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denom16_7322

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

Details

Question In what religion were you raised? A. What specific denomination is that, if any? As of 2024, DENOM16 has been recoded to only account for seven broad denomination categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of DENOM16. The original DENOM16 containing data 1973 to 2022 has been renamed DENOM16_7322.

Values

  • [10] american baptist association

  • [11] american baptist churches in the u.s.a.

  • [12] national baptist convention of america

  • [13] national baptist convention u.s.a., inc.

  • [14] southern baptist convention

  • [15] other baptist churches

  • [18] baptist, don't know which

  • [20] african methodist episcopal church

  • [21] african methodist episcopal zion church

  • [22] united methodist church

  • [23] other methodist churches

  • [28] methodist, don't know which

  • [30] american lutheran church

  • [31] lutheran church in america

  • [32] lutheran church - missouri synod

  • [33] wisconsin evangelical lutheran synod

  • [34] other lutheran churches

  • [35] evangelical lutheran

  • [38] lutheran, don't know which

  • [40] presbyterian church in the u.s.

  • [41] united presbyterian church in the u.s.a.

  • [42] other presbyterian churches

  • [43] presbyterian, merged

  • [48] presbyterian, don't know which

  • [50] episcopal church

  • [60] other, specify

  • [70] 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/C1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
Full1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for denom16_7322.

Counts by year:

yearnot available in this yearbaptist, don't know whichmethodist, don't know whichlutheran, don't know whichpresbyterian, don't know whichepiscopal churchother, specifyno denomination or non-denominational churchiapno answerdon't knowamerican baptist associationamerican baptist churches in the u.s.a.national baptist convention of americanational baptist convention u.s.a., inc.southern baptist conventionother baptist churchesafrican methodist episcopal churchunited methodist churchother methodist churchesamerican lutheran churchlutheran church in americalutheran church - missouri synodother lutheran churchespresbyterian church in the u.s.united presbyterian church in the u.s.a.other presbyterian churchesafrican methodist episcopal zion churchwisconsin evangelical lutheran synodevangelical lutheranpresbyterian, mergedskipped on webTotal
1973-3541981317341151265237----------------------1504
1974-3662171198131146225002----------------------1484
1975-34323514967391673045811---------------------1490
1976-3401961079538167275263----------------------1499
1977-3672211457836163314827----------------------1530
1978-3712221276329171325089----------------------1532
1980-3302241059137168254835----------------------1468
1982-55027212881491813355610----------------------1860
1983-34018314362402012659410----------------------1599
1984-108332231261893649928-19168613040151272234327617238-----1473
1985-7937272739199235515-3310441566215129183512551126823---1534
1986-1054425223519326515522012123133616116163511321110105-5---1470
1987-2244820263125226500341262623182284326127172672341833534---1819
1988-9634273631171305293-319561783861261720141871425712---1481
1989-10739131832186615676-266115137295112737123111221886898-1537
1990-85362718301904048711-267721291691086329254152235599-1372
1991-11131212131193375486-47149114714151255308327122543569-1517
1993-93441515412373755715-211274171247115112614401118261685511-1606
1994-2085736286830969113921261211115334561621326561360244242147102113-2992
1996-2156528237327160116516264271372885219227166115451435272111111914-2904
1998-220651327682516011474834214717271641921011441351283135221214169-2832
2000-1905421154727291117225344211016305592020211351646212926201181215-2817
2002-229626856703171071159206401610524324916713115367211841995-2765
2004-23451594757329152119610562141282251917179318729916202611114-2812
2006-25470596661356100286322645161152561815144624634510173414128-4510
2008-205482945402698689112926111021566895-1342111113-462--2023
2010-2204243544818214388810131646415727691581215468715811-2044
2012-175403930381981229054531193115416101022101021254326116-1974
2014-213384945442931561185121130239317720101107132293911466119-2538
2016-25650455054302191131611234026129189291012215186349911437151-2867
2018-22239543337237151109012202819511683410100512221413561595-2348
2021-287519710174291289210842932286101693424222917104561811637261174032
2022-26940635463281324174918785125105192171014251873131912446176213544
Total0776630862054157914787483266929356392239861396221157469380230734112416532177712064114681841041622281542870777