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

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EVAL63 (eval6_w3) Q:31. Most mainstream religion is irrelevant to the needs and concerns of most people my age.   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	122	4.8%	4.8%	-.11
Agree	942	37.2%	42%	-.1
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	40	1.6%	43.6%	-.09
Disagree	1227	48.5%	92.1%	-.08
Strongly disagree	182	7.2%	99.2%	-.06
Refused	8	.3%	99.6%	10.69
Legitimate skip	11	.4%	100%	12.05

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	5.5% 27	5.6% 28	4.4% 24	3.7% 19	5.0% 21	4.7% 3	4.8% 122
Agree	36.0% 177	41.3% 207	36.9% 200	37.3% 193	33.9% 141	37.5% 24	37.2% 942
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	3.0% 15	1.0% 5	1.1% 6	1.4% 7	1.4% 6	1.6% 1	1.6% 40
Disagree	48.8% 240	45.5% 228	48.7% 264	49.5% 256	49.5% 206	51.6% 33	48.5% 1227
Strongly disagree	6.5% 32	5.8% 29	7.9% 43	7.7% 40	8.4% 35	4.7% 3	7.2% 182
Refused	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
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	5.8% 71	3.9% 51	4.8% 122
Agree	39.0% 480	35.5% 462	37.2% 942
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	1.2% 15	1.9% 25	1.6% 40
Disagree	46.3% 570	50.5% 657	48.5% 1227
Strongly disagree	7.0% 86	7.4% 96	7.2% 182
Refused	0.3% 4	0.3% 4	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.5% 6	0.4% 5	0.4% 11
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	3.5% 25	3.1% 8	5.3% 10	3.4% 15	8.2% 51	4.3% 13	4.8% 122
Agree	32.9% 235	29.7% 77	38.1% 72	38.6% 171	45.0% 280	35.1% 107	37.2% 942
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	1.3% 9	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	2.5% 11	2.1% 13	1.3% 4	1.6% 40
Disagree	51.3% 366	55.2% 143	48.1% 91	50.1% 222	40.4% 251	50.5% 154	48.5% 1227
Strongly disagree	10.2% 73	10.4% 27	6.9% 13	4.7% 21	3.5% 22	8.5% 26	7.2% 182
Refused	0.1% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
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	7.0% 65	5.2% 26	2.4% 4	3.2% 6	3.1% 8	2.7% 13	4.8% 122
Agree	44.9% 415	38.6% 192	35.3% 59	33.7% 64	31.0% 81	26.7% 131	37.2% 942
Undecided/DK (Interviewer: Do not read)	1.9% 18	2.0% 10	1.2% 2	1.1% 2	1.9% 5	0.6% 3	1.6% 40
Disagree	42.5% 393	47.5% 236	49.7% 83	56.3% 107	53.6% 140	54.3% 266	48.4% 1225
Strongly disagree	3.0% 28	5.6% 28	9.0% 15	5.3% 10	10.0% 26	15.3% 75	7.2% 182
Refused	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 8
Legitimate skip	0.4% 4	0.6% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530