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Question 369. Please look at this card and tell me which statement comes closest to expresing what you believe about God: 1. I don't believe in God. 2. I don't know whether there is a God and I don't believe there is any way to find out. 3. I don't believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind. 4. I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others. 5. While I have doubts, I feel that I do believe in God. 6. I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it.
Overview
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Counts by year:
year | iap | believe sometimes | believe with doubts | don't believe | don't know, no way to find out | higher power | no answer | no doubts | don't know | 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 | - | 65 | 279 | 22 | 56 | 117 | 3 | 939 | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 158 | 69 | 241 | 31 | 60 | 92 | 31 | 834 | 1 | - | 1517 |
1993 | 49 | 47 | 224 | 44 | 63 | 127 | 37 | 992 | 23 | - | 1606 |
1994 | 1606 | 51 | 214 | 33 | 37 | 131 | 34 | 860 | 26 | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 1548 | 58 | 181 | 40 | 60 | 121 | 48 | 775 | 1 | - | 2832 |
2000 | 1541 | 41 | 192 | 33 | 49 | 83 | 66 | 766 | 46 | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 1518 | 128 | 473 | 66 | 129 | 294 | 13 | 1876 | 13 | - | 4510 |
2008 | - | 76 | 330 | 60 | 95 | 204 | 9 | 1240 | 9 | - | 2023 |
2010 | - | 93 | 344 | 66 | 123 | 216 | 7 | 1181 | 14 | - | 2044 |
2012 | - | 81 | 307 | 65 | 107 | 228 | 10 | 1168 | 8 | - | 1974 |
2014 | - | 91 | 416 | 87 | 143 | 316 | 11 | 1468 | 6 | - | 2538 |
2016 | - | 100 | 461 | 126 | 188 | 357 | 19 | 1607 | 9 | - | 2867 |
2018 | - | 88 | 410 | 109 | 150 | 298 | 14 | 1262 | 17 | - | 2348 |
2021 | 1389 | 124 | 427 | 173 | 237 | 341 | 1 | 1313 | 2 | 25 | 4032 |
2022 | 1176 | 125 | 382 | 158 | 176 | 336 | 15 | 1159 | 6 | 11 | 3544 |
2024 | 1116 | 114 | 320 | 122 | 170 | 305 | 7 | 1129 | 12 | 14 | 3309 |
Total | 43366 | 1351 | 5201 | 1235 | 1843 | 3566 | 325 | 18569 | 193 | 50 | 75699 |
Values
1
don't believe2
don't know, no way to find out3
higher power4
believe sometimes5
believe with doubts6
no doubtsNA(d)
don't knowNA(i)
iapNA(j)
I don't have a jobNA(m)
dk, na, iapNA(n)
no answerNA(p)
not imputableNA(r)
refusedNA(s)
skipped on webNA(u)
uncodeableNA(x)
not available in this releaseNA(y)
not available in this yearNA(z)
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