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

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OKAYPICK (okaypick_w3) I:26. Some people think that it is okay to pick and choose their religious beliefs without having to accept the teachings of their religious faith as a whole. Do you agree or disagree?   1) Agree   2) Disagree   777) Don't know   888) Refused   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	1306	51.6%	51.6%	-.12
Disagree	1194	47.2%	98.7%	-.11
Don't know	18	.7%	99.4%	8.06
Refused	8	.3%	99.8%	9.23
Legitimate skip	6	.2%	100%	10.4

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
Agree	51.0% 251	50.3% 252	50.4% 273	54.5% 282	51.7% 215	51.6% 33	51.6% 1306
Disagree	48.0% 236	48.3% 242	48.3% 262	44.1% 228	47.1% 196	46.9% 30	47.2% 1194
Don't know	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.9% 5	0.8% 4	0.5% 2	1.6% 1	0.7% 18
Refused	0.4% 2	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
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
Agree	51.9% 639	51.3% 667	51.6% 1306
Disagree	46.8% 576	47.5% 618	47.2% 1194
Don't know	0.8% 10	0.6% 8	0.7% 18
Refused	0.3% 4	0.3% 4	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.2% 3	0.2% 3	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Agree	34.0% 243	56.0% 145	38.6% 73	63.0% 279	66.6% 414	49.8% 152	51.6% 1306
Disagree	63.7% 455	43.2% 112	60.8% 115	35.9% 159	32.5% 202	49.5% 151	47.2% 1194
Don't know	1.0% 7	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.7% 3	0.6% 4	0.7% 2	0.7% 18
Refused	0.8% 6	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
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
Agree	64.1% 593	56.7% 282	52.7% 88	50.0% 95	43.3% 113	27.6% 135	51.6% 1306
Disagree	34.9% 323	42.1% 209	43.7% 73	47.9% 91	55.9% 146	71.6% 351	47.2% 1193
Don't know	0.5% 5	0.6% 3	1.2% 2	2.1% 4	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.7% 17
Refused	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530