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Mail: Religion and Spirituality

Graduate Mail: Religion and Spirituality Module


OVERVIEW

The Religion and Spirituality Module is new to the 2004 mail survey. 
Supplementing items asked on the telephone about specific aspects of religion
(preference, service attendance, etc.), these items aim to address religion and
spirituality in a more general sense, including attitudes toward religion,
spirituality, and the Bible.  Also asked are items about the importance of
religion in one's life and the use of religion or spirituality to find comfort
or guidance in difficult times..

See also the telephone administered Religion Module.

BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Ranges reference dataset/codebook order, not necessarily alphabetical
    _____________________________________________________________________
    IL001RER-IL002RER:     How Religious/Spiritual are You?

    IL003RER-IL004RER:     How Important is Your Religion/Spirituality?

    IL005RER-IL012RER:     Specific Religion/Spirituality Items

    IL013RER-IL016RER:     Seeking Comfort Items

    IL017RER-IL018RER:     Bible Items


NOTE: See Cor813 in Appendix A for variable creation details

il001rer: How religious are you?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 93 97 190
1 NOT AT ALL 221 138 359
2 NOT VERY 445 276 721
3 SOMEWHAT 1292 1307 2599
4 VERY 963 1586 2549
5 EXTREMELY 132 296 428

il002rer: How spiritual are you?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 99 113 212
1 NOT AT ALL 139 62 201
2 NOT VERY 376 164 540
3 SOMEWHAT 1290 1195 2485
4 VERY 1064 1712 2776
5 EXTREMELY 178 454 632

il003rer: How important is religion in your life?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 98 93 191
1 NOT AT ALL 213 132 345
2 NOT VERY 431 276 707
3 SOMEWHAT 909 858 1767
4 VERY 1046 1389 2435
5 EXTREMELY 449 952 1401

il004rer: How important is spirituality in your life?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 114 127 241
1 NOT AT ALL 148 58 206
2 NOT VERY 383 165 548
3 SOMEWHAT 1017 902 1919
4 VERY 1069 1475 2544
5 EXTREMELY 415 973 1388

il005rer: How important was it, or would it have been if you had children, to send your children for religious or spiritual instruction?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 99 102 201
1 NOT AT ALL 212 148 360
2 NOT VERY 382 227 609
3 SOMEWHAT 775 685 1460
4 VERY 1292 1556 2848
5 EXTREMELY 386 982 1368

il006rer: How closely do you identify with being a member of a religious group?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 96 105 201
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 NOT AT ALL 451 360 811
2 NOT VERY 547 453 1000
3 SOMEWHAT 782 845 1627
4 VERY 927 1224 2151
5 EXTREMELY 342 713 1055

il007rer: How important is it for you to be with other people who are the same religion as you?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_g

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 95 97 192
1 NOT AT ALL 956 961 1917
2 NOT VERY 1035 1020 2055
3 SOMEWHAT 687 966 1653
4 VERY 286 458 744
5 EXTREMELY 87 198 285

il008rer: How important do you think it is for people of your religion to marry other people who are the same religion?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_h

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 96 103 199
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 NOT AT ALL 911 918 1829
2 NOT VERY 800 871 1671
3 SOMEWHAT 821 1076 1897
4 VERY 409 539 948
5 EXTREMELY 109 192 301

il009rer: How strongly do you believe that one should stick to a particular faith?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_i

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 103 116 219
1 NOT AT ALL 702 828 1530
2 NOT VERY 762 871 1633
3 SOMEWHAT 824 1003 1827
4 VERY 577 636 1213
5 EXTREMELY 178 246 424

il010rer: How important was religion in your home when you were growing up?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_j

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 97 93 190
1 NOT AT ALL 106 129 235
2 NOT VERY 399 415 814
3 SOMEWHAT 998 920 1918
4 VERY 1178 1427 2605
5 EXTREMELY 368 716 1084

il011rer: When you have important decisions to make in your life, how much do you rely on your religious or spiritual beliefs?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_k

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 95 95 190
1 NOT AT ALL 346 155 501
2 NOT VERY 535 249 784
3 SOMEWHAT 970 973 1943
4 VERY 914 1349 2263
5 EXTREMELY 286 879 1165

il012rer: How much would your spiritual or religious beliefs influence your medical decisions if you were to become gravely ill?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1rs_l

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 97 101 198
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 NOT AT ALL 597 452 1049
2 NOT VERY 492 299 791
3 SOMEWHAT 769 895 1664
4 VERY 843 1188 2031
5 EXTREMELY 348 764 1112

il013rer: When you have problems or difficulties in your family, work, or personal life, how often do you seek comfort through praying?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2rs_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 106 99 205
1 NEVER 343 139 482
2 RARELY 482 179 661
3 SOMETIMES 1038 793 1831
4 OFTEN 1177 2490 3667

il014rer: When you have problems or difficulties in your family, work, or personal life, how often do you seek comfort through meditating?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2rs_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 118 140 258
1 NEVER 642 607 1249
2 RARELY 830 763 1593
3 SOMETIMES 1123 1314 2437
4 OFTEN 433 876 1309

il015rer: When you have problems or difficulties in your family, work, or personal life, how often do you seek comfort through attending a religious or spiritual service?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2rs_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 109 111 220
1 NEVER 700 491 1191
2 RARELY 764 645 1409
3 SOMETIMES 939 1147 2086
4 OFTEN 634 1306 1940

il016rer: When you have problems or difficulties in your family, work, or personal life, how often do you seek comfort through talking to a religious or spiritual advisor?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2rs_d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 112 115 227
1 NEVER 1104 958 2062
2 RARELY 1114 1242 2356
3 SOMETIMES 636 1020 1656
4 OFTEN 180 365 545

il017rer: To what extent do you agree that the Bible is God's word and everything happened or will happen exactly as it says?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3rs_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 114 120 234
1 STRONGLY AGREE 578 791 1369
2 AGREE 687 802 1489
3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE 1009 1202 2211
4 DISAGREE 376 400 776
5 STRONGLY DISAGREE 382 385 767

il018rer: To what extent to you agree that the Bible is the answer to all important human problems?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3rs_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 112 119 231
1 STRONGLY AGREE 441 676 1117
2 AGREE 593 782 1375
3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE 1153 1365 2518
4 DISAGREE 478 439 917
5 STRONGLY DISAGREE 369 319 688

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