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

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METSPREL (metspourel_w3) [IF HAS EVER BEEN MARRIED] C:3c. What was your religious preference or affiliation when you first met your [IF C:2=1,DK,REF, "first"] spouse? Was is Catholic, another kind of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, another religion, or not religious?   1) Catholic   2) Christian/another kind of Christian/Protestant   3) Jewish   5) Another religion   6) Not religious   999) Legitimate skip

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Catholic	30	1.2%	1.2%	-3.72
Christian/another kind of Christian/Protestant	98	3.9%	5.1%	-3.72
Jewish	2	.1%	5.1%	-3.71
Another religion	9	.4%	5.5%	-3.71
Not religious	32	1.3%	6.8%	-3.7
Legitimate skip	2361	93.2%	100%	.27

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
Catholic	0.4% 2	1.0% 5	0.9% 5	1.4% 7	1.7% 7	6.3% 4	1.2% 30
Christian/another kind of Christian/Protestant	0.2% 1	1.6% 8	2.8% 15	4.8% 25	9.6% 40	14.1% 9	3.9% 98
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Another religion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.8% 4	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 9
Not religious	0.4% 2	0.4% 2	1.1% 6	1.0% 5	2.9% 12	7.8% 5	1.3% 32
Legitimate skip	99.0% 487	97.0% 486	95.0% 515	91.9% 475	84.6% 352	71.9% 46	93.2% 2361
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
Catholic	1.2% 15	1.2% 15	1.2% 30
Christian/another kind of Christian/Protestant	2.3% 28	5.4% 70	3.9% 98
Jewish	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Another religion	0.2% 3	0.5% 6	0.4% 9
Not religious	1.1% 13	1.5% 19	1.3% 32
Legitimate skip	95.1% 1172	91.5% 1189	93.2% 2361
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
Catholic	0.4% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	4.7% 21	0.6% 4	0.3% 1	1.2% 30
Christian/another kind of Christian/Protestant	7.7% 55	3.5% 9	4.2% 8	0.5% 2	1.0% 6	5.9% 18	3.9% 98
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.1% 2
Another religion	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.4% 9
Not religious	0.6% 4	1.2% 3	0.5% 1	0.7% 3	3.2% 20	0.3% 1	1.3% 32
Legitimate skip	90.8% 648	95.0% 246	94.7% 179	93.9% 416	95.2% 592	91.8% 280	93.2% 2361
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
Catholic	0.9% 8	1.6% 8	2.4% 4	1.6% 3	1.1% 3	0.8% 4	1.2% 30
Christian/another kind of Christian/Protestant	2.4% 22	2.8% 14	4.2% 7	3.7% 7	4.2% 11	7.3% 36	3.8% 97
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.1% 2
Another religion	0.4% 4	0.2% 1	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 9
Not religious	2.1% 19	1.2% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	1.1% 3	0.2% 1	1.3% 32
Legitimate skip	94.3% 872	94.2% 468	92.2% 154	93.2% 177	93.5% 244	90.8% 445	93.3% 2360
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530