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

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PURPOSE1 (purpose1_w3) P:29. Your life often seems to lack any clear goals or sense of direction. (Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree?)   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree   888) Refused   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	84	3.3%	3.3%	-.11
Agree	514	20.3%	23.6%	-.1
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	12	.5%	24.1%	-.08
Disagree	1262	49.8%	73.9%	-.07
Strongly disagree	646	25.5%	99.4%	-.06
Refused	4	.2%	99.6%	12.28
Legitimate skip	10	.4%	100%	13.83

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
Strongly agree	3.3% 16	3.6% 18	4.1% 22	2.7% 14	3.1% 13	1.6% 1	3.3% 84
Agree	23.0% 113	21.0% 105	18.1% 98	19.9% 103	19.5% 81	21.9% 14	20.3% 514
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.4% 2	0.4% 2	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 12
Disagree	49.6% 244	49.5% 248	50.9% 276	51.3% 265	46.4% 193	56.3% 36	49.8% 1262
Strongly disagree	23.6% 116	24.8% 124	25.8% 140	25.1% 130	29.6% 123	20.3% 13	25.5% 646
Refused	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
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
Strongly agree	3.4% 42	3.2% 42	3.3% 84
Agree	21.0% 259	19.6% 255	20.3% 514
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.4% 5	0.5% 7	0.5% 12
Disagree	48.9% 603	50.7% 659	49.8% 1262
Strongly disagree	25.6% 315	25.5% 331	25.5% 646
Refused	0.2% 2	0.2% 2	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.5% 6	0.3% 4	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.5% 18	3.1% 8	3.7% 7	2.0% 9	4.5% 28	4.6% 14	3.3% 84
Agree	19.3% 138	15.4% 40	29.1% 55	19.0% 84	23.2% 144	17.4% 53	20.3% 514
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.2% 1	0.6% 4	0.7% 2	0.5% 12
Disagree	49.3% 352	52.1% 135	41.3% 78	52.8% 234	50.5% 314	48.9% 149	49.8% 1262
Strongly disagree	27.5% 196	29.3% 76	24.3% 46	25.3% 112	20.9% 130	28.2% 86	25.5% 646
Refused	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
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
Strongly agree	4.8% 44	2.8% 14	1.8% 3	2.1% 4	3.1% 8	2.2% 11	3.3% 84
Agree	22.9% 212	21.7% 108	16.8% 28	15.3% 29	23.4% 61	15.5% 76	20.3% 514
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.4% 4	0.4% 2	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 11
Disagree	49.4% 457	50.5% 251	55.1% 92	54.7% 104	44.4% 116	49.4% 242	49.9% 1262
Strongly disagree	22.2% 205	23.5% 117	24.0% 40	27.4% 52	28.4% 74	32.0% 157	25.5% 645
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
Legitimate skip	0.3% 3	0.6% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530