Table 5.

Attitudinal changes regarding religion and secularization in three Latin American countries, by age and sex, 1990-2006

		Men					Women
		≤ 29	30-49	50+	Total	N	≤ 29	30-49	50+	Total	N
Church attendance = never or less than once a year (%)
Argentina	1991	45.6	33.0	30.8	35.2	275	31.5	18.1	26.0	24.0	383
	2006	73.3	58.3	65.6	65.5	467	46.5	36.8	25.0	34.9	535
Chile	1990	61.2	50.2	38.7	51.5	714	36.2	27.7	23.3	29.5	786
	2006	76.1	55.9	55.7	61.1	425	47.9	39.2	23.8	36.2	542
Brazil	1991	46.0	45.8	35.4	43.5	892	34.3	31.5	16.0	29.1	890
	2006	38.5	38.7	34.3	37.3	624	25.7	21.9	19.9	20.9	870
Church gives answers to social problems (% No)
Argentina	1991	72.6	72.3	56.8	66.8	407	68.3	62.6	48.7	55.4	448
	2006	72.8	63.6	63.5	66.5	391	67.4	57.7	438	55.4	466
Chile	1990	29.3	25.1	15.6	22.8	663	32.0	22.9	21.1	25.7	723
	2006	70.3	57.9	55.3	60.4	407	57.0	51.5	44.1	50.3	509
Brazil	1991	66.7	64.9	46.4	61.4	858	67.0	59.2	40.8	55.9	829
	2006	64.4	50.2	48.8	54.3	606	56.2	54.4	44.6	52.4	842
Church gives answers to problems of the family (% No)
Argentina	1991	60.0	62.3	44.1	55.5	407	54.4	47.7	39.4	46.6	465
	2006	63.1	58.2	58.1	59.7	397	60.8	58.6	44.3	53.9	475
Chile	1990	22.1	16.0	13.0	17.5	668	18.6	18.5	14.0	17.4	743
	2006	59.6	47.9	43.9	49.9	413	51.9	42.9	38.7	43.7	517
Brazil	1991	55.0	55.3	45.9	53.0	860	54.1	41.4	32.1	44.3	844
	2006	34.2	29.0	26.5	29.9	608	27.2	27.0	25.2	26.6	854
Moments of prayer or meditation (%No)
Argentina	1991	38.5	34.5	26.1	32.6	466	28.5	16.6	10.9	17.7	526
	2006	44.6	34.2	32.7	37.0	462	23.6	14.4	6.6	14.1	532
Chile	1990	27.0	18.2	14.4	20.5	706	16.3	8.9	2.0	9.7	784
	2006	45.8	29.9	22.6	31.8	443	24.6	17.5	5.9	15.3	543
Brazil	1991	15.5	15.1	10.0	14.1	887	13.9	6.4	3.0	8.6	886
	2006	21.2	13.2	10.4	14.9	609	11.2	5.4	4.4	6.9	859

Source: Own tabulations of the 1990 and 2005 rounds of the World Values Surveys data files.