Table 1

Percentage of 8^th, 10^th, and 12^th Grade Students Who Attend Religious Services at Least Once a Week, Selected Years 1976-2006

1976

1980

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997¹

1998¹

1999¹

2000¹

2001¹

2002¹

2003¹

2004¹

2005¹

2006¹

Eighth

46.8

43.4

42.1

42.3

42.4

42.5

45.8

46.0

44.5

45.3

44.5

44.4

44.3

42.9

41.7

42.2

Gender

Male

44.1

41.2

39.3

40.0

39.5

39.7

43.8

43.7

42.0

42.9

41.3

41.4

42.4

40.9

39.3

40.1

Female

49.8

45.7

44.7

45.0

45.5

47.9

48.4

47.0

48.2

47.7

47.4

46.1

44.9

44.2

44.3

Race

White

48.6

44.5

44.0

44.5

43.3

43.9

47.5

46.5

46.1

46.2

44.9

46.3

45.0

44.0

42.5

43.8

Black

47.0

45.9

42.3

42.5

46.0

45.0

46.4

49.8

46.5

49.9

49.2

44.7

48.4

44.8

45.7

46.6

Parental Education²

Less than high school

33.4

32.2

33.1

31.4

29.8

35.3

30.0

31.5

32.7

30.4

30.8

31.8

33.3

30.1

29.8

30.6

Completed high school

41.9

38.1

35.1

36.8

35.3

35.7

37.1

37.9

37.5

36.1

35.7

36.7

37.3

33.6

34.1

35.6

Some college

48.9

44.7

43.0

41.8

43.3

43.1

45.2

46.8

44.8

45.8

44.3

46.2

45.2

43.7

40.8

42.5

Completed college

52.4

51.3

50.4

50.0

50.1

49.4

53.7

53.8

52.9

55.2

52.5

50.6

51.9

50.8

48.9

50.0

Graduate school

54.5

51.4

48.7

50.6

51.1

52.7

59.6

56.0

53.9

55.3

57.8

52.1

48.4

50.5

51.7

52.2

College Plans

None or under 4 years

33.0

30.8

29.6

30.4

28.0

28.8

28.4

28.1

26.6

26.5

28.6

29.2

27.9

19.6

26.1

Complete four years

49.2

45.6

44.0

44.2

44.4

44.9

48.2

46.9

48.0

46.8

46.1

44.5

44.3

44.0

1976

1980

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997¹

1998¹

1999¹

2000¹

2001¹

2002¹

2003¹

2004¹

2005¹

2006¹

Tenth

38.1

39.4

40.2

36.5

37.1

37.8

39.0

38.3

39.0

40.3

42.1

40.3

40.2

37.8

35.8

Gender

Male

34.8

37.5

34.6

35.1

35.2

36.8

35.8

36.4

37.0

37.1

39.7

38.8

38.6

36.2

34.8

Female

41.5

41.4

42.8

38.4

39.4

40.5

41.1

40.5

40.2

40.8

43.3

44.5

41.7

41.8

39.6

36.8

Race

White

38.4

39.3

41.0

36.5

36.6

38.3

39.6

37.2

37.4

38.8

40.7

41.1

40.4

40.9

37.5

35.7

Black

42.7

45.6

44.0

40.3

43.5

38.5

42.7

45.2

43.9

42.4

45.6

48.2

42.9

44.6

41.9

41.0

Parental Education²

Less than high school

30.0

28.5

29.9

28.7

29.8

32.2

28.0

30.6

27.3

28.9

27.5

27.9

22.9

29.2

26.6

22.3

Completed high school

31.7

35.2

35.8

31.7

29.8

30.3

32.7

31.6

32.6

32.0

32.6

34.2

32.0

32.3

30.0

26.5

Some college

37.9

40.7

41.4

34.2

36.1

37.4

37.7

41.2

38.5

38.6

39.0

41.4

40.8

40.5

36.7

32.4

Completed college

44.6

45.6

45.9

43.6

43.1

43.6

45.6

42.5

45.7

45.4

48.1

49.4

48.6

45.3

43.2

43.1

Graduate school

46.8

44.1

46.0

45.5

46.7

45.5

48.5

42.8

43.6

45.2

49.1

52.2

47.3

47.5

47.0

50.1

College Plans

None or under 4 years

28.0

30.4

28.9

25.5

24.9

24.3

23.3

24.4

23.4

25.8

26.5

26.1

27.6

23.2

19.0

Complete four years

40.4

41.4

42.6

38.9

39.3

40.2

41.7

40.8

41.1

42.4

44.7

42.2

41.8

39.9

38.2

1976

1980

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997¹

1998¹

1999¹

2000¹

2001¹

2002¹

2003¹

2004¹

2005¹

2006¹

Twelfth

40.8

43.0

35.3

30.5

31.2

32.3

31.8

32.2

32.5

30.8

32.3

33.5

33.0

33.3

34.9

32.6

32.8

33.1

32.1

Gender

Male

35.8

39.4

31.6

28.2

28.1

30.9

29.3

29.8

29.7

30.2

28.2

29.5

32.8

31.3

31.1

32.6

29.8

30.6

30.4

30.2

Female

46.1

46.7

38.9

33.2

34.4

34.0

34.6

34.9

33.5

35.1

34.1

34.5

35.5

36.9

35.1

35.2

35.7

34.1

Race

White

42.2

43.9

35.6

30.1

30.9

32.0

31.3

31.4

31.2

32.1

29.2

31.2

33.1

30.9

31.0

34.0

30.6

31.6

32.0

30.7

Black

36.4

42.1

36.3

38.5

37.9

35.5

35.1

39.0

39.6

38.2

40.7

41.5

39.3

42.9

45.2

41.9

45.0

41.9

41.6

44.4

Parental Education²

Less than high school

35.0

39.6

30.5

25.8

27.9

27.8

25.7

26.9

29.3

26.7

24.1

24.6

22.9

26.6

27.5

25.3

23.9

26.0

25.8

23.8

Completed high school

39.1

41.6

31.4

27.5

26.8

27.6

27.3

28.1

27.1

28.7

26.6

28.6

28.9

26.9

26.3

29.6

26.8

28.7

28.0

28.4

Some college

43.2

43.6

36.8

30.8

31.2

32.3

31.9

31.2

32.0

29.5

31.3

33.0

32.6

31.6

33.1

32.0

31.2

31.7

31.5

Completed college

44.4

46.7

40.8

34.5

36.6

37.1

37.5

37.9

37.6

36.9

36.2

38.5

39.4

38.5

38.7

41.6

38.7

37.2

36.7

Graduate school

42.2

45.1

41.0

35.9

36.5

40.6

37.7

36.5

37.4

35.7

36.5

38.0

38.3

39.6

45.0

42.5

40.1

38.9

40.7

37.8

College Plans

None or under 4 years

36.8

38.2

28.6

23.2

24.2

23.6

22.9

25.4

24.7

25.2

22.2

24.1

25.5

22.1

22.7

24.1

22.8

22.6

24.6

23.8

Complete four years

45.5

47.0

39.9

33.8

34.3

35.4

34.8

34.6

34.7

33.5

34.8

35.9

36.1

37.8

35.3

35.7

35.4

34.4

¹ Data exclude students living in California

² Parental education is calculated by the Institute of Social Research as the average of the mother's and father's education. Child Trends has relabeled these results to reflect the education level of the most educated parent. In those circumstances where the gap between mothers' and fathers' education is more than one level, this results in an underestimate of the most educated parent's education level.

Note: These estimates may differ slightly from published estimates due to small differences between the publicly available sample weights and those used by Monitoring the Future staff.

Source: Original analysis by Child Trends of Monitoring the Future data, Selected Years 1976-2006