Table 1.
Measures of cognitive, affective, and behavioral religiosity
| Percent | N | |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Religiosity | ||
| View of God: Which comes closest to your own view of God? | ||
| Does not believe in Goda | 3.3 | 100 |
| God not personally involved in lives | 28.7 | 898 |
| God personally involved in lives | 68.0 | 2,135 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,133 |
| Afterlife: Do you believe in life after death? | ||
| Not at all | 13.0 | 435 |
| Maybe | 37.6 | 1,247 |
| Definitely | 49.5 | 1,603 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,285 |
| Only one religion: Only one religion is true and not okay to pick and choose religious beliefs? | ||
| No | 79.8 | 2,629 |
| Yes | 20.2 | 651 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,280 |
| Doubts: How much do you have doubts about your religious beliefs? | ||
| Many or some doubts | 20.1 | 662 |
| A few doubts | 31.4 | 996 |
| No doubts | 48.5 | 1,614 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,272 |
| Affective Religiosity | ||
| Importance of faith: How important is religious faith in shaping how you live your daily life? | ||
| Not at all or not very important | 18.1 | 578 |
| Somewhat important | 31.2 | 1,049 |
| Very Important | 31.0 | 1,016 |
| Extremely important | 19.7 | 640 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,283 |
| Closeness to God: How distant or close do you feel to God most of the time? | ||
| Does not believe in Goda | 3.1 | 100 |
| Extremely to somewhat distant | 25.1 | 806 |
| Somewhat close | 35.1 | 1,144 |
| Very or extremely close | 36.6 | 1,227 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,277 |
| Meaning of life: How often do you think about the importance of life? | ||
| Rarely or never | 28.7 | 889 |
| Sometimes | 31.8 | 1,051 |
| Fairly often | 18.0 | 603 |
| Very often | 21.5 | 743 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,286 |
| Spiritual but not religious: Do you consider yourself spiritual, but not religious? | ||
| Very true | 8.6 | 297 |
| Somewhat true | 47.4 | 1,516 |
| Not at all true | 44.0 | 1,403 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,216 |
| Behavioral Religiosity | ||
| Religious service attendance: About how often do you usually attend religious services? | ||
| Never | 18.1 | 604 |
| Few times to many times a year | 22.5 | 767 |
| One to three times a month | 18.8 | 636 |
| Once a week or more | 40.6 | 1,278 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,285 |
| Prayer: How often, if ever, do you pray by yourself alone? | ||
| Never | 14.7 | 463 |
| Less than once a month to 1–2/month | 20.4 | 670 |
| About once a week to a few times a week | 27.2 | 902 |
| About once a day to many times a day | 37.8 | 1,245 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,280 |
| Volunteering: How often have you done organized volunteer work or community service in the past year? | ||
| Never | 32.7 | 1,122 |
| A few times | 34.8 | 1,136 |
| Occasionally or regularly | 32.5 | 1,025 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,283 |
| Helped: How often have you helped people in need, not through an organization? | ||
| None | 25.9 | 839 |
| A little | 30.3 | 976 |
| Some | 33.5 | 1,101 |
| A lot | 10.3 | 369 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,285 |
a
Ascertained from response to earlier question about belief in God