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Reaching and Keeping
Tweenagers
Dr Peter Brierley
This
SWVLy
was sponsored by:
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Boys' Brigade
Church Army
Church Pastoral Aid Society
Crusaders
Evangelical Alliance
J W Laing Trust
Salesians of Don Bosco
Spring Harvest
Youth for Christ
All royalties from this book will go towards
the cost offurther research for the Church.
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November 2002
Contents
Introduction
1
Chapter 1: Hi, lWeens!
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Chapter 2: The Influence of Home and Family
19
Chapter 3: The Impact of School
47
Chapter 4: The Importance of the Small Screen
61
Chapter 5: Friends and Leisure Activities
77
Chapter 6: The Experience of Church
103
Chapter 7: Honesty and Other Personal Values
139
Chapter 8: What do lWeenagers Believe?
159
Chapter 9: lWeenagers: where are they going?
183
Appendix 1: Sponsors and Council of Reference
203
Appendix 2: Methodology
205
Aooendix
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Appendix 4: Additional Tables
212
About Christian Research
235
Index
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Introduction
i was reai scary as ihe anaiysis began. I came into work one morning and my colleagues said to me, "What's up?" "I've been trying
to understand the figures from this 1998 English Church Attendance
Survey," I replied. "I've been looking at the number of children
under 15 in the church. They've dropped nearly half a million in the
last nine years. We're losing kids at the rate of 1,000 a week! Two
churches in five in England have no children's or youth work at alL"
"What can we do?" they asked.
"We've got to find out why." We all agreed. So did others serving with youth organisations and battling it out at the front line.
Crusaders, Youth For Christ, the Salesians of Don Bosco, Church
Pastoral Aid Society, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, Spring
Harvest, J W Laing 1hIst and the Evangelical Alliance were all concerned and responded to letters asking for help with a major new
study specially aimed at youth. Others also supported the study in
different ways, like Boys' Brigade and Church Army. In addition a
much wider body of people kindly agreed to act on the Council of
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A small planning committee under the chairmanship of
Richard Bromley, Director of Local Ministry, Youth for Christ,
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Reference is given in Appendix 1.
CHAPTER ONE
Hi, Tweens!
ost British children move from junior school to secondary
school around the age of 11. Some go to a middle school, but
these are being phased out, and some 7% go to public school at 13,
but for the large majority, the change comes the year they celebrate
their 11 th birthday.
Teenage attitudes and values develop gradually over several
years, starting in the final pha<;e of junior school. Hence the focus of
this study on these "early and pre-teens" as the survey questionnaire
was headed, or "early secondaries" as it was otherwise described.
A more convenient word for this age-group is "1\veenagers", a term
originally coined by marketing professionals, so that's what we'll call
them.
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Why the concern?
The English Church Attendance Survey and earlier English Church
Censuses have shown that the total number of children under 15
attending church (of all denominations) on a Sunday was:
• 1,400,000 in 1979,
• 1,200,000 in 1989, and
720,000 in 1998.
The 200,000 decrease in the 1980s more than doubled in the
19908. The 1990s decrease averaged 1.000 children a week leaving
church, equivalent to 50,000 a year, or half a million, 500,000, in a
decade. The rate of decline is not strictly linear, but even so it has
been suggested that if these trends continue, by 2016 the number of
children under 15 in English churches could be as low as 225,000.\
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Much concern has been expressed at the huge decline: the
Church Pastoral Aid Society [CPAS]. for example. aims to mount a
major attempt to give every child in the country an "opportunity to
make their own choice ahout the Christian faith"". A leaflet is available about their campaign entitled ':A. heart for children";.
"The church must stop the haemorrhage of its young people
and banish the generation gap from God's Kingdom." writes teacher
and author of Sunday school materials Mrs Geraldine Witcher, and
gives a whole book to explain how.
Isn't the decline just oormal population change?
In fact, quite the contrary! There were 9,150,000 children under 15
in England in 1991. and 9,440,000 in 2001, an increase of nearly
300,000; the number is projected to decline 600,000 to 8.830,q,OO
children by 2011, a decrease of 6%. The decline is not necessarily the
same among churchgoing and non-churchgoing families. hut nevertheless a small proportion of the future decline may he for natural
reasons rather than anything to do with the church as such.
Who gave information?
The upper third (10-14 year aids) of this under 15 age-group was
chosen for this study partly because of the educational ami physical
changes that occur in this five year period (which may influence their
feelings towards the church), hut also because it is during these years
that many parents give their children freedom to choose whether or
not they wish to continue coming with them to church.
A random selection of ministers was asked to distribute forms
to the 10-14 age-group in their church or Sunday SchooP; 549 forms
were returned from them. Just over 100 schools in the same towns as
these churches were asked if they would allow one or more classes
to complete the questionnaires, and more than a third agreed,
returning in total 1,296 forms. In addition, forms were distributed to
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various Christian organisations working with young people of this
age range and 327 forms were returned, giving a grand total of 2,172
forms. Thanks so much to all who helped in this exercise!
The returned forms were distributed across the different school
years as shown below, where Year 6 is largely 10 year aIds, Year 7 are
aged 11 and so on up to Year 10 who are 14, and Year 11 who are 15.
Figure 1.1: Number offol11lS returned by school year
600..------------------------500 + - - - - - - - - - - 400 + - - - - - - - 300 +-------200+----100
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Year 6
Year 8
This is a very fair spectrum of the relevant target group. For
convenience the few in Year lIar over have been added to those in
Year 10, and those in Year 5 or under to those in Year 6 for analysis.
Nearly half, 47%, of the respondents were boys, a little under the
population proportion of 51 % for this age. The Focus Groups had a
similar representation of ages, with the 7 girls and 10 boys who
attended being 4 from Year 6, 4 from Year 7, 5 from Year 8, 3 from
Year 9 and 1 from Year 10.
One question asked what grades they achieved for their school
work. Their answers showed a range across the full spectrum, but
more in the higher grades, indicating an ability to answer the questions sensibly (though whether they all did so is another matter!).
Those aged 14 tended to get the lowest grades; full details are in
Appendix 4, Thble A4/l. Girls claimed higher grades than boys, as
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per Appendix 4, Table A4/2.
• 34% A grades
·51% B
• 13% C
• 2% D, Ear F.
Naturally we were also interested in whether they felt they
were Christian or not. They replied as follows:
• 55% were Christian
• 24% were not sure if they were Christian
• 14% had never been a Christian
• 3% were no longer Christian, and
• 4% belonged to another religion, slightly less than in the
general population.
However, being a Christian and regularly attending a place of
worship is not the same thing! When asked if they now went, or had
ever gone, to church or Sunday School, they replied:
• 36% went to church regularly
• 18% went to church occasionally
• 22% used to go. but didn't now
• 24% had never been."
This is a very reasonable cross selection of the various kinds of
experiences that were being explored. When the form mentioned
"church" we asked the 4% who belonged to other religions tiJ substitute "temple", "synagogue", "mosque", etc. The questionnaire did
not include a question on ethnic origins.
Experience of church
The respondents' churchgoing varied by age, gender and academic
success (as measured by the grades they usually obtained). Figure
1.2 illustrates how their churchgoing varied with their age.
The regular churchgoers decline with age, with the largest drop
between those aged 11 and 12, when young people have been in
secondary school for a year or so. Those who go to church only occa-
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sionally drop in number at the same time, although with a marginal
increase later. The change is, however. even more noticeable among
those who are no longer churchgoers, increasing between those aged
10 and 11, the year they move from junior to secondary school.
It is this transition which is the key dividing line.
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AIl ten Tweenagers in the churchgoing Focus Group attended
church regularly, though not necessarily every week. However, of
the non-churchgoing group, one used to attend and all the others
had been to church for a wedding, christening or on parade with a
uniformed organisation. The one who used to attend was brought by
a friend when she was in Year 7 and went 'on and off' for about 18
months.
Several researchers, perhaps especially in the UK Professor Leslie
Francis, have explored the reasons why women tend to go to church
more than men. The same was true of the boys and girls in this sample
as Thble 1.3 shows: more girls went regularly, more boys went
occasionally or never. However, girls were the more likely to have
dropped out.
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Table 1.3: Church attendance bv gende"
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The grades young people usually obtained also varied between
churchgoers and others7, Nearly half, 46%, of those who got grade A
(or claimed they did!) were regular churchgoers, almost double the
proportion of those who no longer or never went to church. Are
those with most academic success (as measured by their school
grade) more attracted or loyal to church, or does this but reflect the
often-stated claim that the church is middle-class? Those who got
the lowest grades (0, E or F) were more likely to be occasional
churchgoers, The percentage of those normally getting Grades B or
C increased the further they were from being regular churchgoers!
Details are in Table 1.4.
Table 1.4: Church attendance by academic success
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Who are these young people?
They may be called Tweenagers, but their generation has been given
plenty of other names as well! Their parents were initially called the
Buster Generation, as in a sense they broke (or "bust") the population boom in which their parents (that is, our sample's grandparents)
had been born. In Britain this term was never very popular and for
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Sponsors and Council of Reference
We are extremely grateful that this research has been supported and
advised by so many. Tne sUlVey sponsors, by finance or in kind, were:
The Baptist Union of Great Britain
The Boys' Brigade
The Church Army
Church Pastoral Aid Society
Crusaders
Evangelical Alliance
J W Laing Trust
Salesians of Don Bosco
Spring Harvest
Youth for Christ
Likewise we are very grateful for those who gave many hours
serving on the Steering Committee, to help guide the entire project.
Richard Bromley (Chair) Youth for Christ
Darrell Jackson (initially) Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Nick Lear (later)
Caot Ron Davies
Church Armv
Rev Philip Mounstephen Church Pastoral Aid Society
Matt Summerfield
Crusaders
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draft of this manuscript were:
Youth For Christ
Richard Bromley
Youthwork
John Buckeridge
Revd Anthony Burnham Moderator, Free Churches Group
Diocese of Leicester
The Revd Gill Dallow
Boys' Brigade
Sydney Jones OBE
Church Pastoral Aid Society
Penny Frank
Nick Lear
Baptist Union of Great Britain
John Marshall
formerly Director of Ministry,
Saltmine
Revd Philip Mounstephen Church Pastoral Aid Society
Martin Poulsom
Salesians of Don Bosco
Northamptonshire Association
Debby Sharp
of Youth Clubs
Christian Research
Heather Wrail!ht
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Appendix 2: Methodology
Quantitative research
This carefully planned survey was aimed at four groups of lWeenagers:
• Those who currently go to church on Sunday, but distinguishing between different types of frequency
• Those who are involved with a Christian activity (like Boys'
Brigade, church youth club, Crusaders, etc) during the week
but who do not go to church on Sunday
• Those who do not go to church at all, contacted via school.,
• Those who had stopped going to church, by far the most
difficult group to contact.
A questionnaire was sent to a carefully selected random probability sample of ministers, taking into account such factors as
denomination, churchmanship, church environment and geographical location. Each participating church was sent an appropriate
number of forms, up to a maximum of 20. A total of 1,m8 ministers
across four denominations were chosen and asked if they would distribute forms to children in their church aged between 10 and 14.
One in every eight, 12% [123 churches], agreed to do so.
The number of forms requested is shown in the Table on the
next page, together with the number of responding churches to
whom they were sent. No church was sent more than 20 forms, however many were requested. It is not possible to know if all the forms
sent were distributed, but if they were, the response rate was 38%
[549 forms]. If fewer were actually distributed, the response rate
would be proportionately higher.
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Table A21l: Number offorms sent to which types ofchurch
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the number of forms sent, the second the number of churches
Christian youth organisations, especially those represented on
the Steering Committee, were .asked if they would distribute·forrns
to their classes, groups, clubs etc. All kindly did so. We are especially
grateful to the Boys' Brigade and the Church Army for asking young
people whom they knew had stopped going to church to complete a
f~rm. It is impossible to know exactly how many forms were actually
distributed, probably far fewer than the 1,580 supplied. 327 were
returned, a notional response rate of 21 %, but most likely probably
the real response was nearer twice or even three times that.
A selection of 77 schools in the same areas as participating
churches were also approached to ask if a form could be completed
by relevant classes. The school year for class distribution varied from
Year 6 in primary schools to Years 7 to 10 in secondary schools. Twothirds of the schools were willing to help, and although again the
exact number of forms distributed is not known, 63% of those sent
were returned [1,296 forms], suggesting a rather higher rate of
response since not every school would have distributed aU the forms.
Seven of the schools were suggested by the Association of Christian
Teachers, and there were 10 Church of England schools and 10
Catholic secondary schools in the numbers approached.
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The questionnaire was subject to extensive testing, with a pilot,
and advice from a Diocesan Children's Officer.
Attitudinal Research
Qualitative or attitudinal research was undertaken by means of two
Discussion or Focus Groups, with young people of this age range,
one in a church context and one in a non-church.
Desk Research
In addition to the above, desk research was also undertaken with a
review of the literature and other religious research carried out.
Extracts from the findings of others who have undertaken research
among this age group have been incorporated with the text throughout.
The Report
The actual questionnaire used is given in Appendix 3, together with
percentages to the answer to each question. These have been
analysed and reported as follows:
Chapter 1: Questions 1-3 and 17
Chapter 2: Questions 13-15 and 18
Chapter 3: None
Chapter 4: Questions 4-7
Chapter 5: Questions 8 and 30
Chapter 6: Questions 19-29
Chapter 7: Questions 9-11 and 16
Chapter 8: Questions 31 to 37
Chapter 9: Question 12.
The result is this book of 57,500 words, excluding 6,000 in the
Appendices.
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The . . . ,...,.... 1 hI. ,t CftitY-"1
55
aod pcrIOllOI fIlIf'l....t
The... 11 .......... I cclllldct
I. be ..., hero Of' ... 1. roocIcl
21
APPENDIX 3
14. 'MIiclI _ of tll& f....... mt-'. c_ cloK.t '"
dllcrilMnt .... you -.Id dofI.. , f.....,7IPlco.. 'ICk OM box only)
10. Do ,... .. ." KtMty thet holp••ther ,..". ~
you Ww (p1eaM tide" 'hcrT opply)
ZZ Yu.•• "'Y.wn
19 Yu. '''''''''h church
11 Y••.•.......,h orhaT
r"P'
11 •. If you f
(P\c.ue lick
37 Whor. oIllIIIIber••f lhe f_1y ore r.lot.d 'olOch oltlu
by birth. adopt or ~
56 A"f puto. or"..
_ you low or cor. aboul duply.• r
.... 10...r cor. oboul y"" de.ply
4 A"f""" of people .... Ii.... ,he _
ha... t.'lI&r
1 A"'f ".... of people .ha shore lhe _
11' of ..Iuu and
goals ,. lif.
33 Yu. '''''''''h lIlY school
31 No
~k& SCDIIf./6uoOlJ
£20 noto Iylog
.11& "....._•.•euld Ylll:
011
209
only)
5t-.' 'hue
24 Pidl if .. _ hand it in at thI po~u sta',••
51 Pidl it .. _Mep it
U l'Ick it .. _ ,... it charity
'0
\I~.
It you
tw £50 Nt.. IyIIIg OIl tha
,
-
1luft ,..... tha...
"'0'
42 PIck ' ' - ' ' _ h_ , ' ,11& polic'
40 PIck thI.... tUld . . ,heM
IPldl thcl!l .. """ fiw t..... to chanty
7 PIck ..... _ ..... tll&.ther
.'at""
~:
57 H.lpful
16 Larr
231Aadcr
45 Mat"".
57 R.liol>l.
14 Rude
ll.sc.nd
7 Self-c.ntr.d
63 Cor..,
36 i)orl"9
35 Forgettvl
12 F,iendly
41 /Aut( 27 Shy
2. Moody
4) Noioy
Z4 Ordinory
9 Slo..
5Z Sporty
57 r.I..." ..
64"-r
2IQ_'
~
20 Fv.ry
67 Happy
56 Hard-_h""
15 P_oIul
10 P.,.I.c'
.9 PIoyful
.8
3"'' '
1211 ..... de you tlIIlIk
7 Unfor'9t'""9
26 lJrouaJol
W&l~beho¥Cd
.'hor ,.epI........ describe you? (Pi.....
'0
.f........
46 5oN_ """ kIlOwt .....t
tMy .... doi'"
3 SofM<>.. who dou'" c.....
3 Abod pcMO'
73 A good laugh
16 Aboffi•
37 A cool dude
6 A ncrd
66 5oNone you "'" 1nl..
27 Abi'
pain
66 A good pu_
.f.
.........thers
10 SooluM """ 'MoyJ _tllheir .... ""y
11. WhIch
0'
.he fallowlngdo you "",,,1 (PI_tickoll,hcrTopp!y)
19 P"""t.
n Othor f..,ily ......bu.
56 Police
44 T_hers
5P.hlc....
7 P..p1. OIl TIl.vill""
3 PcopI& ..........,. in
17 Social ...rk&rs
....paper.
141.Awyu.
59lloctor. ord _
14 OttI&r cloildrt. _ Y"II"9
31'."""
,.
42 """"" Ioaden('"-I..... tor)
to c",",eIl
IPIe- tick oIlttwt,.ply)
.9 Wa"heG , horror or vi.\elI' fi""
6 UMd on illegal cfrvg
15 OIc.atod •• on Ull/lI or lu'
7 5'01c. "'IIIY
5 .... i-'-l i. shopktn"9
56 Li.d to • parent. loocllor or .thor oduh
.. W.d to a mud or .... th.r you"9 perso.
20 tl<."k.....,h alc.hoI to 9" drunIo
11 I.t.,.ti• ...., tTicd •• hurt .._
phy"colly
20 In,••'ionally 'ried 10 hurt _ ' . t..,,"9S
13 5IMIlId. c;,orotl.
Thou,"'!ul
"ck .N 'haT apply)
75 Agood fr..nd hoW wile.
,hut i. tI'o4ll>lo
13 s.-.. .... 91" i.t. a 101
Ill""...,•
put tilro' -"'" ..... you .... ..., .f thI followiflg
octMtIu ( . . - -• .-.vythilw you td III iI ...,..... oM
""""I'PiY)
14 A,.".,
59 t feel ....... Olld 1ow6
9 £ach .1 u. it !ryI"9 19 Iooc eocl\ oltlu
24 5aMtloMs I fllllo..u•• '1I&r h.... I .... t
4 I uNOlly f.1 UIlCI..fortoble _ -.Id rolll&r be c1..wII&rc
4 I ful_fortable. aIt'-9ft
cl.... Io.,;"g f.... 1y
16.0- tM
12&. WNt wi .f pcrtM .. you thH< .,... _7 (P\eaIe 'l<k ..
24 "'-Yi"9
rolouy
'fOUl'
b.x only)
•
,......"t. •MAd
IOIIy)
.,..: (PloIdo hell
15. WhldI .f the f.....1of ItltllMllt.....t de
holM? My ' - ' I. , plea .1I&r&... (P\eo;c 'ICk
pco,Io
35 OIildli..
32 youth cUb Ioodcr.
29 A neighbour
19 Leodor. of INtlgs Wk& ~/scout.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOVT RElIGION AND CHURCH
rcl"""
17 WhldI.f th& followirq st.,....." bat ddcribe• .,.., pr.t1 (P1usa t~k ."" b.. only)
o.n.,...
55 I
Z4 I
,
if I QIOa Chn"'"
3 I QIO no 10.,.,. • Chr"t...
14 I t.o... "".., be••• Chri.'"",
• I bolo",
th&r rc~!/'O. (please Ipccify)
'0 ...
• If yov belo"9 to a/lO'h.. r.li'..... thin wll&r&wr you _ tile - . j
·c.....ch· pw- thinlt.f ',...,10' Of •...14..·., ,ha plooc youusuolly
for ..-ship if you con. bolt if you_" the. p.... ,. to the_t
,.'0
..,tio•.
I'.
Do yOOl "'- I' 'fOUl' ,.,..... oM ............t. hove .vu ....
to ......h7 (PIooJ. lick 0 . . bo. for coch co~)
"""""1 tir-mdpormtl
(M<.oo" (/)ad'1
""'-""j P.,..",tlj
la
13
13
No. !My"'" ....r gone
22
11
TIIey go .ceoNNlIy
19
TMy uMd t. go r.,.,1or1y but 'My
lO
13
12
....hl.........
,,.-
,t""'.d
TIIey
Iy
,.i"9
t. clorch
Oroe 9"U 10 .......ch but tile othaT
does not
They t.o... oIoay. ,.ne regularly
Idooit W.
12
6
29
24
24
11
5
23
1L
'&011".1
210
REAaIING AND KEEPING lWEENAGERS
De.,.., _ ..........,.., nv .... tlI cIwrch .. 5uoday KhooI
It.
OIl • SlNey~
Z4..... 014 .... yw ..... .,.., ..riM....., to
L
25. Whet kW., c'-dl • .,..,
.,.., ,. to~{P1ease tick 0. .
ollly)(If)"IU" to - - tIwo
et.urch pleoM tIoinkabout lhe
. ,
to oft••)
•
~ ClKrch of E",bId
2 Indopond••t
6 . . . . CaIIloIic
2 HowcINow Church
10 Ioptid
9 M&lhodi"
2 'lIlltOCOJtaI
I Other (plo.aJo Jpecify)
24 No, I ,.",. ....., bee. (go to QZ6)
ZZ No, I "'od to fO ~ I"''t fOllOW lJo to Q2OI)
11 Vu. I fO ........ 1lllIly lJo to QZI)
36 Vu. I ,. rlfUlarly (go to Q22)
dvch.,..,,.
201. If you ...".
to • dNrc1c.5\Ildcy KlIool or
du'ch.... old
"'" w..... you m"od ,...,~
2lIl. Why did .,.., rttp "'''''{?1eaJe ,id< .a
""'t
iEJ
Ulloft'tbow
...,Iy)
44 I ..... out of il
46 I did 110' . .Joy It
23 Thue ...... Iow other
poopIo lhere of "" .,.
4 I .... CII.Iyt lot.
U Mawd out of the .....
7 F"'1y pl'dN'O
4 I rtolrtod ,.." 10 _ tIoo
parut IIwf I
li.. witlo
10 My friendl
,...,
18 Tlwo Mf'C .. octmtiu f..
.,...., pooplo
war
7 Old not 9d 01\ witlo the IoaWI 7 I dait liN the
9 Did 1101 pt .. wilh olher
1_ troatod
. . . ., pap.
12 I hod wiouI
3 T1Io
Idlildro.
doolb'" abcNt the
too ~
......
Iy
o.n_ re..
17 Chllt'Ch
...
37 'TM _",,", IUYice .... bori",
stOl'tod too -lot
12 ();d IIOt ~..... lhe 10.1.... I T1Ioco.,...,.lioft ......t
Z3 'TM Mniees _.old·fuhlOflod . .Ico..",
11 SoIIO other ..-0' (pluso spoc,fyL,)
_
10 Q24
Z6. IMIry young ,..,.. YN' •
.ha'
ZJ, If .,., ,. to dvdl ......-.."
Mrtl of tNogs do .,., go
fOI" (I'lMM tick .11 that ...,Iy)
hi clvdl
I1 CotIfimatio.
20 Vo.lh .......c.
62 Woddi09l fyooral
17 ClMu'ch parade
49 Chrlst..I"'/baptisnldodical.... 34 Eutu llay
34
24 Harvut FutiWlI
31 Chf'iJt... doy IlIIidoighl..... 23 Molthuiftg Suoday
24 50IIlelhing 01.. (pIouo lpacily)
ywttli.. ...,..,}
17 1ll&y thl"lt is bori",
39 'T1loy thi.. it is m ....t
641ll&y
t bd... io &od
61 No.. of lheir friMdI ,.
17 'TMy
., fool tIIkMu
33 'T1loy fool out of pIoce
16 T1IoIt' f
,.",. ......... tll«lf67 They ......, be bolhoNd
18 1ll&y,. aut with thair porcoU 11 'TMy,. aut with th&Ir
43 1ll&y ,.",. ...... tI,o••t .boul il ............tl
23 1ll&y . .., ilia the paplo ..... 14 They do.·1 like tha
do,.
41 TlIoy ...'t koaw
......ch
Coo.,.., I'OlMlI4Iu why you 1!!!:!!4 aol"lI to dvdl~ {?1eaJetick
0" c"","ch. ,Iutc _ _ lha
It .tt...
65 My potallfl took 111& to cI....ch
22 They do.. t Uke lha ...",1
1....
1v'"
34 They ...·t k_ ....., happeN 73 T1Ioy think ,.itIg 10
at dorch
, ....ch '....1 cool
63 'TMy'-.e gal otlou thi.,. I~ do 48 TIll" par••tl do.t
Oft I Sundoy
....... t...... t. go
49 They"''t pt ......Iy 0Il<Ngh 15 'Thoir por."1 roigh' ..I
Oft ~ to go 10 chlr,h
like lha roioistulvicOl'
2] TlIoy,. to _ the par." lhet Ihey do.'1 h.. with
6 A..
r ..... (pleoIo specify)
_
21. Why do.,.., IhiM -l""'"!l poopl.,. I. clvcll~ (I'le.asc I.d<
.1 Ih.t 0lll'1y)
_
Now,. toQ24
.-It.... for the c""ch you fO to
"Nstulludu
""Y"".'
,hu
Gnl.........
... ollly} °If you ,. to ....re thGo
do Nt 110 to dvdl. Iftd others
...... m"od..... WhIt • .,.., IhMk that 11' {Ptusc ti,k.1I lhet
Now,.
22.
r-
dvclt~
(I'IMM tlcJc .... only)
•• 'T1loy ....... '-Ys ,... 53 T1lo.ir parcotr saod t......
60'T1loy
it
1711'1 ..... hoIII&
41 kcouto they thloklhoy shauld 57 TllOir plft.,IIf....1y go
64 To Io......bo,,' &od .... 1_J 38 To ....t lha" trioNll
24 To .."'..,....
24 T. pt ,...tl fOf' I~r
, 5anoI
(pleoIo
chutch youth oclivily
.'JOY
.,hu......
baby be<aYH lhay,.
tIoore
spodfy)-----
My pot'IIltl _ t OM to Sulday .school but did ..t ,. I.
dwch t""-lwJ
1 My fftily - " - - " " " _
fro
ther church
5 I first
t to chlrch throoIgh
'haetMly
4
obovt toftat ...t Oft thoro
J I tirsl
, with""
5 My tno.dJ ,. and aJtt.d lOO to ,. too
• _Iher..- (pleas& Ipccityl'-I Do.·t krIow
ZI. How oft.. do .,.., do _h of the fallowi", ocmiti..: (plusa
lick _
3 I .... ,
9"""d!W""
_
Z3. What I1 It about tha cIU'cIl that '""' eo 10 that mI"Os!
(,\eo.Io lid< all thot apply)
llke~
Z9 V.. th Ioadul
ZO V..th _Ihip
Slroot pt'UOMC of &od
19 T1Io "NItU
45 Cori"' ......
]2 Holpt(od) OM ........ip &od
34 e"jayalIlo ouic
41 EI\lO)'IbIo Sundoy youtlI group 25 E.jayalIlo drwM
Z3 IIblo tood\iog
2.
2Z ElIJoltoble IIIid-Mok acttvities
Kt;.;tiu
51
o"ortunI1y to PlUI frleoclsl
..wpooplo
10th0r.r (pIoaa . .ify,)1.
27
.... par row)
Rood part .f tha Bible
Pray 10 Gael
A ".od • clU'ch based
yayth group
L.e.ad • clvch bas.d
_
]7
48
yaythgroup
89
f ...... acln. part 1ft
'hwch IU'Iicu
""lINIo IIblo ItuIly
group
u •.
2
12
2
9
Would yw tal r- tnMds if
lIoood ill • clvch1
10
28
Vu
20 No
~
80
y.. wont to clvch
~ octMty
~
e.jo';able l.ciaI
28 It ~ whore I ,.",.
oIwys .....
UNoI .....
llailylWukIy/IN>oItlIy/Oc.....nollylNovor
9
18
4
]I
38
32
14
4
24
26
32 Mayl>c
or to I
211
APPENDIX 3
Z9b. W"-t do yw thWc .,.... fNMsancl other ....... would My If
t thcIt yw _
to • cIud\ .,. • ywtII«ti"'Y boud
'"
1 (P1oaH 'ICk ... only)
''''y '
)4. 111 .,.... ...... whot IIlOkes • per.- • C1lMstiall? (PleAk tide
oIlthot opplyl
ZI Bei'" bor. '" • C,,"llion I... Iv 14 601"'9 to a Ch"tJtlon
school
49 Ba"9 ~tl ..dl CMllencd
J Ba., bono 10 the UK
~Z KJIowI"9 Jesu, as.
pcrSOI'lO' saVIOur
" 8cIlI.. "9 I. &od
26 Leadi"9. 9""d 10,.
~9 BeIie.,"9 " .. Bible " true
36 60tng t. d\1lI'tII
1 Doo't know
ZI Soyi", tho' lhey """ CMII_
3 Sotnotho., .1... (plcoso spocifyl
16 They ..og!I' be .......us ond osk ... "uuli.",
JZ They ...gllt ~ fUll.f me or 'hlnk I .,. st~ld .r ......I
~ I _Id be
.hy ,. 1.11 onyoroe
) They MIo., I..... ,Mr .... Iigiott .. 'hey _Id .., be
beIM,d
JJ I " - oIreAdy 1.1d rKr
lhot I 9"
10 So...ttV"9'" (pleoso IflCClfy),
_
'00
mINIs
300. Do yw ......., eft... My rtf the 'allowln9 octMtl&l '" •
churcA hill ....... the
(PIeosc II.k oH lhol apply)
"'1
5 leyl/Girlslri9O*
I. Out .f IChool.k.bf
• CA......".,..I""**'.,
9 Holiddy ....
13 Sooort./'uidu
19 Youth CluO
L2 Oramo/"... 9"""P
PlrItIfiodcrs
cu.o
4 IlocIt Solid
ZO Sonday ochHVJlIlioI' .hurch
19 VoutlI """",,f&llotrJhip
3-4 No (go '" Q3 lA)
35, Haw ,.. belll:(PIease li.k 011 lho, oppIy)
40iGptiHd
55 Christ'Md
19 Adltlittod , , _.....
" C•• f"med
15 Ad_tted I. IMlIIbcrtlop .f • clu'ch
tt
4 Other (p..... .... fv)
36lI. HoI.. \'IV _
...,.,.-..d .., ofthe..1 (1'\eose hck OM
bo>:por-l
ru
&><pUicftt& .f ~""
.ClvUtiM
35
A hoali., &lqlUirllCC
15
VisioM/voiUJ/strugo drUIM
" s-ethl.,bc)ooNIdu.ripti..
2l
.
.<~ FuJi"9os if _body/_'h,"9 ""....
. . " '"-i,;'i,;
''Y'''9 I•••-.....,...th j'OY
31
All
»0. WN4 yw IIacrik the.. ICthitlu os:
\3.1-.
YOUR BElIEFS AND EXPERIENCES
J.
~
310. Which of tloo fol_1I9 do yw boJlne I.? (1'Io4sc tICk all lhot
A. expcrieI1u t. d...tII
za R&·lftGQrNlteo"
7Z &od
73 HeAve.
do,... _ '-'
31b. Whot
',ck.oo boo only)
t. pcoplo when they die? (Pi.....
19 cYCI"f'lI'C gou 'a ""-"
J56<lod ,..."le 9" , ........" ond bed _le 9" ,. hell
IJ Ooly C1lMstio.. 9" ,. 10 p..... d". . ond """ bor• .,.o...
.1...
1 Pdple die lid ... bono • • os .,,'her
15 Nothi",. Mrythi"9 Just stops
f.....
31
22
]2
20
5a...'hi"9 d .. (pleate spe"fy)
47 V..
29
25
11
2Z
J6
60
45
55
24
45
20
28
Z6
~2
Z6
54
12
50.
~2
It
53 No (go to Q37)
3... If VU. wild do \'IV thl... _
(l'lo4tc tid< ... only)
JI•. Do ,... ..... tNM ....... whether or not &od ..istl?
24 No
Ab
IlIW
3611. Do you kMw ."., "'hor ,........ hd.. had • .,.,.,....ulkc
' .....1
_neu"""'....
5IY..
...,....
The prucroca .t &od
Some .ther Ipint...V~.. t....1
43 The DeVIl
Ab,
A teek", .f ,..... dur1"9 a
......... ocrti...
",ply)
11 NoI lUre
~Z
I
7
r
relat. t. IhcI1\Iit
........
thoIIl ...
'Ml.
~1
15 tt ....41.<01'/
14 r thInk they .... Q bI'
5 It_.coi........
IIW:ld
17 Otllor' (pleoso spedfy)
45Y..
UNo
33. Who do pu ,.,..
_
30 NoI lUre
32, WIlidI of the foIlowillg . - Ill" ywr plctlrt of tio41 (PleMe
'ICk .. 'hot opply)
62 CnGtor
57 Fothu
2Z Judto
53F';...
_
41 Love
5 P.kWllllll
9 Mother
35 Sd......
35 Old .....
4 Spoilsport
9 Other (plaoe spWfylL..
37. Do \'IV , ... '1IlIt Oor!stl-'Y .. ""I._t to \'IV1
52 Yu
21 No
27 Not ""'.
_
J.- o.;st illwos1(J'1u... ,i.k ..... Iy)
IJ A ¥Cry wiIC "...... " The _ .t 60d
1 A. ordinary"...... U So........... ..vcr •• ,.,.d
Thank you .,..., IIMlCh. No. plCOJe put the
questi_ire ill the _lope provided CIIld kand it
back to r- tucher or gr'OI4I Icoder.