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182774  |
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| Title: |
Special Report: Religious Life of America's Youth |
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| Journal: |
Youth Views Volume:7 Issue:7 Dated:March 2000 Pages:1-5 |
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| Corporate Author: |
The George H. Gallup International Institute
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
2000 |
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| Page Count: |
5 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
The George H. Gallup International Institute
Princeton, NJ 08542 |
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| Type: |
Survey |
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| Format: |
Article |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
Five papers on the "Religious Life of America's Youth" are based
on the findings of a Gallup Youth Survey conducted in the fall of
1999 compared with a similar survey conducted in the fall of
1997.
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| Abstract: |
The findings of the 1999 survey show that religion is as
important an influence in the lives of American teens as it was
in 1997. One-third of teens said their religious faith was the
most important influence in their life; more than 4 in 10
reported their religious faith was a somewhat important
influence. Only one-fourth of the teens surveyed said religious
faith was unimportant as an influence in their lives. Girls were
more likely than boys to report religious faith as the most
important influence in their life, and African-Americans were
more likely than whites to consider their religious faith as
their most important influence. Most of those surveyed identified
their religious preference as either Protestant or Catholic. In
comparing the teen survey with a survey of young adults in
December 1999, there is an indication that religious
participation declines as youth enter their twenties. The 1999
teen poll showed that a sizeable majority of American teens knew
that Cassie Bernall, a student at Columbine High School, was a
shooting victim because she professed her belief in God, and this
tragedy appears to have intensified teens' own religious faith.
Teens of above-average academic standing and teens with two
college-educated parents were more likely to belong to a church
or synagogue than were their counterparts. This was also true in
1997. Close to half of teens (46 percent) attended services for
religious worship in the past week. Still, Kenda Dean, one of the
founders of the Institute of Youth Ministry at the Princeton
Theological Seminary, advises that teens sometimes do not find a
church setting in which they can grow in their beliefs and deepen
their faith commitment. 4 tables
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| Main Term(s): |
Juvenile delinquency prevention |
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| Index Term(s): |
Adolescent attitudes; Religion; Youth community involvement; Youth development; Youth groups |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=182774 |
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