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

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > National Studies of Youth and Religion > Analysis

DEMONS

(demons_w3) Next, I will be asking you some questions about your religious beliefs. I:1. Do you believe [INSERT LIST A-G], [INTERVIEWER MUST READ RESPONSE CATEGORIES: "definitely, maybe, or not at all" FOR ‘A' AND ‘B' AND THEN ONLY IF NECESSARY FOR ‘C' THROUGH ‘G'] C. In the existence of demons or evil spirits?

	1) Definitely
	2) Maybe
	3) Not at all
	777) Don't know
	888) Refused
	999) Legitimate skip

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely	1166	46.1%	46.1%	-.07
Maybe	731	28.9%	74.9%	-.05
Not at all	628	24.8%	99.7%	-.03
Don't know	1	0%	99.8%	15.43
Refused	1	0%	99.8%	17.65
Legitimate skip	5	.2%	100%	19.87

Variable Comparisons

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
Definitely	43.5% 214	44.9% 225	49.3% 267	46.8% 242	45.0% 187	48.4% 31	46.1% 1166
Maybe	30.3% 149	32.3% 162	27.1% 147	26.9% 139	28.8% 120	21.9% 14	28.9% 731
Not at all	26.2% 129	22.2% 111	23.4% 127	25.9% 134	26.0% 108	29.7% 19	24.8% 628
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
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
Definitely	44.0% 542	48.0% 624	46.1% 1166
Maybe	29.1% 358	28.7% 373	28.9% 731
Not at all	26.5% 327	23.2% 301	24.8% 628
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.2% 3	0.2% 2	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Definitely	67.5% 482	46.3% 120	55.6% 105	42.0% 186	21.4% 133	45.9% 140	46.1% 1166
Maybe	20.3% 145	30.1% 78	22.8% 43	33.4% 148	38.7% 241	24.9% 76	28.9% 731
Not at all	11.8% 84	23.2% 60	21.7% 41	24.4% 108	39.5% 246	29.2% 89	24.8% 628
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 259	100.0% 189	100.0% 443	100.0% 622	100.0% 305	2532

Worship 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
Definitely	27.2% 252	41.9% 208	47.9% 80	42.1% 80	62.5% 163	77.8% 381	46.0% 1164
Maybe	36.3% 336	35.6% 177	29.3% 49	30.0% 57	20.7% 54	11.8% 58	28.9% 731
Not at all	36.1% 334	22.3% 111	21.0% 35	27.9% 53	16.9% 44	10.4% 51	24.8% 628
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Legitimate skip	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530

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