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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Spectr. 2008;28(5):477–509. doi: 10.1080/02732170802206047

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Ranges for All Variables

Mean SD Range
Importance of religious faith, Wave 3 1.42 .86 0–3
Importance of spiritual life, Wave 3 1.48 .83 0–3
Frequency of prayer, Wave 3 3.57 2.61 0–7
Guided decision-making, Wave 3 3.41 1.08 1–5
Pre-September 11 Wave 3 interview date .21 .41 0, 1
September 12–October 11 Wave 3 interview date .15 .36 0, 1
October 12–November 11 Wave 3 interview date .14 .35 0, 1
November 12–December 11 Wave 3 interview date .13 .34 0, 1
December 12–May 2002 Wave 3 interview date .36 .48 0, 1
Female .50 .50 0, 1
White .69 .46 0, 1
Black .16 .36 0, 1
Hispanic .11 .31 0, 1
Asian .04 .20 0, 1
Lives in South .39 .49 0, 1
Lives in Northeast .14 .34 0, 1
Lives in Midwest .31 .46 0, 1
Lives in West .16 .37 0, 1
Did not go to or finish college, Wave 3 .53 .50 0, 1
Enrolled in or graduated from two-year college, Wave 3 .15 .36 0, 1
Enrolled in or graduated from four-year college, Wave 3 .32 .47 0, 1
Evangelical Protestant .19 .39 0, 1
Mainline Protestant .21 .41 0, 1
Black Protestant .12 .33 0, 1
Catholic .24 .43 0, 1
Other religion .11 .31 0, 1
No religion .12 .33 0, 1
Single, Wave 3 .67 .47 0, 1
Married, Wave 3 .17 .37 0, 1
Cohabiting, Wave 3 .16 .37 0, 1
Parents care about very much .85 .35 0, 1
No significant friend contact over past week, Wave 3 .08 .27 0, 1
Top 10% CES-D score .10 .30 0, 1
Never attended religious services .24 .43 0, 1
Attended religious services less than once a month .18 .38 0, 1
Attended religious services one to three times a month .20 .40 0, 1
Attended religious services once a week or more .38 .49 0, 1
Religion not important at all .16 .36 0, 1
Religion fairly unimportant .07 .25 0, 1
Religion fairly important .36 .48 0, 1
Religion very important .42 .49 0, 1
Lives with family .43 .49 0, 1
Age (in months) 267.68 21.9 220–336
Intact family .57 .50 0, 1

Note: Unless other wise noted, all variables are Wave 1 variables.