Bible prayer in public schools (no volunteered response on web)
Source:R/gss_vars_639.R
prayernv.Rdprayernv
Details
Question The United States Supreme Court has ruled that no state or local government may require the reading of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools. What are your views on this–do you approve or disapprove of the court ruling?
Values
[1]approve[2]disapprove[3]no opinion (phone mode only: volunteered)[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for prayernv.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | approve | disapprove | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 2021 | 2689 | 872 | 464 | 5 | 2 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2944 | 388 | 211 | - | 1 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2679 | 417 | 212 | - | 1 | 3309 |
| Total | 8312 | 1677 | 887 | 5 | 4 | 10885 |