According to the survey, the growing acceptance of divorce is also occurring among religious conservatives. o­nly 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional Catholics say that divorce is a sin.

Of the 112,232 students surveyed, 76 percent were White, eight percent African-American, seven percent Asian-American, five percent Latino, two percent American Indian/Alaska Native, and o­ne percent Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

Blacks registered as the highest scorers o­n seven of the 12 overall measures of spirituality and religiousness studied -- religious commitment, compassionate self-concept, spiritual quest, equanimity, religious engagement, ethic of caring, and religious/social conservatism -- compared to all the other races.