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

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HEAVEN (heaven_w3) I:9. Do you believe in heaven as a place where some people go after death, or not? [INTERVIEWER: IF R SAYS "MAYBE," PROBE ONCE. IF HE/SHE STILL SAYS "MAYBE," CODE YES.]   0) No   1) Yes   777) Don't know   888) Refused   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	423	16.7%	16.7%	-.12
Yes	2078	82.1%	98.8%	-.11
Don't know	22	.9%	99.6%	8.39
Refused	4	.2%	99.8%	9.6
Legitimate skip	5	.2%	100%	10.82

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
No	16.7% 82	14.8% 74	16.4% 89	19.1% 99	16.8% 70	14.1% 9	16.7% 423
Yes	82.3% 405	83.8% 420	82.1% 445	80.5% 416	81.3% 338	84.4% 54	82.1% 2078
Don't know	1.0% 5	0.8% 4	0.9% 5	0.2% 1	1.4% 6	1.6% 1	0.9% 22
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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
No	20.6% 254	13.0% 169	16.7% 423
Yes	78.0% 961	85.9% 1117	82.1% 2078
Don't know	1.0% 12	0.8% 10	0.9% 22
Refused	0.2% 2	0.2% 2	0.2% 4
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
No	3.8% 27	7.3% 19	1.6% 3	8.1% 36	43.4% 270	22.3% 68	16.7% 423
Yes	95.4% 681	91.5% 237	98.4% 186	90.7% 402	54.3% 338	76.7% 234	82.1% 2078
Don't know	0.4% 3	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1.8% 11	0.7% 2	0.9% 22
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
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
No	34.4% 318	11.1% 55	5.4% 9	7.9% 15	2.3% 6	4.1% 20	16.7% 423
Yes	63.8% 590	87.3% 434	92.2% 154	91.6% 174	97.7% 255	95.7% 469	82.1% 2076
Don't know	1.4% 13	1.6% 8	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 22
Refused	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
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