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Phone: Religion
GRELI Religion Module For more information on the Religion Module see Appendix I. OVERVIEW The religion section for the 2004 round of data collection replicates the 1993 collection with one change. The 2004 module only asks questions about the respondent's spouse if the respondent married this spouse after the 1993 interview and still lives with this spouse. Because of these constraints, fewer than 300 respondents actually received the spouse questions. Otherwise, the module follows the same pattern it has since 1975 by measuring religious preference and frequency of attendance for the respondent and the spouse if appropriate. Each new round of data collection has yielded new religious denominations, so the list of denominations has grown over the years. BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS GL101RE: Indicates if GR is in 80% Religion Sample GL001RE: GR's Religious Preference (Denomination) GL002REC: Raw Numeric Component for Frequency of GR's Religious Attendance in Past Year GL003RED: Units to Go with Numeric Component for Frequency of GR's Religious Attendance. GL004REC: Frequency of GR's Religious Attendance Converted From Raw Numeric Component and Units to Total Times in the Past Year GL005SPC: Do GR and Spouse Share Same Religious Preference (Denomination)? GL006SPC: Spouse's Religious Preference (Denomination) GL007SPC: Is Spouse's Religous Preference the Same Now as Before They were Married? GL008SPD: Spouse's Religious Preference (Denomination) Before GR and Spouse were Married
gl101re: Is graduate in the religion sample of 80%?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
0 | NOT IN SAMPLE, ALCFLAG=0 | 739 | 861 | 1600 |
1 | IN 80% SAMPLE, PROCEED | 2631 | 3034 | 5665 |
gl001re: What is graduate's religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j448s, c_j448s, c_j448t
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-3 | REFUSED | 20 | 6 | 26 |
-2 | 739 | 861 | 1600 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 3 | 2 | 5 |
0 | No Religion, None | 238 | 167 | 405 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 947 | 1150 | 2097 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Eastern Orthodox | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Jewish | 23 | 29 | 52 |
10 | Scientologist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Yoga | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 0 | 3 | 3 |
14 | Metaphysicist | 1 | 3 | 4 |
17 | Bahai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 45 | 35 | 80 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 13 | 11 | 24 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Evangelical | 11 | 11 | 22 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 4 | 8 | 12 |
23 | Covenant | 2 | 0 | 2 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 0 | 3 | 3 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 59 | 53 | 112 |
34 | Moravian | 3 | 6 | 9 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 0 | 1 | 1 |
38 | Presbyterian | 67 | 76 | 143 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 691 | 833 | 1524 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 43 | 77 | 120 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 23 | 39 | 62 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 9 | 12 | 21 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 173 | 198 | 371 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 46 | 54 | 100 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 1 | 2 | 3 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 3 | 7 | 10 |
50 | Brethren | 0 | 1 | 1 |
51 | Salvation Army | 0 | 2 | 2 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 2 | 4 | 6 |
54 | Advent Christian | 1 | 1 | 2 |
55 | Swedish Mission Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 2 | 1 | 3 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 18 | 21 | 39 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 1 | 5 | 6 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 7 | 6 | 13 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 8 | 12 | 20 |
72 | Unity | 2 | 6 | 8 |
74 | Quaker | 1 | 2 | 3 |
75 | Unitarian | 3 | 14 | 17 |
77 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 8) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
85 | Pantheist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
87 | Nazarene | 0 | 5 | 5 |
88 | Native American, American Indian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
90 | Congregational | 15 | 16 | 31 |
91 | Interdenominational | 2 | 6 | 8 |
92 | Ecumenical | 0 | 1 | 1 |
93 | Agnostic | 15 | 8 | 23 |
94 | Atheist | 0 | 3 | 3 |
96 | Other religions, not established religion or changing religion with no clue of what they are changing to | 3 | 2 | 5 |
100 | Independently Faithful, Personal Religion | 15 | 20 | 35 |
101 | Christian Non-Denominational with no mention of Protestantism | 13 | 7 | 20 |
102 | Non-Denominational (No Further Specification) | 9 | 17 | 26 |
103 | Universal/All Religions OK/No Preference | 1 | 6 | 7 |
104 | Gnosticism | 1 | 1 | 2 |
105 | New Thought (Christian-Based) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- 100 'Independently faithful' - several respondents reported faith independent of organized religion. Examples include 'i just believe in god,' reading the bible, personal belief systems, self-reported sense of spirituality, etc (mostly Judeo-Christian themes). This is not meant to be the same as 'no religion'.
- 101 'Non-denominational Christian' - several respondents used the term non-denominational but without saying protestant, such that code 19 was not usable and 32 was insufficiently specific.
- 102 'Non-denominational' - in similar fashion, several respondents said non-denominational without elaborating at all. Interviewers rarely pressed for any more information.
- 103 'Universal/all religions ok/no pref' - some respondents wanted to be classified this way, instead of being considered irreligious. Merits of all religions was a theme in such cases.
- 104 Gnosticism
- 105 'New Thought(Christian-based)'
gl002rec: Raw numeric component for frequency of religious attendance in past year.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j452f_a
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED-ERROR/UNCODABLE | 0 | 1 | 1 |
-3 | REFUSED | 19 | 4 | 23 |
-2 | 739 | 861 | 1600 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 9 | 11 | 20 |
0 | NONE/NO SERVICES ATTENDED | 482 | 341 | 823 |
1 | 845 | 1171 | 2016 | |
2 - 4 | 502 | 618 | 1120 | |
5 - 40 | 473 | 467 | 940 | |
42 - 366 | 223 | 354 | 577 |
gl003red: Units to go with numeric component for frequency of religious attendance.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j452f_a, j452f_b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-2 | 1249 | 1218 | 2467 | |
1 | DAY | 23 | 36 | 59 |
2 | WEEK | 774 | 1205 | 1979 |
3 | MONTH | 227 | 312 | 539 |
4 | YEAR | 1019 | 1057 | 2076 |
gl004rec: Frequency of religious attendance converted to total times in the past year.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j452f_a, j452f_b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 0 | 1 | 1 |
-3 | REFUSED | 19 | 4 | 23 |
-2 | 739 | 861 | 1600 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 9 | 11 | 20 |
0 | Never, Or Less Than Once A Year | 482 | 341 | 823 |
1 | 1-2 Times Per Year | 212 | 158 | 370 |
2 | 3-5 Times Per Year | 187 | 181 | 368 |
3 | 6-9 Times Per Year | 101 | 100 | 201 |
4 | Approximately Once A Month (10-18 Times Per Year) | 177 | 165 | 342 |
5 | Approximately Twice A Month (19-29 Times Per Year) | 148 | 179 | 327 |
6 | Approximately Three Times A Month (30-44 Times Per Year) | 162 | 179 | 341 |
7 | Approximately Once A Week (45-78 Times Per Year) | 901 | 1365 | 2266 |
8 | Approximately Twice A Week (79-128 Times Per Year) | 76 | 135 | 211 |
9 | Approximately Three Times A Week (129-175 Times Per Year) | 28 | 61 | 89 |
10 | 4-6 Times Per Week (176-320 Times Per Year) | 20 | 42 | 62 |
11 | Approximately Once A Day Or More (321-730 Times Per Year) | 31 | 45 | 76 |
gl005spc: Does graduate's spouse share Graduate Respondent's religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: j452g, married, j452m
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-3 | REFUSED(END GRELI) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 3158 | 3740 | 6898 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
1 | YES | 96 | 66 | 162 |
2 | NO | 33 | 22 | 55 |
gl006spc: What is your spouse's religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: GL001RE, j452g, married, j452m, j452q, c_j452q, c_j454n
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-3 | REFUSED | 0 | 1 | 1 |
-2 | 3163 | 3740 | 6903 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0 | No Religion, None | 20 | 8 | 28 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 34 | 28 | 62 |
7 | Jewish | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Evangelical | 1 | 0 | 1 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
34 | Moravian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
38 | Presbyterian | 8 | 5 | 13 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 24 | 20 | 44 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 1 | 1 | 2 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 13 | 6 | 19 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 6 | 5 | 11 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 2 | 1 | 3 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 2 | 0 | 2 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 1 | 1 | 2 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 1 | 0 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
75 | Unitarian | 0 | 2 | 2 |
87 | Nazarene | 0 | 2 | 2 |
91 | Interdenominational | 2 | 0 | 2 |
94 | Atheist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
100 | Independently Faithful, Personal Religion | 1 | 2 | 3 |
101 | Christian Non-Denominational with no mention of Protestantism | 2 | 0 | 2 |
102 | Non-Denominational (No Further Specification) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 100 'Independently faithful' - several respondents reported faith independent of organized religion. Examples include 'i just believe in god,' reading the bible, personal belief systems, self-reported sense of spirituality, etc (mostly Judeo-Christian themes). This is not meant to be the same as 'no religion'.
- 101 'Non-denominational Christian' - several respondents used the term non-denominational but without saying protestant, such that code 19 was not usable and 32 was insufficiently specific.
- 102 'Non-denominational' - in similar fashion, several respondents said non-denominational without elaborating at all. Interviewers rarely pressed for any more information.
- 103 'Universal/all religions ok/no pref' - some respondents wanted to be classified this way, instead of being considered irreligious. Merits of all religions was a theme in such cases.
- 104 Gnosticism
- 105 'New Thought(Christian-based)'
gl007spc: Is your spouse's religious preference the same now as before they you two were married?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: married, j452g, j452m, j454s
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-2 | 3159 | 3740 | 6899 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 6 | 1 | 7 |
1 | YES | 109 | 74 | 183 |
2 | NO | 18 | 13 | 31 |
gl008spd: What was spouse's religious preference before you two were married?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: GL006SPC, j452g, j452m, married, j454s, j455, c_j455, c_j454r if ever needed
Revisions: Updated 10/06
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 67 | 145 |
-2 | 671 | 1171 | 1842 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 3 | 3 |
0 | No Religion, None | 129 | 177 | 306 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 999 | 1047 | 2046 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 1 | 4 | 5 |
3 | Russian Orthodox | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Serbian Orthodox | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Jewish | 27 | 29 | 56 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Bahai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 40 | 29 | 69 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 12 | 6 | 18 |
21 | Evangelical | 4 | 7 | 11 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 6 | 6 | 12 |
23 | Covenant | 0 | 3 | 3 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 0 | 2 | 2 |
31 | First Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 21 | 13 | 34 |
33 | Gospel Hall | 0 | 1 | 1 |
34 | Moravian | 5 | 4 | 9 |
35 | Mennonite | 1 | 1 | 2 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 3 | 2 | 5 |
38 | Presbyterian | 84 | 80 | 164 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 774 | 761 | 1535 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 76 | 80 | 156 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 40 | 40 | 80 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 12 | 16 | 28 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 208 | 208 | 416 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 82 | 66 | 148 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 9 | 3 | 12 |
50 | Brethren | 1 | 0 | 1 |
51 | Salvation Army | 0 | 1 | 1 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 5 | 3 | 8 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 1 | 2 | 3 |
61 | Fundamental Bible Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 2 | 1 | 3 |
64 | Unification Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 5 | 1 | 6 |
66 | Armenian Apostolic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 15 | 9 | 24 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 3 | 7 | 10 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 6 | 7 | 13 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 5 | 1 | 6 |
73 | Spiritualistic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 3 | 1 | 4 |
75 | Unitarian | 2 | 6 | 8 |
77 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 8) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
81 | Worldwide Church Of God | 1 | 1 | 2 |
82 | Armenian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 5 | 0 | 5 |
85 | Pantheist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
86 | Ukrainian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
87 | Nazarene | 2 | 4 | 6 |
90 | Congregational | 5 | 4 | 9 |
91 | Interdenominational | 1 | 0 | 1 |
93 | Agnostic | 1 | 1 | 2 |
94 | Atheist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
96 | Other religions, not established religion or changing religion with no clue of what they are changing to | 10 | 8 | 18 |
100 | Independently Faithful, Personal Religion | 1 | 2 | 3 |
101 | Christian Non-Denominational with no mention of Protestantism | 2 | 0 | 2 |
102 | Non-Denominational (No Further Specification) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 100 'Independently faithful' - several respondents reported faith independent of organized religion. Examples include 'i just believe in god,' reading the bible, personal belief systems, self-reported sense of spirituality, etc (mostly Judeo-Christian themes). This is not meant to be the same as 'no religion'.
- 101 'Non-denominational Christian' - several respondents used the term non-denominational but without saying protestant, such that code 19 was not usable and 32 was insufficiently specific.
- 102 'Non-denominational' - in similar fashion, several respondents said non-denominational without elaborating at all. Interviewers rarely pressed for any more information.
- 103 'Universal/all religions ok/no pref' - some respondents wanted to be classified this way, instead of being considered irreligious. Merits of all religions was a theme in such cases.
- 104 Gnosticism
- 105 'New Thought(Christian-based)'