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denom_7222

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

  • [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/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
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_7222.

Counts by year:

yearbaptist, don't know whichmethodist, don't know whichlutheran, don't know whichpresbyterian, don't know whichepiscopal churchother, specifyno denomination or non-denominational churchiapno answeramerican 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 churchafrican methodist episcopal zion churchunited methodist churchother methodist churchesamerican lutheran churchlutheran church in americalutheran church - missouri synodwisconsin evangelical lutheran synodother lutheran churchespresbyterian church in the u.s.united presbyterian church in the u.s.a.other presbyterian churchesevangelical lutherandon't knowpresbyterian, mergedskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
19723242321398033185365777-----------------------1613
19733121981245741163435642-----------------------1504
19743221901137438174425292-----------------------1484
19753091751397644182495133-----------------------1490
19763031621047849195605462-----------------------1499
19773241931366637190585197-----------------------1530
19783181901156239208465495-----------------------1532
1980307170927941195525293-----------------------1468
198247821012675522447259013-----------------------1860
19833031471436437229456256-----------------------1599
198495181423282205752912201677107436212612355311716315-----1473
1985672517154221548574635854144611111257391313813218-----1534
1986731913173822453546418111021265551107134212364816134-----1470
19871732017203629961558102923251820544196115122715223215378-----1819
1988721513193121665574429103515342511099151219361225761---1481
19899217101243204865636219105134345411662911335717161017-15--1537
19905916211334211785057214621221711693332823741325212116--1372
19918812131932260535493431292128231241081321129251429312-9--1517
1993852388342358457211217831573184130520144371115231614-9--1606
19941783222166633812512071844169928476842152148960122036511928120--2992
1996181232511793049912361057281282736911819012511548111534291933-13--2904
199815830127602661391245464316915244831651926341547152330231025117--2832
2000132301785228716112541642251413256751971821436133751231211825114--2817
200218634524258338203122517341810420822112158129153411216153683--2765
2004204314927593482631239164111862101810514411273094181431645--2812
200632249446078581370205428452518103243811102196341345203162110221717--4510
200815027203143289191907920129113258193211312816153671--2023
2010184303529362091989691313562133123-783471363412514810--2044
2012129212117322302229353181821126237383210816825321746--1974
20141511729303926029312641524169314520841104105254389316311--2538
20161892125254030133614321633267515625649441011336639620810--2867
20181472630302624826611632024164312220649451112073916131310--2348
20212052656545521955122434621245612226152148-2253468175830151939-4032
20221752243244420649820103237226414025931305983211910514-119-3544
Total67952451183712681496847350033089441873337821113841518872309131591546022247531641643734581833469221648072390

See also

Other Core: coden_1222, denom16_7322, major1_1222, major2_1222, spden_7322

Other Religion: coden_1222, denom16_7322, spden_7322