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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 112. How close do you feel to God most of the time?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | does not believe | don't know | extremely close | no answer | not close at all | not very close | somewhat close | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 20 | 17 | 471 | 11 | 91 | 151 | 838 | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 16 | 8 | 443 | 23 | 59 | 142 | 782 | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 14 | 17 | 495 | 13 | 81 | 156 | 758 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 20 | 20 | 606 | 18 | 65 | 147 | 943 | 1819 |
| 1988 | - | 24 | 22 | 428 | 6 | 84 | 142 | 775 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 21 | 10 | 291 | 5 | 64 | 89 | 526 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 158 | 25 | 66 | 449 | 26 | 56 | 121 | 616 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 62119 | 140 | 160 | 3183 | 102 | 500 | 948 | 5238 | 72390 |
1 extremely close
2 somewhat close
3 not very close
4 not close at all
5 does not believe
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook