Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for All Variables
Full Sample N = 7,029 |
Ages 13–17 N = 3,602 |
Ages 18–24 N = 3,427 |
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Variables | Range | Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | |
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Pornography viewing | 0–5 | 1.25 | 1.85 | 0.92*** | 1.63 | 1.60 | 2.00 | |
Religious attendance | 0–6 | 2.64 | 2.22 | 3.09*** | 2.22 | 2.17 | 2.13 | |
Importance of faith | 0–4 | 2.34 | 1.21 | 2.42*** | 1.16 | 2.24 | 1.26 | |
Prayer frequency | 0–6 | 3.12 | 2.04 | 3.26*** | 2.00 | 2.98 | 2.07 | |
Closeness to God | 0–5 | 2.83 | 1.32 | 2.96*** | 1.29 | 2.69 | 1.35 | |
Doubts about faith | 0–4 | 1.47 | 1.57 | 1.34*** | 1.49 | 1.61 | 1.65 | |
Age | 13–24 | 17.48 | 2.49 | 15.45*** | 1.36 | 19.61 | 1.37 | |
Religious affiliation | ||||||||
Conservative Protestant | 30% | 32%** | 28% | |||||
Mainline Protestant | 10% | 10% | 10% | |||||
Black Protestant | 9% | 10%*** | 7% | |||||
Catholic | 21% | 23%*** | 18% | |||||
Other | 13% | 12%† | 14% | |||||
Unaffiliated | 18% | 13%*** | 23% | |||||
Gender (Female) | 51% | 50% | 52% | |||||
Race1 | ||||||||
White | 69% | 68% | 70% | |||||
Black non-Hispanic | 16% | 16% | 16% | |||||
Hispanic | 10% | 10% | 9% | |||||
Other | 5% | 5% | 5% | |||||
Lives in the south | 42% | 42% | 42% | |||||
Parent in the home | 82% | 100%2*** | 64% | |||||
Parental income1 | 1–11 | 6.11 | 2.88 | 6.06 | 2.87 | 6.16 | 2.89 |
Notes. Observations reported are person-wave observations.
Responses measured at baseline.
11 observations in this age group (.31%) do not have a parent at home.
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p<.05;
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p<.001 (two-tailed tests)