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Text of the Questionnaire

The text of the questionnaire, which was sent out to 400 undergraduates, is reproduced below. About 319 returns were obtained, a response of 78 per cent. Certain questions and responses have been deleted for considerations of space; however, these are covered in the specific articles, especially the features on politics and on Catholics, Protestants, and Jews at Harvard.

Where numbers connected by a hyphen are given (e.g. 100-99) this signifies the first number answered "yes", the second number answered "no" to the statement or question.

1. What is your age? 17-18: 70; 19: 87; 20: 72; 21: 65; 22-23: 15. College class? 1959: 61; '60: 70; '61: 75; '62: 89. Field of concentration? Humanities: 90; Social Science: 108; Natural Science: about 100.

2. In what sort of secondary school did you receive most of your education? 154 public; 73 private boarding; 69 private day; 3 parochial school.

5. In which one of the following religious traditions were you raised?

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22 Roman Catholicism; 2 Eastern Orthodoxy; 183 Protestantism; 67 Judaism; 10 Other; 26 None.

6. To what degree was this religious tradition an influence in your upbringing?

68 very marked; 124 moderate; 89 slight; 26 none at all.

7. Has there been a period in which you have reacted either partially or wholly against this tradition?

195 yes; 78 no; 35 doubtful.

8. If such a reaction did occur, when did significant doubt start?

33 before secondary school; 127 during secondary school; 31 in your freshman year; 13 later in college.

9. If such a change occurred in college to what do you attribute it? (check the most important two or three)

10 courses dealing with religion; 29 increased reading in religion or philosophy; 13 independence from parental ideas; 72 increased thinking about religion and other related problems; 24 influence of friends; 2 personal contact with faculty-members; 6 other.

10. Have you experienced any sudden resurgence of religious faith and interest?

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