| PMC full text: | Soc Forces. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 Aug 10. Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2008; 86(3): 1163–1188. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0000 |
Table 1
Characteristics associated with importance of religion
| Proportion reporting religion is: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | Somewhat important | Not important/no religion | ||
| All women | 50 | 31 | 19 | |
| By religious affiliation | ||||
| No religion | 0 | 1 | 99 | |
| Catholic | 49 | 43 | 8 | |
| Protestant | 65 | 31 | 4 | |
| Baptist/Southern Baptist | 70 | 28 | 2 | |
| Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Church of Christ | 49 | 43 | 8 | |
| Fundamentalist Protestant | 80 | 19 | 1 | |
| Other | 40 | 45 | 16 | |
| By frequency of religious attendance | ||||
| Weekly or more | 88 | 11 | 1 | |
| 1–3 times per month | 56 | 40 | 4 | |
| Less than once/month | 21 | 42 | 37 | |
| By age group | ||||
| 15–19 | 43 | 38 | 19 | |
| 20–24 | 45 | 32 | 24 | |
| 25–29 | 46 | 31 | 22 | |
| 30–34 | 49 | 30 | 21 | |
| 35–39 | 56 | 27 | 16 | |
| 40–44 | 58 | 29 | 13 | |
| By racial/ethnic group | ||||
| African American | 70 | 19 | 11 | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 44 | 34 | 22 | |
| Hispanic | 55 | 31 | 14 | |
Notes: Authors’ calculations, 2002 NSFG. Means and proportions weighted using sample weights.