Percentage of high school seniors reporting various levels of importance of religion in their life, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

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Table 37.	Percentage of high school seniors reporting various levels of importance of religion in their life, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Year and sex	Very important	Pretty important	A little important	Not important
Total
1980	32.4	32.6	25.3	9.8
1985	27.3	32.4	27.6	12.7
1990	26.4	29.5	28.7	15.5
1995	29.9	28.2	26.8	15.1
2000	31.7	29.2	25.0	14.2
2001	32.3	27.9	24.4	15.5
2002	32.8	29.6	22.9	14.7
2003	30.5	27.8	24.3	17.5
2004	30.4	27.4	24.9	17.2
2005	31.1	27.1	23.9	17.9
2006	30.7	27.5	24.3	17.5
2007	30.4	26.6	24.4	18.5
2008	28.0	27.6	24.9	19.6
2009	28.4	26.5	24.9	20.2

Males
1980	27.2	31.9	28.0	12.9
1985	23.3	31.6	28.6	16.4
1990	23.0	28.4	30.4	18.3
1995	26.7	26.2	28.4	18.7
2000	28.3	27.9	27.0	16.9
2001	28.5	27.0	26.2	18.4
2002	28.7	28.0	24.1	19.1
2003	25.4	26.4	25.6	22.6
2004	26.3	26.7	25.9	21.1
2005	26.0	26.8	24.7	22.5
2006	27.0	27.1	25.1	20.7
2007	26.6	26.1	25.1	22.2
2008	25.0	26.1	26.0	22.9
2009	25.5	25.2	24.9	24.4

Females
1980	37.2	33.5	22.6	6.7
1985	31.0	33.1	26.6	9.2
1990	29.9	30.8	26.9	12.4
1995	32.7	30.0	25.7	11.6
2000	34.7	30.4	23.3	11.6
2001	36.1	28.4	22.8	12.7
2002	36.3	31.0	22.2	10.5
2003	34.7	29.1	23.4	12.8
2004	34.6	28.2	23.9	13.3
2005	35.9	27.4	23.2	13.6
2006	34.1	27.8	23.7	14.3
2007	33.4	27.4	24.0	15.2
2008	30.6	28.9	23.9	16.6
2009	31.0	27.8	25.0	16.2

NOTE: The response rates for this survey do not meet National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) standards. For more information on Monitoring the Future, see Appendix A: Technical Note and Guide to Sources. Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, selected years, 1980–2009.