1. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health Initial Results…

2. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 1.1 Do you believe that your religious practices or lack thereof, affect your current health state? –36% Yes –64% No 1.2 Have you ever prayed to pass a midterm/exam? –81% Yes –19% No 1.3 If you were told that someone you loved, family or friend, were ill, would you pray for a health improvement? –100% Yes 1.4 If you knew someone was praying for you, do you believe this would affect your overall health? –64% Yes –36% No

3. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 1.5 When depressed or feeling very alone, have you ever felt abandoned by God? –41% Yes –59% No 1.6 If a loss of a loved one occurred in your family, did you ever become bitter and blame God? –50% Yes –45% No –5% Blank If we correlate the prayer data from 1.1-1.4 with the abandoned/bitter data from 1.5-1.6 we get the following sorts of results…

4. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health Let’s make the assumption that the data from 1.1-1.4 gives us something of a “score” on the use and confidence in the use of “prayer”, with each “yes” counting 1 in a very unscientific “prayer index”. Then let’s correlate abandonment and embittering experiences in 1.5 and 1.6 with those scores. “Prayer Index”Felt AbandonBecame Bitter 4 (7/22)71%57% 3 (4/22)25% 2 (11/22)27%55%

5. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 2.1 Does your religion/spirituality affect how you think about death and dying? –91% Yes –9% No 2.2 Does your claimed religion correlate with how you actually think about or deal with sickness? –55% Yes –45% No 2.3 If you were suffering from an illness, would you turn to religion or spirituality as a means to healing? –86% Yes –14% No

6. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 2.4 Have you ever been sick and been healed? –41% Yes –59% No 2.5 Have you ever attended a healing ritual? –36% Yes –64% No 2.6 Has religion and spirituality helped you lead a healthier life? –55% Yes –45% No 2.7 Has a health professional ever joined or offered to join with you in prayer? –18% Yes –82% No

7. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 3.1 Do you pray? (a) daily basis (b) when you want something / somewhat frequent (c) during tragedy/illness (d) never –(a) 32% (b) 59% (c) 9% (d) 0% 3.2 Do you attend church? (a) daily (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) yearly (special occasions/holidays) (e) never –(a) 0% (b) 36% (c) 27% (d) 32% (e) 5%

8. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 3.3 Have you had a personal/family tragedy in your life? –91% Yes –9% No 3.4 If you choose yes to number 3, circle the one that best relates to you: (a) were religious/spiritual before AND after the experience (b) Not religious before but was after (c) religious before but not after (d) not religious before or after –(a) 65% (b) 10% (c) 5% (d) 15% (5% unexplained blank) 3.5 Do you believe there is a correlation between tragedy and someone's religious/spiritual beliefs? –68% Yes –32% No

9. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health 3.6 Your religious/spiritual beliefs are influenced by your personal experiences: 1. Strongly Agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly Disagree –Average Score 1.7 –(1) 41% (2) 55% (3) 0% (4) 0% (5) 4%

10. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health Correlating some results… Church attendance (3.2) correlated with prayer frequency (3.1) –Pray on Daily Basis (7/22) –57% Weekly Church Attendance –43% Monthly Church Attendance –Pray when needs arise/frequently (13/22) –31% Weekly Church Attendance –15% Monthly Church Attendance –46% Annual/Special Occasion Church Attendance –8% Never attend –Pray only during tragedy/illness (2/22) –50% Monthly Church Attendance –50% Annual/Special Occasion Church Attendance

11. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health Correlating some results… Testing “prayer index” (1.1-1.4 cumulative score) against “prayer frequency” (3.1) 1234 Average Pray Daily253.4 Pray Frequently / as needs arise 7422.6 Pray only during trag/illness 22

12. RELS 120: Class Survey on Religion and Health Correlating some results… “Have you ever been healed?” (2.4) correlated against both church attendance (3.2) and prayer frequency (3.1) Exp. Healing? Daily Attend Weekly Attend Monthly Attend Infrequent /Spec Occ. Never Yes33%17%42%8% No40% 20% Exp. Healing? Daily Pray Frequent Pray Crisis Pray Yes44%56% No23%61%15%