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

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SPIRTUAL (spirtual_w3) I:11. Some people say that they are "spiritual but not religious." How true or not would you say that is of you?   1) Very true   2) Somewhat true   3) Not true 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
Very true	390	15.4%	15.4%	-.12
Somewhat true	1136	44.9%	60.3%	-.11
Not true at all	978	38.6%	98.9%	-.1
Don't know	19	.8%	99.6%	8.77
Refused	4	.2%	99.8%	10.04
Legitimate skip	5	.2%	100%	11.31

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
Very true	13.0% 64	14.8% 74	13.3% 72	15.5% 80	20.9% 87	20.3% 13	15.4% 390
Somewhat true	45.5% 224	45.1% 226	48.2% 261	42.0% 217	42.8% 178	46.9% 30	44.9% 1136
Not true at all	40.0% 197	38.7% 194	37.5% 203	42.0% 217	35.1% 146	32.8% 21	38.6% 978
Don't know	1.2% 6	1.0% 5	0.7% 4	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 19
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	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
Very true	14.4% 178	16.3% 212	15.4% 390
Somewhat true	41.9% 516	47.7% 620	44.9% 1136
Not true at all	42.3% 521	35.2% 457	38.6% 978
Don't know	1.1% 13	0.5% 6	0.8% 19
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	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
Very true	14.4% 103	13.5% 35	19.6% 37	10.2% 45	19.6% 122	15.7% 48	15.4% 390
Somewhat true	42.0% 300	41.3% 107	40.7% 77	54.9% 243	44.4% 276	43.6% 133	44.9% 1136
Not true at all	42.0% 300	43.6% 113	39.2% 74	33.9% 150	35.0% 218	40.3% 123	38.6% 978
Don't know	1.0% 7	1.2% 3	0.5% 1	0.9% 4	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 19
Refused	0.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	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
Very true	19.8% 183	14.7% 73	13.2% 22	11.6% 22	12.3% 32	11.8% 58	15.4% 390
Somewhat true	46.7% 432	56.9% 283	43.1% 72	48.4% 92	41.8% 109	30.0% 147	44.9% 1135
Not true at all	32.3% 299	28.0% 139	40.1% 67	39.5% 75	45.6% 119	56.7% 278	38.6% 977
Don't know	0.9% 8	0.4% 2	1.2% 2	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	1.0% 5	0.8% 19
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	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