Find Comfort in Religion

• Introduction
• Patterns

Find Comfort in Religion (Demographic Patterns)

You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often? I find comfort in my religion or spirituality.

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Find Comfort in Religion by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	12.7% 79	24.4% 175	19.0% 254
EVERY DAY	30.3% 189	32.5% 233	31.5% 422
MOST DAYS	18.6% 116	17.9% 128	18.2% 244
SOME DAYS	9.0% 56	8.7% 62	8.8% 118
ONCE WHILE	12.7% 79	8.9% 64	10.7% 143
NEVER	14.6% 91	6.3% 45	10.1% 136
DON’T KNOW	0.8% 5	0.3% 2	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.4% 9	1.0% 7	1.2% 16
Missing	656	816	1472
TOTAL	100% 624	100% 716	1340

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Find Comfort in Religion by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	17.1% 184	31.9% 51	18.3% 19	19.0% 254
EVERY DAY	30.9% 333	37.5% 60	27.9% 29	31.5% 422
MOST DAYS	19.0% 204	10.0% 16	23.1% 24	18.2% 244
SOME DAYS	9.3% 100	6.9% 11	6.7% 7	8.8% 118
ONCE WHILE	11.1% 119	5.0% 8	15.4% 16	10.7% 143
NEVER	11.0% 118	6.9% 11	6.7% 7	10.1% 136
DON’T KNOW	0.7% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.0% 11	1.9% 3	1.9% 2	1.2% 16
Missing	1158	217	97	1472
TOTAL	100% 1076	100% 160	100% 104	1340

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Find Comfort in Religion by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	22.3% 159	18.1% 58	23.3% 24	6.5% 13	0	19.0% 254
EVERY DAY	36.0% 257	29.7% 95	35.9% 37	16.6% 33	0	31.6% 422
MOST DAYS	19.0% 136	20.3% 65	13.6% 14	14.6% 29	0	18.3% 244
SOME DAYS	7.4% 53	13.1% 42	8.7% 9	7.0% 14	0	8.8% 118
ONCE WHILE	8.8% 63	12.2% 39	10.7% 11	15.1% 30	0	10.7% 143
NEVER	5.0% 36	5.0% 16	4.9% 5	38.7% 77	2	10.0% 134
DON’T KNOW	0.1% 1	1.3% 4	1.0% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.3% 9	0.3% 1	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	2	1.0% 14
Missing	769	336	155	204	8	1472
TOTAL	100% 714	100% 320	100% 103	100% 199	12	1336

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Find Comfort in Religion by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	17.9% 52	17.9% 71	19.3% 84	22.2% 47	0	19.0% 254
EVERY DAY	26.8% 78	33.5% 133	31.2% 136	35.4% 75	0	31.6% 422
MOST DAYS	19.2% 56	16.6% 66	19.3% 84	17.5% 37	1	18.2% 243
SOME DAYS	9.3% 27	8.8% 35	10.3% 45	5.2% 11	0	8.8% 118
ONCE WHILE	13.1% 38	12.1% 48	8.5% 37	9.4% 20	0	10.7% 143
NEVER	12.7% 37	9.8% 39	9.6% 42	7.5% 16	2	10.0% 134
DON’T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.7% 3	0.9% 2	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	0.8% 3	1.1% 5	1.9% 4	1	1.1% 15
Missing	305	413	531	218	5	1472
TOTAL	100% 291	100% 397	100% 436	100% 212	9	1336

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Find Comfort in Religion by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	6.5% 15	9.9% 45	16.5% 47	39.9% 147	0	19.0% 254
EVERY DAY	18.3% 42	24.9% 113	40.1% 114	41.6% 153	0	31.6% 422
MOST DAYS	14.8% 34	20.9% 95	23.2% 66	13.3% 49	0	18.3% 244
SOME DAYS	8.7% 20	13.0% 59	9.5% 27	3.3% 12	0	8.8% 118
ONCE WHILE	15.7% 36	17.8% 81	7.7% 22	1.1% 4	0	10.7% 143
NEVER	32.6% 75	11.9% 54	2.1% 6	0.0% 0	1	10.1% 135
DON’T KNOW	1.7% 4	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.7% 4	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.8% 3	3	1.0% 13
Missing	241	511	331	382	7	1472
TOTAL	100% 230	100% 454	100% 284	100% 368	11	1336

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Find Comfort in Religion by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	12.5% 40	19.1% 95	21.9% 108	11	18.6% 243
EVERY DAY	30.4% 97	30.6% 152	34.3% 169	4	31.9% 418
MOST DAYS	16.3% 52	20.3% 101	17.8% 88	3	18.4% 241
SOME DAYS	9.4% 30	7.8% 39	9.1% 45	4	8.7% 114
ONCE WHILE	14.4% 46	11.3% 56	7.7% 38	3	10.7% 140
NEVER	15.0% 48	9.5% 47	7.5% 37	4	10.1% 132
DON’T KNOW	0.6% 2	0.6% 3	0.4% 2	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	1.3% 4	0.8% 4	1.2% 6	2	1.1% 14
Missing	0	0	0	1472	1472
TOTAL	100% 319	100% 497	100% 493	1503	1309

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Find Comfort in Religion by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	22.5% 39	19.1% 133	19.6% 22	17.3% 38	15.4% 21	1	18.9% 253
EVERY DAY	30.6% 53	32.1% 224	31.3% 35	28.2% 62	35.3% 48	0	31.5% 422
MOST DAYS	14.5% 25	18.5% 129	26.8% 30	17.7% 39	15.4% 21	0	18.2% 244
SOME DAYS	7.5% 13	9.3% 65	2.7% 3	10.0% 22	11.0% 15	0	8.8% 118
ONCE WHILE	12.1% 21	9.6% 67	11.6% 13	11.8% 26	11.8% 16	0	10.7% 143
NEVER	10.4% 18	10.3% 72	5.4% 6	11.4% 25	11.0% 15	0	10.2% 136
DON’T KNOW	1.7% 3	0.4% 3	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
NO ANSWER	0.6% 1	0.7% 5	1.8% 2	3.6% 8	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 16
Missing	191	737	112	287	145	0	1472
TOTAL	100% 173	100% 698	100% 112	100% 220	100% 136	1	1339

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2004: General Social Survey: Since 1972, the National Opinion Research Center has conducted a nationwide survey of a random sample of U.S. citizens on a near-yearly basis—the General Social Survey (GSS). In addition to gathering detailed demographic information on respondents, the GSS gathers opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the role of government in public life, controversial issues such as abortion, confidence in public institutions and a host of others. Of course, respondents are unlikely to spend five hours completing a survey so in order to gather data on a broad range of issues the GSS has adopted the practice of rotating groups of questions into and out of the survey in different years.

* The list that follows includes items you may or may not experience. Please consider if and how often you have these experiences, and try to disregard whether you feel you should or should not have them. A number of items use the word - God. - If this word is not a comfortable one, please substitute another idea that calls to mind the divine or holy for you. "You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often." 1007. B. I find comfort in my religion or spirituality.