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

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HELPLESS (helpless_w3) P:17. You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life. (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	42	1.7%	1.7%	-.11
Agree	513	20.3%	21.9%	-.09
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	16	.6%	22.6%	-.08
Disagree	1442	57%	79.5%	-.06
Strongly disagree	508	20.1%	99.6%	-.05
Refused	1	0%	99.6%	13.57
Legitimate skip	10	.4%	100%	15.28

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	1.8% 9	1.8% 9	1.7% 9	1.4% 7	1.9% 8	0.0% 0	1.7% 42
Agree	20.3% 100	21.8% 109	19.0% 103	19.0% 98	21.6% 90	20.3% 13	20.3% 513
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	1.0% 5	0.4% 2	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 16
Disagree	54.3% 267	56.1% 281	59.2% 321	59.2% 306	54.8% 228	60.9% 39	57.0% 1442
Strongly disagree	22.6% 111	19.4% 97	18.5% 100	20.1% 104	20.2% 84	18.8% 12	20.1% 508
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
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	1.3% 16	2.0% 26	1.7% 42
Agree	18.4% 227	22.0% 286	20.3% 513
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.7% 9	0.5% 7	0.6% 16
Disagree	57.1% 703	56.8% 739	57.0% 1442
Strongly disagree	22.0% 271	18.2% 237	20.1% 508
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
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	1.1% 8	1.5% 4	2.6% 5	1.1% 5	2.4% 15	1.6% 5	1.7% 42
Agree	18.6% 133	17.0% 44	18.5% 35	20.5% 91	23.2% 144	21.6% 66	20.3% 513
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.7% 3	0.8% 5	1.0% 3	0.6% 16
Disagree	58.4% 417	62.9% 163	50.8% 96	58.0% 257	55.6% 346	53.4% 163	57.0% 1442
Strongly disagree	20.4% 146	18.5% 48	27.0% 51	19.2% 85	17.7% 110	22.3% 68	20.1% 508
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
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	2.4% 22	1.6% 8	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.6% 8	1.7% 42
Agree	23.7% 219	20.7% 103	16.2% 27	15.3% 29	19.5% 51	16.9% 83	20.2% 512
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	0.6% 6	1.2% 6	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 16
Disagree	53.5% 495	57.1% 284	58.1% 97	70.0% 133	60.2% 157	56.1% 275	57.0% 1441
Strongly disagree	19.5% 180	18.7% 93	22.2% 37	14.2% 27	18.8% 49	24.9% 122	20.1% 508
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 1
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