Table 1 The Focus Groups plan; socio-demographic characteristics of participants and reported importance of religion and spirituality
City | Participants | Women | Men | Age Range | University degree | Offspring § | Importance of Religion | Importance of Spirituality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. | N. | N. | Yrs. | % | % | Yes % | No % | I don’t know % | Yes % | No % | I don’t know % | |
FG TWINS | ||||||||||||
Rome 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50–69 | 56 | 69 | 25 | 69 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 6 |
Rome 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 60–77 | 50 | 87 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 |
Milan 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 49–72 | 44 | 78 | 67 | 11 | 22 | 100 | --- | --- |
Naples 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 51–69 | 40 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 10 | 60 | 20 | 20 |
Naples 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50–66 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 25 |
Turin 1 ^ | 11 | 8 | 3 | 51–90 | 45 | 54 | 55 | 36 | 91 | |||
Turin 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 54–75 | 42 | 58 | 58 | 17 | 25 | 67 | 16.5 | 16.5 |
70 | 40 | 30 | ||||||||||
FG NON-TWINS | ||||||||||||
Rome 3 §§ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 53–68 | 75 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Rome 4^^ | 10 | 8 | 2 | 50–85 | 60 | 80 | 10 | 70 | 20 | 10 | ||
Milan 2 | 4 | 4 | --- | 50–59 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 50 | --- | 75 | 25 | --- |
Naples 3^^^ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 55–69 | 100 | 83 | 33 | 50 | 50 | 17 | ||
Turin 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 52–91 | 44 | 78 | 56 | 22 | 22 | 56 | 33 | 11 |
33 | 22 | 11 | ||||||||||
Tot. 12 FG | 103 | 62 | 41 | |||||||||