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

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > National Studies of Youth and Religion > Analysis

GODVIEW(Percentages are unweighted)

(godview_w3) [IF BELIEVES IN GOD OR IS UNSURE/DK OR REF] I:5. Which of the following views comes closest to your own view of God?

	1) God is a personal being involved in the lives of people today
	999) Legitimate skip
	3) God is not personal, but something like a cosmic life force
	777) Don't know
	2) God created the world, but is not involved in the world now
	4) None of these views
	888) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
God is a personal being involved in the lives of people today	1569	62.0%	62.0%	-0.30
Legitimate skip	154	6.1%	68.0%	3.53
God is not personal, but something like a cosmic life force	477	18.8%	86.9%	-0.29
Don't know	33	1.3%	88.2%	2.68
God created the world, but is not involved in the world now	246	9.7%	97.9%	-0.29
None of these views	35	1.4%	99.3%	-0.29
Refused	18	.7%	100.0%	3.10

Variable Comparisons

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
God is a personal being involved in the lives of people today	58.9% 290	62.7% 314	63.1% 342	62.7% 324	61.5% 256	67.2% 43	62.0% 1569
Legitimate skip	7.7% 38	5.6% 28	5.5% 30	6.2% 32	5.3% 22	6.3% 4	6.1% 154
God is not personal, but something like a cosmic life force	18.3% 90	17.6% 88	19.7% 107	19.3% 100	20.4% 85	10.9% 7	18.8% 477
Don't know	1.8% 9	1.4% 7	1.3% 7	1.0% 5	1.0% 4	1.6% 1	1.3% 33
God created the world, but is not involved in the world now	11.6% 57	11.2% 56	8.3% 45	7.9% 41	9.9% 41	9.4% 6	9.7% 246
None of these views	1.2% 6	1.0% 5	1.5% 8	2.1% 11	1.0% 4	1.6% 1	1.4% 35
Refused	0.4% 2	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	0.8% 4	1.0% 4	3.1% 2	0.7% 18
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
God is a personal being involved in the lives of people today	51.4% 633	72.0% 936	62.0% 1569
Legitimate skip	8.0% 99	4.2% 55	6.1% 154
God is not personal, but something like a cosmic life force	23.5% 289	14.5% 188	18.8% 477
Don't know	1.3% 16	1.3% 17	1.3% 33
God created the world, but is not involved in the world now	13.6% 168	6.0% 78	9.7% 246
None of these views	1.5% 18	1.3% 17	1.4% 35
Refused	0.7% 9	0.7% 9	0.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1300	2532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other religion	TOTAL
God is a personal being involved in the lives of people today	82.6% 590	73.4% 190	83.1% 157	67.9% 301	24.4% 152	58.7% 179	62.0% 1569
Legitimate skip	0.6% 4	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	1.6% 7	20.4% 127	3.9% 12	6.1% 154
God is not personal, but something like a cosmic life force	7.4% 53	13.9% 36	7.9% 15	14.7% 65	37.9% 236	23.6% 72	18.8% 477
Don't know	1.3% 9	1.2% 3	1.6% 3	1.1% 5	1.8% 11	0.7% 2	1.3% 33
God created the world, but is not involved in the world now	6.3% 45	7.7% 20	6.9% 13	13.8% 61	13.0% 81	8.5% 26	9.7% 246
None of these views	1.0% 7	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	1.8% 11	3.3% 10	1.4% 35
Refused	0.8% 6	1.2% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	1.3% 4	0.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 259	100.0% 189	100.0% 443	100.0% 622	100.0% 305	2532

Worship 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
God is a personal being involved in the lives of people today	35.1% 325	65.8% 327	74.3% 124	68.9% 131	84.7% 221	89.6% 439	61.9% 1567
Legitimate skip	15.0% 139	1.6% 8	1.8% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	6.1% 154
God is not personal, but something like a cosmic life force	32.4% 300	17.5% 87	12.6% 21	14.2% 27	7.7% 20	4.5% 22	18.9% 477
Don't know	1.4% 13	1.6% 8	1.2% 2	1.6% 3	1.5% 4	0.6% 3	1.3% 33
God created the world, but is not involved in the world now	13.1% 121	11.9% 59	7.8% 13	13.2% 25	5.4% 14	2.9% 14	9.7% 246
None of these views	2.2% 20	1.0% 5	0.6% 1	1.1% 2	0.4% 1	1.2% 6	1.4% 35
Refused	0.8% 7	0.6% 3	1.8% 3	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.6% 3	0.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 497	100.0% 167	100.0% 190	100.0% 261	100.0% 490	2530