.0% 441	100.0% 596	100.0% 171	2596