The u.s. would be a better country if religion had less influence
Source:R/gss_vars_514.R
religinf.Rdreliginf
Details
Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? C. The U.S. would be a better country if religion had less influence.
Values
[1]strongly agree[2]agree[3]neither agree nor disagree[4]disagree[5]strongly disagree[NA(d)]can't choose[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 religinf.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | strongly agree | agree | neither agree nor disagree | disagree | strongly disagree | can't choose | no answer | skipped on web | not available in this year | Total |
| 1998 | 1548 | 51 | 131 | 321 | 479 | 209 | 49 | 44 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2021 | 427 | 514 | 565 | 1069 | 890 | 521 | 3 | 5 | 38 | - | 4032 |
| 2024 | 1106 | 339 | 343 | 582 | 509 | 362 | 34 | 11 | 23 | - | 3309 |
| Total | 3081 | 904 | 1039 | 1972 | 1878 | 1092 | 86 | 60 | 61 | 0 | 10173 |