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Religious Life Inventory, 1988

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All frequencies are raw numbers (no weights used).

1) Subject ID (see summary documentation for more information.) (SID)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	93	55.108	31

2) Date run (DATERUN)

	TOTAL	%
1) 3/24/1986	16	17.2
2) 3/25/1986	21	22.6
3) 3/26/1986	19	20.4
4) 3/27/1986	16	17.2
5) 3/28/1986	5	5.4
6) 4/1/1986	2	2.2
7) 4/2/1986	1	1.1
8) 4/3/1986	4	4.3
9) 4/4/1986	1	1.1
10) 4/5/1986	2	2.2
11) 4/7/1986	3	3.2
12) 4/9/1986	1	1.1
13) 4/13/1986	1	1.1
14) 4/16/1986	1	1.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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3) Session start time (hour: minutes: seconds) (TIME0)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	93	47	27

4) Respondent's sex (SEX)

	TOTAL	%
1) Female	47	50.5
2) Male	46	49.5
TOTAL	93	100.0

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5) Respondent's race (RACE)

	TOTAL	%
1) Asian	1	1.1
2) Black	11	12.2
3) Hispanic	1	1.1
4) White	77	85.6
Missing	3
TOTAL	90	100.0

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6) College class (CSTAT)

	TOTAL	%
1) Freshman	31	33.3
2) Sophomore	32	34.4
3) Junior	13	14.0
4) Senior	17	18.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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7) Respondent's birthdate (BDATE)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	93	46.344	27

8) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): The church has been very important for my religious development. (CHRCHDE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	9	9.7
2) 2	6	6.5
3) 3	4	4.3
4) 4	3	3.2
5) 5	7	7.5
6) 6	12	12.9
7) 7	16	17.2
8) 8	16	17.2
9) 9	20	21.5
TOTAL	93	100.0

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9) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): Worldly events cannot affect the eternal truths of my religion. (WRLDEVNT)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	2	2.2
2) 2	2	2.2
3) 3	7	7.5
4) 4	9	9.7
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	9	9.7
7) 7	18	19.4
8) 8	15	16.1
9) 9	19	20.4
TOTAL	93	100.0

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10) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): My religious development is a natural response to the innate need of man for devotion to God. (INNATE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	7	7.5
2) 2	4	4.3
3) 3	4	4.3
4) 4	2	2.2
5) 5	15	16.1
6) 6	12	12.9
7) 7	21	22.6
8) 8	14	15.1
9) 9	14	15.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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11) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): It may be said that I value my religious doubts and uncertainties. (VALUEDBT)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	5	5.4
2) 2	4	4.3
3) 3	2	2.2
4) 4	4	4.3
5) 5	13	14.0
6) 6	11	11.8
7) 7	31	33.3
8) 8	13	14.0
9) 9	10	10.8
TOTAL	93	100.0

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12) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): My minister (or youth director, camp counselor, etc.) has had a profound influence on my personal religious development. (MINISTER)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	12	12.9
2) 2	8	8.6
3) 3	12	12.9
4) 4	7	7.5
5) 5	13	14.0
6) 6	12	12.9
7) 7	10	10.8
8) 8	5	5.4
9) 9	14	15.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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13) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): God's will should shape my life. (GODSWILL)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	8	8.6
2) 2	5	5.4
3) 3	3	3.2
4) 4	2	2.2
5) 5	10	10.8
6) 6	9	9.7
7) 7	9	9.7
8) 8	15	16.1
9) 9	32	34.4
TOTAL	93	100.0

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14) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): On religious issues, I find the opinion of others irrelevant. (OTHOPNIN)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	5	5.4
2) 2	10	10.8
3) 3	16	17.2
4) 4	19	20.4
5) 5	20	21.5
6) 6	7	7.5
7) 7	8	8.6
8) 8	3	3.2
9) 9	5	5.4
TOTAL	93	100.0

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15) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): It is necessary for me to have a religious belief. (NECBELIF)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	8	8.6
2) 2	3	3.2
3) 3	2	2.2
4) 4	1	1.1
5) 5	10	10.8
6) 6	8	8.6
7) 7	18	19.4
8) 8	13	14.0
9) 9	30	32.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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16) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): When it comes to religious questions, I feel driven to know the truth. (DRVTRUTH)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	2	2.2
2) 2	3	3.2
3) 3	5	5.4
4) 4	8	8.6
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	11	11.8
7) 7	17	18.3
8) 8	9	9.7
9) 9	26	28.0
TOTAL	93	100.0

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17) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): I find my everyday experiences severely test my religious convictions. (EVDAYEXP)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	8	8.6
2) 2	9	9.7
3) 3	9	9.7
4) 4	7	7.5
5) 5	13	14.0
6) 6	8	8.6
7) 7	17	18.3
8) 8	10	10.8
9) 9	12	12.9
TOTAL	93	100.0

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18) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): A major factor in my religious development has been the importance of religion for my parents. (PARENTS)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	5	5.4
2) 2	4	4.3
3) 3	7	7.5
4) 4	6	6.5
5) 5	14	15.1
6) 6	13	14.0
7) 7	12	12.9
8) 8	13	14.0
9) 9	19	20.4
TOTAL	93	100.0

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19) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): I do not expect my religious convictions to change in the next few years. (NOCHANGE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	2	2.2
2) 2	3	3.2
3) 3	6	6.5
4) 4	6	6.5
5) 5	9	9.7
6) 6	8	8.6
7) 7	10	10.8
8) 8	20	21.5
9) 9	29	31.2
TOTAL	93	100.0

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20) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): Religion is something I have never felt personally compelled to consider. (NOTCMPLD)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	28	30.1
2) 2	18	19.4
3) 3	14	15.1
4) 4	11	11.8
5) 5	9	9.7
6) 6	5	5.4
7) 7	1	1.1
8) 8	4	4.3
9) 9	3	3.2
TOTAL	93	100.0

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21) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): I have been driven to ask religious questions out of a growing awareness of the tensions in my world and in my relation to my world. (AWREWRLD)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	1	1.1
2) 2	9	9.7
3) 3	4	4.3
4) 4	4	4.3
5) 5	13	14.0
6) 6	14	15.1
7) 7	21	22.6
8) 8	15	16.1
9) 9	12	12.9
TOTAL	93	100.0

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22) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): My religion serves to satisfy needs for fellowship and security. (FELOWSHP)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	4	4.3
2) 2	3	3.2
3) 3	6	6.5
4) 4	4	4.3
5) 5	16	17.2
6) 6	14	15.1
7) 7	15	16.1
8) 8	16	17.2
9) 9	15	16.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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23) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): My religious development has emerged out of my growing sense of personal identity. (PERSNLID)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	4	4.3
2) 2	3	3.2
3) 3	1	1.1
4) 4	5	5.4
5) 5	14	15.1
6) 6	14	15.1
7) 7	20	21.5
8) 8	14	15.1
9) 9	18	19.4
TOTAL	93	100.0

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24) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): My religion is a personal matter, independent of the influence of organized religion. (INDEPDNT)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	1	1.1
2) 2	6	6.5
3) 3	2	2.2
4) 4	4	4.3
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	13	14.0
7) 7	18	19.4
8) 8	14	15.1
9) 9	23	24.7
TOTAL	93	100.0

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25) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): Whether I turn out to be religious or not doesn't make much difference to me. (NODIFRNC)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	26	28.0
2) 2	13	14.0
3) 3	15	16.1
4) 4	8	8.6
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	7	7.5
7) 7	4	4.3
8) 8	4	4.3
9) 9	4	4.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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26) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): Certain people have served as "models" for my religious development. (MODELS)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	6	6.5
2) 2	5	5.4
3) 3	7	7.5
4) 4	6	6.5
5) 5	11	11.8
6) 6	12	12.9
7) 7	21	22.6
8) 8	11	11.8
9) 9	14	15.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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27) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): I have found it essential to have faith. (ESSNTIAL)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	6	6.5
2) 2	5	5.4
3) 3	2	2.2
4) 4	1	1.1
5) 5	11	11.8
6) 6	11	11.8
7) 7	13	14.0
8) 8	14	15.1
9) 9	30	32.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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28) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): It is important for me to learn about religion from those who know more about it than I do. (LEARNREL)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	6	6.5
2) 2	4	4.3
3) 3	4	4.3
4) 4	3	3.2
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	8	8.6
7) 7	20	21.5
8) 8	20	21.5
9) 9	16	17.2
TOTAL	93	100.0

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29) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): God wasn't very important to me until I began to ask questions about the meaning of my own life. (QSTNLIFE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	14	15.1
2) 2	12	12.9
3) 3	12	12.9
4) 4	14	15.1
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	7	7.5
7) 7	15	16.1
8) 8	3	3.2
9) 9	4	4.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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30) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): I find it impossible to conceive of myself not being religious. (IMPSSNOT)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	15	16.1
2) 2	4	4.3
3) 3	6	6.5
4) 4	8	8.6
5) 5	8	8.6
6) 6	9	9.7
7) 7	13	14.0
8) 8	17	18.3
9) 9	13	14.0
TOTAL	93	100.0

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31) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): The "me" of a few years back would be surprised of my present religious stance. (YRSAGO)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	12	12.9
2) 2	16	17.2
3) 3	6	6.5
4) 4	8	8.6
5) 5	17	18.3
6) 6	10	10.8
7) 7	8	8.6
8) 8	5	5.4
9) 9	11	11.8
TOTAL	93	100.0

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32) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): Questions are far more central to my religious experience than are answers. (ANSWERS)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	5	5.4
2) 2	7	7.5
3) 3	7	7.5
4) 4	7	7.5
5) 5	32	34.4
6) 6	18	19.4
7) 7	7	7.5
8) 8	7	7.5
9) 9	3	3.2
TOTAL	93	100.0

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33) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): Outside forces (other persons, church, etc.) have been relatively unimportant in my religious development. (OUTSDERS)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	7	7.5
2) 2	14	15.1
3) 3	16	17.2
4) 4	13	14.0
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	11	11.8
7) 7	13	14.0
8) 8	3	3.2
9) 9	4	4.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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34) Please rate the following comment by indicating your own true opinion on a nine-point scale (where 1= Strongly disagree, 5= Neutral, and 9= Strongly agree): For me, religion has not been a "must." (MUSTNOT)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	16	17.2
2) 2	12	12.9
3) 3	13	14.0
4) 4	3	3.2
5) 5	12	12.9
6) 6	5	5.4
7) 7	12	12.9
8) 8	9	9.7
9) 9	11	11.8
TOTAL	93	100.0

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35) Start time of Religious Life Inventory (hour: minutes: seconds) (STIME)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	93	47	27

36) End time of Religious Life Inventory (hour: minutes: seconds) (ETIME)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	93	47	27

37) Total time between start time (STTIME) and end time (ETIME) in seconds (TTIME)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	93	193.656	44

38) Intrinsic Religious Life Inventory, 9=Low to 81=High (See summary documentation for more information.) (INTERNAL)

	TOTAL	%
13)	1	1.1
17)	1	1.1
18)	1	1.1
19)	1	1.1
20)	2	2.2
25)	1	1.1
28)	2	2.2
31)	1	1.1
33)	1	1.1
34)	1	1.1
35)	3	3.2
36)	1	1.1
41)	2	2.2
42)	1	1.1
44)	2	2.2
45)	1	1.1
46)	1	1.1
47)	1	1.1
48)	2	2.2
49)	1	1.1
52)	2	2.2
53)	2	2.2
54)	2	2.2
55)	1	1.1
57)	3	3.2
58)	3	3.2
59)	2	2.2
60)	5	5.4
61)	1	1.1
62)	4	4.3
63)	3	3.2
64)	5	5.4
65)	3	3.2
66)	2	2.2
67)	3	3.2
68)	3	3.2
69)	2	2.2
70)	1	1.1
71)	2	2.2
72)	2	2.2
75)	1	1.1
76)	2	2.2
77)	3	3.2
78)	3	3.2
79)	3	3.2
80)	2	2.2
81)	1	1.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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39) Extrinsic Religious Life Inventory, 6=Low to 54=High (See summary documentation for more information.) (EXTERNAL)

	TOTAL	%
7)	1	1.1
8)	2	2.2
14)	1	1.1
16)	1	1.1
17)	2	2.2
19)	1	1.1
20)	1	1.1
21)	1	1.1
22)	2	2.2
23)	4	4.3
24)	2	2.2
25)	1	1.1
26)	3	3.2
27)	1	1.1
28)	5	5.4
29)	1	1.1
30)	3	3.2
31)	4	4.3
32)	4	4.3
34)	4	4.3
35)	1	1.1
36)	1	1.1
37)	4	4.3
38)	4	4.3
39)	1	1.1
40)	5	5.4
41)	6	6.5
42)	3	3.2
43)	3	3.2
44)	2	2.2
45)	2	2.2
47)	2	2.2
48)	3	3.2
49)	4	4.3
50)	1	1.1
51)	2	2.2
52)	4	4.3
54)	1	1.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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40) Quest Orientation Religious Life Inventory, 6=Low to 54=High (See summary documentation for more information.) (INTERACT)

	TOTAL	%
17)	3	3.2
18)	1	1.1
19)	2	2.2
21)	1	1.1
22)	3	3.2
23)	4	4.3
24)	4	4.3
25)	3	3.2
26)	3	3.2
27)	1	1.1
28)	2	2.2
29)	3	3.2
30)	6	6.5
31)	5	5.4
32)	9	9.7
33)	5	5.4
34)	5	5.4
35)	8	8.6
36)	7	7.5
37)	3	3.2
38)	6	6.5
39)	2	2.2
40)	1	1.1
41)	1	1.1
42)	1	1.1
43)	2	2.2
44)	1	1.1
45)	1	1.1
TOTAL	93	100.0

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41) I-SEX: Respondent's sex (for use with online analysis) (I-SEX)

	TOTAL	%
1) Female	47	50.5
2) Male	46	49.5
TOTAL	93	100.0

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42) I-RACE: Respondent's race (for use with online analysis) (I-RACE)

	TOTAL	%
1) Asian	1	1.1
2) Black	11	12.2
3) Hispanic	1	1.1
4) White	77	85.6
Missing	3
TOTAL	90	100.0

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43) I-CSTAT: College class (for use with online analysis) (I-CSTAT)

	TOTAL	%
1) Freshman	31	33.3
2) Sophomore	32	34.4
3) Junior	13	14.0
4) Senior	17	18.3
TOTAL	93	100.0

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