reltrad
Details
Question RELTRAD is constructed from variables RELIG, DENOM, OTHER, and ATTEND. The missing values coded as ".z: Variable-specific reserve code" represent OTHER denominations that are not originally covered by the Steensland et al. (2000) article (i.e., OTHER values larger than 148). Please see Appendix F in the codebook for more information.
Values
[1]evangelical protestant[2]mainline protestant[3]black protestant[4]catholic[5]jewish[6]other faith[7]nonaffiliated[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/C/- | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| A/B/C/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for reltrad.
Counts by year:
| year | evangelical protestant | mainline protestant | black protestant | catholic | jewish | other faith | nonaffiliated | iap | no answer | don't know | see codebook | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 291 | 467 | 213 | 413 | 54 | 60 | 83 | 25 | 7 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 314 | 427 | 136 | 388 | 42 | 56 | 96 | 34 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 331 | 431 | 133 | 376 | 44 | 31 | 101 | 27 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 319 | 461 | 126 | 363 | 23 | 41 | 113 | 38 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 345 | 421 | 103 | 390 | 27 | 49 | 114 | 48 | 2 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 349 | 444 | 138 | 373 | 35 | 48 | 93 | 43 | 7 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 364 | 423 | 131 | 384 | 29 | 51 | 119 | 26 | 5 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 357 | 399 | 105 | 362 | 32 | 72 | 105 | 32 | 4 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 358 | 450 | 366 | 399 | 38 | 56 | 132 | 48 | 13 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 357 | 412 | 121 | 439 | 43 | 83 | 117 | 21 | 6 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 394 | 322 | 123 | 375 | 27 | 74 | 107 | 36 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 434 | 334 | 110 | 408 | 32 | 71 | 109 | 29 | 7 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 401 | 301 | 130 | 380 | 38 | 85 | 98 | 32 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 433 | 341 | 379 | 376 | 21 | 103 | 121 | 32 | 13 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 404 | 289 | 125 | 384 | 30 | 91 | 118 | 32 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 409 | 334 | 116 | 386 | 23 | 82 | 120 | 59 | 8 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 348 | 322 | 109 | 327 | 27 | 79 | 109 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 427 | 310 | 143 | 386 | 32 | 83 | 102 | 30 | 4 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 478 | 321 | 121 | 351 | 33 | 87 | 146 | 58 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 787 | 589 | 237 | 759 | 59 | 200 | 274 | 64 | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 732 | 549 | 261 | 685 | 68 | 199 | 339 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 710 | 483 | 230 | 705 | 50 | 128 | 396 | 75 | 48 | 6 | 1 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 673 | 470 | 262 | 679 | 63 | 153 | 398 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 2 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 644 | 463 | 236 | 673 | 48 | 159 | 379 | 113 | 22 | 26 | 2 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 745 | 410 | 208 | 656 | 55 | 179 | 403 | 125 | 18 | 5 | 8 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 1088 | 627 | 366 | 1115 | 78 | 229 | 739 | 195 | 33 | 18 | 22 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 480 | 283 | 153 | 470 | 39 | 128 | 332 | 104 | 11 | 18 | 5 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 484 | 275 | 166 | 482 | 37 | 103 | 363 | 103 | 16 | 9 | 6 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 501 | 250 | 136 | 444 | 28 | 109 | 387 | 100 | 4 | 9 | 6 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 582 | 315 | 170 | 606 | 40 | 153 | 522 | 120 | 15 | 10 | 5 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 679 | 303 | 208 | 649 | 51 | 156 | 620 | 162 | 22 | 12 | 5 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 534 | 277 | 162 | 493 | 39 | 132 | 542 | 120 | 20 | 20 | 9 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 715 | 470 | 169 | 824 | 76 | 270 | 1121 | 279 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 609 | 354 | 196 | 744 | 61 | 252 | 977 | 284 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 622 | 308 | 212 | 649 | 46 | 276 | 876 | 270 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 3309 |
| Total | 17698 | 13635 | 6300 | 17893 | 1468 | 4128 | 10771 | 2957 | 476 | 224 | 89 | 60 | 75699 |
See also
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