Table 2.
Percent Distribution of Measures of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs and Practices among Parents and Teens.
| Spirituality Beliefs and Practices | Level of Spirituality Beliefs and Practices | Number of cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A lot | Some what | Little or not quite | Not at all | Total | ||
| Spiritual Beliefs | ||||||
| Perception of the importance of spiritual beliefs to self | ||||||
| • parent | 57.5 | 36.3 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 419 |
| • teen | 44.4 | 44.9 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 100.0 | 394 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 54.0 | 37.9 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 100.0 | 224 |
| Belief in the help of religious prays or meditationi | ||||||
| • parent | 35.8 | 45.5 | 14.5 | 4.1 | 100.0 | 385 |
| • teen | 30.6 | 42.5 | 21.8 | 5.1 | 100.0 | 353 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 41.7 | 38.3 | 18.3 | 1.7 | 100.0 | 120 |
| Belief in Reincarnation | ||||||
| • parent | 30.0 | 33.3 | 23.8 | 12.9 | 100.0 | 420 |
| • teen | 24.5 | 43.3 | 24.8 | 7.5 | 100.0 | 400 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 30.6 | 46.3 | 19.0 | 4.1 | 100.0 | 121 |
| Belief in Karma | ||||||
| • parent | 56.4 | 31.0 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 100.0 | 420 |
| • teen | 46.8 | 35.4 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 100.0 | 404 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 54.8 | 29.4 | 12.3 | 3.5 | 100.0 | 228 |
| Spiritual Practices | ||||||
| Regular religious prayer or meditationii | ||||||
| • parent | 34.0 | 38.1 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 100.0 | 420 |
| • teen | 33.9 | 43.3 | 9.1 | 13.7 | 100.0 | 395 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 44.8 | 36.6 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 100.0 | 113 |
| Religious prayer or meditation when life is stressfuliii | ||||||
| • parent | 27.2 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 24.5 | 100.0 | 416 |
| • teen | 13.5 | 28.1 | 38.5 | 19.9 | 100.0 | 392 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 16.2 | 36.2 | 24.8 | 22.9 | 100.0 | 105 |
| Tamboon and/or Saibartiv | ||||||
| • parent | 22.6 | 53.8 | 19.8 | 3.8 | 100.0 | 420 |
| • teen | 7.4 | 54.1 | 31.5 | 6.9 | 100.0 | 403 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 15.2 | 56.5 | 21.7 | 6.5 | 100.0 | 92 |
| Observing the Five Preceptsiv | ||||||
| • parent | 20.2 | 46.9 | 21.9 | 11.0 | 100.0 | 420 |
| • teen | 10.1 | 48.9 | 30.7 | 10.3 | 100.0 | 397 |
| • teen of most highly spiritual parent | 17.5 | 51.2 | 26.2 | 5.0 | 100.0 | 80 |
i
The four corresponding codes are very helpful / helpful / neutral or mixed / unhelpful or very unhelpful.
ii
The four corresponding codes are daily or almost daily / about once a week or once a month / a few times a year / never.
iii
The four corresponding codes are always / most of the time / hardly ever / never.
iv
The four corresponding codes are very often / often / seldom / never.
Note: The number of cases in comparable rows may not be equal because of the “don't know” category and/or refusal to answer a particular question