Pope is infallible on matter's of faith or morals

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Source

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

Details

Question 114g. We are interested in what American Catholics think about religious matters. Please select the answer from this card that comes closest to your own personal opinion about the following statement: under certain conditions, the pope is infallible when he speaks on matters of faith and morals.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	certainly false	certainly true	don't know	i am uncertain whether this is true or false	probably false	probably true	no answer	skipped on web	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	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2492	12	82	5	111	22	88	-	-	-	2812
2006	3756	40	187	7	243	68	191	18	-	-	4510
2008	1790	9	45	3	88	16	65	7	-	-	2023
2010	1561	23	84	12	167	45	149	3	-	-	2044
2012	1529	19	89	15	170	41	105	6	-	-	1974
2014	1918	26	133	9	222	36	179	15	-	-	2538
2016	2204	13	155	8	210	53	208	16	-	-	2867
2018	1839	17	107	7	167	34	159	18	-	-	2348
2021	3203	55	132	5	327	84	215	7	4	-	4032
2022	2771	57	120	12	320	68	160	31	5	-	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	66761	271	1134	83	2025	467	1519	121	9	3309	75699

Values

• 1 certainly true

• 2 probably true

• 3 i am uncertain whether this is true or false

• 4 probably false

• 5 certainly false

• 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