Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the dependent variables (N=798)
| Variable | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Prop.a + |
Prop. Same |
Prop.a − |
Tot.b +/− |
Avg. Sim. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | ||||||||||
| Service attendance W1 | 797 | 3.03 | (1.19) | 1 | 4 | 0.73 | (0.26) | ||||
| Service attendance W2 | 627 | 3.03 | (1.21) | 1 | 4 | 0.14 | 0.70 | 0.16 | 0.30 | ||
| Youth service attend. W1 | 798 | 2.44 | (1.27) | 1 | 4 | 0.69 | (0.26) | ||||
| Youth service attend. W2 | 626 | 2.39 | (1.28) | 1 | 4 | 0.19 | 0.55 | 0.26 | 0.45 | ||
| Importance W1 | 798 | 3.25 | (1.02) | 1 | 4 | 0.78 | (0.23) | ||||
| Importance W2 | 626 | 3.23 | (1.05) | 1 | 4 | 0.13 | 0.71 | 0.16 | 0.29 | ||
| Pray W1 | 798 | 3.84 | (1.53) | 1 | 5 | 0.76 | (0.25) | ||||
| Pray W2 | 627 | 3.77 | (1.56) | 1 | 5 | 0.15 | 0.67 | 0.18 | 0.33 | ||
| Born again W1 | 789 | 0.53 | (0.50) | 0 | 1 | 0.72 | (0.34) | ||||
| Born again W2 | 622 | 0.53 | (0.50) | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.85 | 0.07 | 0.15 | ||
| No religious affiliation W1 | 787 | 0.10 | (0.31) | 0 | 1 | 0.84 | (0.29) | ||||
| No religious affiliation W2 | 626 | 0.12 | (0.32) | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.93 | 0.03 | 0.07 | ||
a
These columns present the proportion increasing (+) or decreasing (−) their religion between waves.
b
This column presents the combined proportion increasing/decreasing their religion between waves.