relig

Source

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

Details

Question 104. What is your religous preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yearcatholicjewishno answernoneotherprotestantdon't knowbuddhismchristianhinduisminter-nondenominationalmuslim/islamnative americanorthodox-christianother eastern religionsskipped on webTotal
197241354583271031----------1613
19733884249634940----------1504
19743764411018954----------1484
197536323211314975----------1490
197639027211415951----------1499
197737335793181004----------1530
197838429411917979----------1532
198036232310530936----------1468
19823993812132211258----------1860
198343943411726970----------1599
1984375271210720932----------1473
198540832510925955----------1534
19863793839831921----------1470
1987376217121401254----------1819
198838430111842906----------1481
198938623412034970----------1537
1990327274109428621---------1372
199138632210229966----------1517
19933513381464210251---------1606
199475959112741151774----------2992
199668568433914316641---------2904
199870550303962815245933519133102-2832
200067963339842152111739817124121-2817
2002673481537922146042165630134232-2765
20046565512403371483-137113261611313-2812
200611147826739392328-31102116173142-4510
20084703983321210401156874131103-2023
20104823712363209731189042011283-2044
201244428238725916561209213665-1974
2014606401452221112662713216410293-2538
201664951186202913803224113719474-2867
20184933916542321139519308116161-2348
2021824754411215515905471243018253372324032
2022744613297789141820278528523221393544
Total172421421337989512244012559272100015815920136176444172390

Values

  • 1 protestant

  • 2 catholic

  • 3 jewish

  • 4 none

  • 5 other

  • 6 buddhism

  • 7 hinduism

  • 8 other eastern religions

  • 9 muslim/islam

  • 10 orthodox-christian

  • 11 christian

  • 12 native american

  • 13 inter-nondenominational

  • 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(q) 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