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

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JESUSCHR (jesuschrst_w3) 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) Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead   2) Jesus was an important human teacher, but was not the Son of God   3) Jesus never really exited   4) Believe something else   5) Unsure what you believe about Jesus/Don't know   888) Refused   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	1677	66.2%	66.2%	-.08
Jesus was an important human teacher, but was not the Son of God	309	12.2%	78.4%	-.06
Jesus never really exited	38	1.5%	79.9%	-.04
Believe something else	96	3.8%	83.7%	-.03
Unsure what you believe about Jesus/Don't know	402	15.9%	99.6%	-.01
Refused	5	.2%	99.8%	14.91
Legitimate skip	5	.2%	100%	16.78

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
Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	66.1% 325	68.3% 342	68.3% 370	63.8% 330	63.0% 262	75.0% 48	66.2% 1677
Jesus was an important human teacher, but was not the Son of God	13.8% 68	12.4% 62	10.3% 56	12.2% 63	12.5% 52	12.5% 8	12.2% 309
Jesus never really exited	2.6% 13	0.8% 4	1.3% 7	1.4% 7	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.5% 38
Believe something else	2.4% 12	2.6% 13	4.4% 24	5.6% 29	4.3% 18	0.0% 0	3.8% 96
Unsure what you believe about Jesus/Don't know	15.0% 74	14.8% 74	15.5% 84	16.8% 87	18.0% 75	12.5% 8	15.9% 402
Refused	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
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
Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	62.1% 765	70.2% 912	66.2% 1677
Jesus was an important human teacher, but was not the Son of God	14.9% 184	9.6% 125	12.2% 309
Jesus never really exited	1.8% 22	1.2% 16	1.5% 38
Believe something else	5.0% 62	2.6% 34	3.8% 96
Unsure what you believe about Jesus/Don't know	15.7% 194	16.0% 208	15.9% 402
Refused	0.2% 2	0.2% 3	0.2% 5
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
Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	90.6% 647	81.1% 210	89.9% 170	75.8% 336	25.6% 159	50.8% 155	66.2% 1677
Jesus was an important human teacher, but was not the Son of God	2.0% 14	7.7% 20	0.5% 1	5.4% 24	27.2% 169	26.6% 81	12.2% 309
Jesus never really exited	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	4.7% 29	1.6% 5	1.5% 38
Believe something else	0.8% 6	1.9% 5	1.1% 2	1.4% 6	8.0% 50	8.9% 27	3.8% 96
Unsure what you believe about Jesus/Don't know	6.0% 43	8.9% 23	7.9% 15	16.3% 72	34.2% 213	11.8% 36	15.9% 402
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 5
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
Jesus was the Son of God who was raised from the dead	37.6% 348	71.2% 354	78.4% 131	80.0% 152	88.5% 231	93.7% 459	66.2% 1675
Jesus was an important human teacher, but was not the Son of God	23.1% 214	11.1% 55	4.8% 8	6.8% 13	4.2% 11	1.6% 8	12.2% 309
Jesus never really exited	3.5% 32	0.8% 4	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 38
Believe something else	6.5% 60	3.0% 15	1.8% 3	1.6% 3	1.5% 4	2.2% 11	3.8% 96
Unsure what you believe about Jesus/Don't know	29.0% 268	13.5% 67	12.0% 20	10.5% 20	5.7% 15	2.4% 12	15.9% 402
Refused	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
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