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.