popespks
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 114g. We are interested in what American Catholics think about religious matters. Please select the answer from this card that comes closest to your own personal opinion about the following statement: under certain conditions, the pope is infallible when he speaks on matters of faith and morals.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | certainly false | certainly true | don't know | i am uncertain whether this is true or false | probably false | probably true | no answer | skipped on web | 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 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2492 | 12 | 82 | 5 | 111 | 22 | 88 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3756 | 40 | 187 | 7 | 243 | 68 | 191 | 18 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1790 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 88 | 16 | 65 | 7 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1561 | 23 | 84 | 12 | 167 | 45 | 149 | 3 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1529 | 19 | 89 | 15 | 170 | 41 | 105 | 6 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1918 | 26 | 133 | 9 | 222 | 36 | 179 | 15 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2204 | 13 | 155 | 8 | 210 | 53 | 208 | 16 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1839 | 17 | 107 | 7 | 167 | 34 | 159 | 18 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 3203 | 55 | 132 | 5 | 327 | 84 | 215 | 7 | 4 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2771 | 57 | 120 | 12 | 320 | 68 | 160 | 31 | 5 | 3544 |
| Total | 66761 | 271 | 1134 | 83 | 2025 | 467 | 1519 | 121 | 9 | 72390 |
1 certainly true
2 probably true
3 i am uncertain whether this is true or false
4 probably false
5 certainly false
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