Agape Journal, 1997, Issue 1

Teenage Survey Results¹

Thomas Idiculla, Ph.D.

Sample Characteristics

• Country of birth - 65% US, 23% India, Middle East 12%
• Religion - Born again Christians of Indian origin
• Gender - 65% female, 35% male,
• Age-group - 12 to 23 years,
• Education - 67% High school, 33% College
• Number of years in US - 61% 10 to 19 years, 21% less than 10 years, 8% 20 years or more
• Family socioeconomic status - 89% middle class, 6% high class, 5% low class
• Parents employment status - 83% father employed, 94% mother employed
• Spiritual status - 98% accepted Jesus Christ, 81% took water baptism, 54% experience of speaking in tongues, 69% leading a holy life

Parent-Child Relationship

• Share personal problems with parents - 23% Yes, 46% Sometimes, 31% No
• Parents help in difficult situations - 42% Yes, 36% Sometimes, 21% No
• Satisfied with family environment - 64% Yes, 29% No, 7% Not always
• Problems in family - 42% Yes, 58% No

What is your opinion of the following for Pentecostal Christians?

Approve

• Watching movies-54%
• Listening to secular music-23%
• Listening to Christian rap and rock-62%
• Interfaith marriages-19%
• Pre-marital sex-0%
• Involvement of parents in making decisions-62%
• Dating-33%
• Drinking alcoholic beverages-2%
• Wearing ornaments/jewelry-39%

To what extent have you participated in these activities?

Some-Much

• Watching movies-64%-28%
• Listening to secular music-54%-26%
• Listening to Christian rap and rock-43%-41%
• Dating-22%-7%
• Drinking alcoholic beverages-13%-2%
• Wearing ornaments/jewelry-32%-9%

1 Thomas Idiculla, Teenage Survey of Indian Pentecostals in US, 1995 © All rights reserved

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