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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2017 Jan 10;95(4):1757–1788. doi: 10.1093/sf/sow106

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for All Variables

Full Sample
N = 7,029
Ages 13–17
N = 3,602
Ages 18–24
N = 3,427
Variables Range Mean or % SD Mean or % SD Mean or % SD

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.

1

Responses measured at baseline.

2

11 observations in this age group (.31%) do not have a parent at home.

p<.1;

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001 (two-tailed tests)