Bible prayer in public schools (with volunteered response on web)

prayerv

Source

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

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B	2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for prayerv.

Counts by year:

year	iap	approve	disapprove	don't know	skipped on web	Total
2021	2658	819	457	93	5	4032
2022	2988	299	146	111	-	3544
2024	2734	300	174	101	-	3309
Total	8380	1418	777	305	5	10885