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Question Please look at this card and tell me which statement comes closest to expressing what you believe about God. I don”t believe in God.....................1 I don”t know whether there is a God and I don”t believe there is any way to find out..................................2 I don”t believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind........................3 I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others........4 While I have doubts, I feel that I do believe in God….............................5 I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it...........................6
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[1]don't believe[2]don't know, no way to find out[3]higher power[4]believe sometimes[5]believe with doubts[6]no doubts[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
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C | 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| B/C/- | 2021, 2022 |
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't believe | don't know, no way to find out | higher power | believe sometimes | believe with doubts | no doubts | no answer | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1988 | - | 22 | 56 | 117 | 65 | 279 | 939 | 3 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1991 | 158 | 31 | 60 | 92 | 69 | 241 | 834 | 31 | 1 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 49 | 44 | 63 | 127 | 47 | 224 | 992 | 37 | 23 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1606 | 33 | 37 | 131 | 51 | 214 | 860 | 34 | 26 | - | 2992 |
| 1998 | 1548 | 40 | 60 | 121 | 58 | 181 | 775 | 48 | 1 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 1541 | 33 | 49 | 83 | 41 | 192 | 766 | 66 | 46 | - | 2817 |
| 2006 | 1518 | 66 | 129 | 294 | 128 | 473 | 1876 | 13 | 13 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | - | 60 | 95 | 204 | 76 | 330 | 1240 | 9 | 9 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 66 | 123 | 216 | 93 | 344 | 1181 | 7 | 14 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 65 | 107 | 228 | 81 | 307 | 1168 | 10 | 8 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 87 | 143 | 316 | 91 | 416 | 1468 | 11 | 6 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 126 | 188 | 357 | 100 | 461 | 1607 | 19 | 9 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 109 | 150 | 298 | 88 | 410 | 1262 | 14 | 17 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1389 | 173 | 237 | 341 | 124 | 427 | 1313 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1176 | 158 | 176 | 336 | 125 | 382 | 1159 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3544 |
| Total | 8985 | 1113 | 1673 | 3261 | 1237 | 4881 | 17440 | 318 | 181 | 36 | 39125 |