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

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REINCAR (reincar_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'] G. In reincarnation, that people have lived previous lives?   1) Definitely   2) Maybe   3) Not at all   777) Don't know   888) Refused   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely	398	15.7%	15.7%	-.1
Maybe	748	29.5%	45.3%	-.08
Not at all	1372	54.2%	99.4%	-.06
Don't know	7	.3%	99.7%	11.85
Refused	2	.1%	99.8%	13.56
Legitimate skip	5	.2%	100%	15.27

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
Definitely	16.1% 79	15.0% 75	17.3% 94	15.9% 82	13.0% 54	21.9% 14	15.7% 398
Maybe	28.5% 140	29.5% 148	29.7% 161	29.4% 152	31.3% 130	26.6% 17	29.5% 748
Not at all	55.3% 272	54.7% 274	52.4% 284	54.0% 279	55.3% 230	51.6% 33	54.2% 1372
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	12.9% 159	18.4% 239	15.7% 398
Maybe	27.4% 337	31.6% 411	29.5% 748
Not at all	59.3% 731	49.3% 641	54.2% 1372
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.4% 5	0.3% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
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	7.4% 53	13.1% 34	26.5% 50	19.6% 87	17.5% 109	21.3% 65	15.7% 398
Maybe	17.5% 125	24.7% 64	27.0% 51	35.4% 157	41.8% 260	29.8% 91	29.5% 748
Not at all	73.9% 528	62.2% 161	46.0% 87	44.2% 196	40.5% 252	48.5% 148	54.2% 1372
Don't know	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 7
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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

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
Definitely	18.9% 175	19.3% 96	18.6% 31	12.1% 23	11.1% 29	9.0% 44	15.7% 398
Maybe	39.7% 367	34.6% 172	19.2% 32	24.7% 47	21.5% 56	15.1% 74	29.6% 748
Not at all	41.2% 381	45.3% 225	59.9% 100	62.6% 119	67.4% 176	75.5% 370	54.2% 1371
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 6
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
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