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29. See appendix for the scale components. 30. The exception to this pattern is the devout Catholics, who do not engage informally in religious behaviors in the same way. Much of this probably has to do with the structure of practice, and the disconnect young Catholics make between their personal faith and the church. For young Catholics, the church is a formal construction and it does not impede on their informal lives. 31. However, nearly equal number of Jewish youth and Asian youth fall into the God-less category. 32. Putnam (2000) estimates that “nearly half of all associational membership in America is church related, half of all personal philanthropy is religious in character, and half of all volunteering occurs in a religious context.” Putnam, R. 2000. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of the American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster. See also: Verba, S., K.L. Schlozman, and H.E. Brady. 1995. Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.; Wuthnow, R.1999. “Mobilizing Civic Engagement: The Changing Impact of Religious Involvement.” In Civic Engagement in American Democracy, ed. M. Fiorina and T. Skocpol. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution.; Wilson, J. and T. Janoski. 1995. “The Contribution of Religion to Volunteer Work.” The Sociology of Religion 56: 137 – 152.; Park, J.Z. and C. Smith. 2000. “’To Whom Much Has Been Given…’: Religious Capital and Community Voluntarism Among Churchgoing Protestants.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39: 272 – 286. 33. It should be noted that it matters whether or not a religious institution such as a church or synagogue sponsors volunteer activity. Only 17 percent report that they participate in a community organization associated with their religion but not affiliated with their local place of worship. 34. Fewer than half of American adults (46 percent) reported participating in volunteer work in the last twelve months, and less than a quarter (20 percent) reported participating regularly (at least once a month). Pace University Poll on Volunteerism, conducted Nov. 18 to Dec. 12, 2004. 35. DeCourcy Hinds, Michael. 2001. “Youth Vote 2000: They’d Rather Volunteer.” The Carnegie Reporter Vol. 1 No. 2 (Spring). 36. These figures were taken from the National Election Pool (NEP) Exit Poll 2004, conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International on November 2, 2004. The survey utilized stratified probability sampling. Respondents were weighted based on three factors: the probability of selection of the precinct; a non-response adjustment based upon completion rates by age, race gender; the size and distribution of the best estimate of the vote within geographic region of a state. Also see the work by CIRCLE on youth turnout: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. 2005. “Youth Turnout 2004.” University of Maryland School of Public Policy. http://www.civicyouth.org/quick/youth_voting.htm. 37. For an excellent example of work related to detailing the problem of engaging youth politically, see Fields (2003). Fields, Alison Byrne. 2003. “The Youth Challenge: Participating in Democracy.” Carnegie Corporation of New York. http://www.carnegie.org/youthchallenge.pdf . How Generation Y Is Redefining Faith In The iPod Era 44
38. In last year’s presidential contest, John Kerry lost every voter over 30 years of age, wining under 30 voters by 9 points, 54 to 45 percent. 39. Voters under 30 are 17 percent of the electorate. 40. These figures come from the National Election Pool (NEP) Exit Poll 2004, conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International on November 2, 2004. 41. In contrast, among all adults, 66 percent oppose gay marriage. The Harris Poll conducted between March 18 to 29, 2004 found that while only 27 percent of American adults support gay marriage, a majority (58 percent) support civil unions. 42. These views do not mean that young people sanction “irresponsible” sexual behavior. In fact, a significant number (48 percent very or somewhat) worry about getting a STD and 57 percent believe that it is important to wait until you are married before having sex. Young people clearly can and do make a distinction between accepting difference, diversity and people’s choices and condoning any kind of sexual behavior in themselves or their friends. 43. Olander, Michael. 2005. “Attitudes of Young People Toward Diversity: Fact Sheet.” Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/ FactSheets/Attitudes%202.25.pdf 44. African American youth are the most likely to say they have experienced discrimination (55 percent) and are more likely to say that their race makes them feel like an outsider very (10 percent) or somewhat often (24 percent). As many Jews (56 percent) say they have experienced anti- Semitism. 45. Smith, Tom W. 2002. “The Muslim Population of the United States: the Methodology of Estimates.” Public Opinion Quarterly Volume 66 (Summer) 404-417. 46. These results were reported in a survey done by Zogby International and Project MAPS called “The New American Muslim Poll”. The survey was comprised of a telephone survey of 1,700 Muslims throughout the United States and used an oversample of face-to-face interviews with 146 African American Muslims. The survey was conducted between August 5 and September 15, 2004. The margin of error is +/- 2.3 percentage points. 45 How Generation Y Is Redefining Faith In The iPod Era
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