National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)

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SCHTYPCU (schtypcurr_w3) A:2. What type of school are you enrolled in? [READ LIST IF NEEDED] [IF THEY REPORT A COMBINATION OF MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL TYPE, ASK, "Which is the primary or most important place of education"] [INTERVIEWER: IF R REPORTS BEING HOME SCHOOLED, GO BACK AND CHANGE A:1 RESPONSE TO "HOME SCHOOLED"]   1) High school   2) Vocational or tech school   3) Community/junior college   4) College or university   5) Other (specify)   7) School that includes all grade levels (K through 12)   8) Adult education [classes outside of an official program]   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
High school	169	6.7%	6.7%	-.79
Vocational or tech school	57	2.3%	8.9%	-.79
Community/junior college	282	11.1%	20.1%	-.79
College or university	1020	40.3%	60.3%	-.78
Other (specify)	30	1.2%	61.5%	-.78
School that includes all grade levels (K through 12)	1	0%	61.6%	-.78
Adult education [classes outside of an official program]	8	.3%	61.9%	-.78
Legitimate skip	965	38.1%	100%	1.27

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Religion Church attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	17 or 18 years old	19 years old	20 years old	21 years old	22 years old	23 or 24 years old	TOTAL
High school	30.7% 151	2.6% 13	0.6% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	6.7% 169
Vocational or tech school	1.4% 7	3.2% 16	1.8% 10	2.1% 11	2.4% 10	4.7% 3	2.3% 57
Community/junior college	11.6% 57	13.4% 67	11.3% 61	9.7% 50	9.6% 40	10.9% 7	11.1% 282
College or university	28.7% 141	46.9% 235	45.9% 249	45.3% 234	35.3% 147	21.9% 14	40.3% 1020
Other (specify)	1.8% 9	1.0% 5	1.1% 6	0.6% 3	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.2% 30
School that includes all grade levels (K through 12)	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Adult education [classes outside of an official program]	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.7% 4	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	25.4% 125	32.7% 164	38.6% 209	42.0% 217	50.7% 211	60.9% 39	38.1% 965
TOTAL	100.0% 492	100.0% 501	100.0% 542	100.0% 517	100.0% 416	100.0% 64	2532

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
High school	8.4% 103	5.1% 66	6.7% 169
Vocational or tech school	2.4% 30	2.1% 27	2.3% 57
Community/junior college	8.7% 107	13.5% 175	11.1% 282
College or university	37.7% 464	42.8% 556	40.3% 1020
Other (specify)	0.9% 11	1.5% 19	1.2% 30
School that includes all grade levels (K through 12)	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Adult education [classes outside of an official program]	0.5% 6	0.2% 2	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	41.5% 511	34.9% 454	38.1% 965
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
High school	6.3% 45	8.5% 22	9.5% 18	7.4% 33	5.6% 35	5.2% 16	6.7% 169
Vocational or tech school	3.1% 22	2.7% 7	1.6% 3	1.4% 6	2.1% 13	2.0% 6	2.3% 57
Community/junior college	11.9% 85	8.1% 21	16.9% 32	10.2% 45	11.9% 74	8.2% 25	11.1% 282
College or university	36.6% 261	51.0% 132	32.8% 62	51.5% 228	32.0% 199	45.2% 138	40.3% 1020
Other (specify)	1.0% 7	0.8% 2	1.6% 3	0.9% 4	1.3% 8	2.0% 6	1.2% 30
School that includes all grade levels (K through 12)	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Adult education [classes outside of an official program]	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.3% 2	0.7% 2	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	41.0% 293	28.6% 74	37.6% 71	28.0% 124	46.8% 291	36.7% 112	38.1% 965
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 259	100.0% 189	100.0% 443	100.0% 622	100.0% 305	2532

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
High school	5.5% 51	5.2% 26	7.2% 12	5.3% 10	10.0% 26	9.0% 44	6.7% 169
Vocational or tech school	2.1% 19	2.4% 12	3.0% 5	3.2% 6	1.9% 5	2.0% 10	2.3% 57
Community/junior college	9.9% 92	13.1% 65	10.8% 18	12.6% 24	12.3% 32	10.4% 51	11.1% 282
College or university	36.2% 335	38.4% 191	48.5% 81	45.3% 86	41.4% 108	44.7% 219	40.3% 1020
Other (specify)	1.1% 10	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.5% 4	2.0% 10	1.2% 30
School that includes all grade levels (K through 12)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 1
Adult education [classes outside of an official program]	0.3% 3	0.2% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	44.9% 415	39.6% 197	29.9% 50	33.2% 63	32.6% 85	31.2% 153	38.1% 963
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530