How close does r feel to god

neargod

Source

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

Details

Question 112. How close do you feel to God most of the time?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	does not believe	don't know	extremely close	no answer	not close at all	not very close	somewhat close	not available in this year	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	-	20	17	471	11	91	151	838	-	1599
1984	-	16	8	443	23	59	142	782	-	1473
1985	-	14	17	495	13	81	156	758	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	-	20	20	606	18	65	147	943	-	1819
1988	-	24	22	428	6	84	142	775	-	1481
1989	531	21	10	291	5	64	89	526	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	158	25	66	449	26	56	121	616	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	58575	140	160	3183	102	500	948	5238	6853	75699

Values

• 1 extremely close

• 2 somewhat close

• 3 not very close

• 4 not close at all

• 5 does not believe

• 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