American National Election Studies, Cumulative Data File, 1948-2004

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VCF0130A Thinking about your life these days, do you ever attend religious services, apart from occasional weddings, baptisms or funerals? (IF YES:) Do you go to religious services every week, almost every week, once or twice a month, a few times a year, or never? (IF R SAYS HE/SHE GOES TO RELIGIOUS SERVICES EVERY WEEK:) Would you say you go to religious services once a week or more often than once a week?   0) Every week -- more than once a week   1) Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week   2) Almost every week   3) Once or twice a month   4) A few times a year   5) Never ("No" in filter)   8) Don't know how often/Don't know if attend   9) NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Every week -- more than once a week	1696	12.3%	12.3%	-1.64
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	1928	14%	26.3%	-1.11
Almost every week	1605	11.6%	37.9%	-.57
Once or twice a month	1964	14.2%	52.2%	-.04
A few times a year	2111	15.3%	67.5%	.5
Never ("No" in filter)	4366	31.7%	99.2%	1.03
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	12	.1%	99.3%	2.64
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	103	.7%	100%	3.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Every week -- more than once a week	10.2% 635	14.1% 1061	12.3% 1696
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	12.3% 769	15.4% 1159	14.0% 1928
Almost every week	10.2% 639	12.8% 966	11.6% 1605
Once or twice a month	13.8% 861	14.6% 1103	14.2% 1964
A few times a year	17.1% 1071	13.8% 1040	15.3% 2111
Never ("No" in filter)	35.4% 2215	28.6% 2151	31.7% 4366
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	0.1% 6	0.1% 6	0.1% 12
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.9% 56	0.6% 47	0.7% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 6252	100.0% 7533	13785

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Every week -- more than once a week	12.0% 1238	15.0% 255	10.2% 27	11.8% 49	12.4% 110	13.6% 3	12.3% 1682
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	14.0% 1455	14.3% 243	16.6% 44	9.8% 41	13.3% 118	4.5% 1	13.9% 1902
Almost every week	11.3% 1168	14.7% 249	7.9% 21	12.7% 53	10.9% 97	18.2% 4	11.7% 1592
Once or twice a month	12.6% 1307	22.7% 386	12.5% 33	15.3% 64	17.2% 152	13.6% 3	14.3% 1945
A few times a year	15.7% 1628	13.0% 220	12.5% 33	14.9% 62	16.1% 143	18.2% 4	15.3% 2090
Never ("No" in filter)	33.6% 3483	19.6% 332	40.0% 106	35.3% 147	28.8% 255	31.8% 7	31.7% 4330
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	0.1% 7	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 12
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.7% 71	0.6% 11	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.7% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 10357	100.0% 1698	100.0% 265	100.0% 417	100.0% 886	100.0% 22	13645

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Every week -- more than once a week	6.1% 75	8.9% 242	11.0% 340	11.8% 269	16.2% 297	17.8% 466	12.3% 1689
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	7.8% 96	9.7% 263	12.9% 397	13.4% 304	17.3% 317	21.1% 551	14.0% 1928
Almost every week	8.8% 108	10.3% 281	13.2% 408	13.0% 297	11.9% 218	11.1% 290	11.7% 1602
Once or twice a month	19.5% 238	17.5% 475	15.3% 472	13.0% 295	12.0% 219	10.0% 260	14.3% 1959
A few times a year	17.3% 212	17.8% 485	16.2% 499	15.9% 363	14.1% 257	11.0% 287	15.3% 2103
Never ("No" in filter)	40.0% 489	35.0% 954	30.8% 949	32.1% 730	27.6% 504	28.1% 733	31.7% 4359
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.1% 2	0.2% 4	0.1% 2	0.1% 3	0.1% 12
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.4% 5	0.8% 21	0.6% 18	0.6% 14	0.8% 14	0.9% 23	0.7% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 1223	100.0% 2722	100.0% 3085	100.0% 2276	100.0% 1828	100.0% 2613	13747

Education (I-EDUC)

	Grade school or less (0-8 grades)	High school (12 grades or fewer)	Some college (13 grades or more but no degree)	College or advanced degree	TOTAL
Every week -- more than once a week	12.8% 95	12.2% 678	12.2% 445	12.7% 466	12.4% 1684
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	16.7% 124	13.1% 726	13.7% 500	14.9% 546	13.9% 1896
Almost every week	8.2% 61	9.5% 529	12.8% 466	14.6% 534	11.7% 1590
Once or twice a month	13.6% 101	14.0% 778	15.8% 577	13.0% 477	14.2% 1933
A few times a year	11.5% 85	15.6% 867	15.1% 552	16.1% 591	15.4% 2095
Never ("No" in filter)	35.2% 261	35.0% 1947	29.9% 1092	28.1% 1028	31.8% 4328
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	0.4% 3	0.1% 6	0.0% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 12
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	1.5% 11	0.6% 32	0.5% 20	0.5% 20	0.6% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 741	100.0% 5563	100.0% 3653	100.0% 3664	13621

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Every week -- more than once a week	15.3% 1200	13.1% 451	4.7% 14	1.4% 28	12.4% 1693
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	16.0% 1255	18.3% 631	4.4% 13	1.3% 26	14.1% 1925
Almost every week	14.2% 1111	13.4% 461	3.1% 9	1.0% 21	11.7% 1602
Once or twice a month	17.0% 1333	15.6% 536	16.3% 48	1.9% 38	14.3% 1955
A few times a year	17.0% 1334	17.1% 590	37.6% 111	2.6% 53	15.3% 2088
Never ("No" in filter)	20.3% 1590	22.2% 766	32.9% 97	91.7% 1882	31.8% 4335
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	0.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.1% 8
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.2% 15	0.3% 10	1.0% 3	0.2% 4	0.2% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 7845	100.0% 3445	100.0% 295	100.0% 2053	13638

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Every week	Almost every week (no cases in 1970)	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Never	No religious preference (1970-1988)	TOTAL
Every week -- more than once a week	46.8% 1696	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	12.4% 1696
Every week -- once a week or NA if once a week/more than once a week	53.2% 1928	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	14.1% 1928
Almost every week	0.0% 0	100.0% 1605	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	11.7% 1605
Once or twice a month	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1964	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	14.4% 1964
A few times a year	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2111	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	15.4% 2111
Never ("No" in filter)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 4366	0.00% 0	31.9% 4366
Don't know how often/Don't know if attend	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0
NA how often/NA if attend; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 3624	100.0% 1605	100.0% 1964	100.0% 2111	100.0% 4366	100.0% 0	13670