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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? A. What specific denomination is that, if any? As of 2024, DENOM has been recoded to only account for seven broad denomination categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of DENOM. The original DENOM containing data 1972 to 2022 has been renamed DENOM_7222.

Values

  • [1] baptist

  • [2] methodist

  • [3] lutheran

  • [4] presbyterian

  • [5] episcopal

  • [6] other denomination

  • [7] no denomination or non-denominational church

  • [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D2006
Full1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for denom.

Counts by year:

yearbaptistmethodistlutheranpresbyterianepiscopalother denominationno denomination or non-denominational churchiapno answerdon't knowskipped on webTotal
19723242321398033185365777--1613
19733121981245741163435642--1504
19743221901137438174425292--1484
19753091751397644182495133--1490
19763031621047849195605462--1499
19773241931366637190585197--1530
19783181901156239208465495--1532
1980307170927941195525293--1468
198247821012675522447259013--1860
19833031471436437229456256--1599
19842951649375282205752912--1473
1985324169995742215485746--1534
19862951451155038224535464--1470
19875171728680362996155810--1819
19883141397463312166557441-1481
19893051481127043204865636--1537
199023112910769342117850571-1372
19913051371047432260535493--1517
199331217011771342358457211--1606
1994616280199142663381251207181-2992
19966282441981067930499123610--2904
199856824917187602661391245461-2832
200055725214592522871611254161-2817
200248220614979583382031225178-2765
200449819112767593482631239164-2812
20067822951811247858137020542817-4510
200832913161564328919190797-2023
2010355114826036209198969138-2044
201231711682333223022293534-1974
20143681439261392602931264153-2538
201644112911153403013361432168-2867
201833613585562624826611632013-2348
20214091911611035521955122434615394032
20224091691085944206498201032-93544
20244291251206542212406189161123309
Total1372262104210256315388685540932785424936075699

See also

Other Core: grass, grassy, lawfirm, lawimp, lawinfo, other, othjew, relig, wirtap

Other Religion: other, othjew, relig