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Rs religious preference
Variable: relig
Module:
Core
Subject:
Religion
Related Variables
rspctrel relgrpeq irrelart spkmslm colmslm relext1 relmeet relext2 ethspkok ethspkno irreloff bmitzvah gochurch believe follow goownway god godchnge heaven hell postlife postlf1 postlf2 postlf3 postlf4 postlf5 postlf6 postlf7 postlf8 postlf9 postlf10 likediff mindbody restact palefull afterlif nirvana reincar miracles ancestrs devil bible bibley bible1 popespks popespky othchrch implives obeytch entity expchng1 expchng2 expchng3 whychng1 whychng2 whychng3 changed1 changed2 changed3 relalt1 relalt2 relalt3 relalt4 relalt5 relalt6 mslmtemp idols rosaries notthink charisma preach harsexcl ownclerg numclerg openrel1 openrel2 openrel3 counsel1 counsel2 counsel3 clrgmar1 clrgmar2 clrgmar3 clrgsex1 clrgsex2 clrgsex3 clrggen1 clrggen2 clrggen3 ongorel1 ongorel2 ongorel3 hushrel1 hushrel2 hushrel3 toldexp1 toldexp2 toldexp3 toldrel1 toldrel2 toldrel3 knwclsex clsclsex sympcoun comfort conghrm2 conghlp1 conghlp2 numcong conghrm1 givecong giverel doubts1 doubts2 doubts3 doubts4 religinf religint religcon alloflfe joylifts relsprt1 relsprt2 godhelp godguide godlvdir godlvoth blessngs closrgod godclose artgod relpersn sprtprsn cope5 cope1 cope6 cope4 rellife cope3 cope2 decbible decoths decchurh decself godmeans nihilism myfaith madatgod faith1 faith2 faith3 faith4 forgive1 forgive2 forgive3 fatalism predeter egomeans ownfate punsin blkwhite rotapple permoral lesspain godright socright perright godsport godsells mhgod paxhappy makefrnd rightpeo judge redeemer lover master mother creator father spouse friend king liberatr healer mapa mastersp judgeluv frndking crtrheal rdeemlib world3 godwatch theism impgod ferespct wrkyoung worship carright cardo libmslm scitesty paattend attendpa parelig paden paoth pajew pafund parelkid padenkid maattend attendma marelig maden maoth majew mafund majwoth marelkid madenkid harmony spjew spothjew sprel16 spden16 spoth16 spjew16 spfund16 spattend sprel spden spother spfund religsp densp beausprt creation tvrelig uniongod fepriest feclergy churhsch relgrade conclerg conclery conchurh polsgod clergvte religpub clerggov relcand churhpow prayer prayery prayerx schlpray churchtx meditate pray privpray prayfreq grace16 saygrace relhrs1 join16 churhmem typchurh synmem memchurh actchurh churhgrp churhact relhrs2 relactiv relactiv1 mywaygod perscrfc vistholy readword mediarel attend lapsed attrelig numdays sunday monday tuesday wednesdy thursday friday saturday attreg othrel othrel1 othrel2 othrel3 attweek relobjct sunsch16 tithing savesoul relmarry kd1relig kd2relig kd3relig kd4relig kd5relig kd6relig kd7relig kd8relig kd1jwoth kd2jwoth kd3jwoth kd4jwoth kd5jwoth spjoth16 numrelex agerelex chngrel relexper reborn numrborn agerborn chngrbrn neargod feelrel relexp frndcon1 frndcon2 frndcon3 frndcon4 frndcon5 frndrel1 frndrel2 frndrel3 frndrel4 frndrel5 frndden1 frndden2 frndden3 frndden4 frndden5 frndoth1 frndoth2 frndoth3 frndoth4 frndoth5 frndfnd1 frndfnd2 frndfnd3 frndfnd4 frndfnd5 denom other othjew jew fund religid cathid relig16 denom16 oth16 othjew16 jew16 fund16 religkid denkid relid1 relid2 relid3 relidbst attend12 reliten switched switch1 switch2 switch3 switnum switage1 switage2 switwhy1 switwhy2 shoprel shopmove shopnum relcmfrt godlove feelgod relsprt prottemp cathtemp jewtemp reltruth relneg more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion?

Year Availability
Available in 31 of 31 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Protestant
2 Catholic
3 Jewish
4 None
5 Other
6 Buddhism
7 Hinduism
8 Other eastern
9 Moslem/islam
10 Orthodox-christian
11 Christian
12 Native american
13 Inter-nondenominational
98 Don't know
99 No answer
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
1031 940 954 975 951 1004 979 936 1258 970 932 955 921 1254 906 970 862 966 1025 1774 1664 1524 1521 1460 1483 2328 1040 973 916 1125 1371
413 388 376 363 390 373 384 362 399 439 375 408 379 376 384 386 327 386 351 759 685 705 679 673 656 1114 470 482 444 606 649
54 42 44 23 27 35 29 32 38 43 27 32 38 21 30 23 27 32 33 59 68 50 63 48 55 78 39 37 28 40 51
83 96 101 113 114 93 119 105 132 117 107 109 98 121 118 120 109 102 146 274 339 396 398 379 403 739 332 363 387 522 619
27 34 8 14 15 18 17 30 21 26 20 25 31 40 42 34 42 29 42 115 143 28 42 22 37 39 12 20 25 27 44
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 21 13 31 15 18 6 26 21
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 6 13 11 7 4 9 13 13
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 13 2 3 3 5 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 13 16 17 13 11 13 9 19
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 23 13 14 10 8 6 9 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 39 65 71 102 68 90 120 134 40
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 1 3 1 2 6 2 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17 30 26 6 4 20 2 4 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 5 3 3
5 4 1 2 2 7 4 3 12 4 12 5 3 7 1 4 4 2 8 11 4 30 3 15 12 26 8 12 2 15 15
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 62197
Missing cases 269