ABSTRACT
The large majority of high school students and young adults attend religious services at least occasionally and say that religion has some importance in their life. There is, however, considerable variation along these dimensions, with far fewer than half of young people attending on a weekly basis or rating religion as “very important” in their lives. These variations in religious involvement are linked to variations in substance use, and they are also linked to some extent with role changes that occur in young adulthood. All of these factors are examined in this chapter.
