Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 54
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| Attending religious services | Importance of religion in my life
| (in percent) | (in percent)
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Year | 1 to 2 |
| times per | Very Pretty A Not
|Weekly month Rarely Never |important important little important
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1976 .... 40.7 16.3 32.0 11.0 28.8 30.5 27.8 12.9
1978 .... 39.4 17.2 34.4 9.0 27.8 33.0 27.9 11.2
1980 .... 43.1 16.3 32.0 8.6 32.4 32.6 25.3 9.8
1982 .... 37.3 17.4 35.8 9.6 28.4 33.0 27.9 10.7
1984 .... 37.7 16.2 35.8 10.2 29.7 32.6 26.7 11.0
1985 .... 35.3 16.6 37.0 11.1 27.3 32.4 27.6 12.7
1986 .... 34.3 16.8 36.9 12.0 26.3 32.7 27.8 13.3
1987 .... 31.8 15.6 39.6 13.0 24.9 31.7 28.8 14.5
1988 .... 31.9 17.3 39.0 11.7 26.1 31.9 28.4 13.6
1989 .... 31.4 16.6 38.5 13.5 27.2 30.3 27.8 14.7
1990 .... 30.4 15.7 39.7 14.1 26.4 29.5 28.7 15.5
1991 .... 31.2 16.8 37.6 14.4 27.7 30.0 27.0 15.3
1992 .... 32.4 17.6 36.3 13.8 29.4 29.8 26.2 14.6
1993 .... 31.6 16.4 37.6 14.4 29.3 28.6 27.2 14.9
1994 .... 32.3 16.5 36.8 14.3 29.6 28.6 26.4 15.4
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-Data not available.
/1/ Subcategories may not sum to total due to rounding.
/2/ Estimate is based on 10 or fewer sample cases.
SOURCE: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, various years.
[Indicator 53. Volunteer Work and Community Affairs]
[Indicator 55. Values]
