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Phone: Religion
SRELI Sibling Module OVERVIEW The religion section for the 2003 - 2005 round of data collection replicates the 1992 - 1993 collection with one change. The 2003 - 2005 module only asks questions about the respondent's spouse if the respondent married this spouse after the 1992 - 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 cl101re: Indicates if Sibling respondent is in 80% religion sample cl001re: Sibling Respondent's religious preference (denomination) cl002rec: Raw numeric component for frequency of Sibling Respondent's religious attendance in past year cl003red: Units to go with numeric component for frequency of Sibling Respondent's religious attendance cl004rec: Frequency of Sibling respondent's religious attendance converted from raw numeric component and units to total times in the past year cl005spc: Do Sibling respondent and spouse share same religious preference (denomination)? cl006spc: Spouse's religious preference (denomination) cl007spc: Is spouse's religious preference the same now as before they were married? cl008spd: Spouse's religious preference (denomination) before Sibling respondent and spouse were married Note: See Cor 964 in Appendix I for variable creation details
cl101re: Is sibling respondent in the religion sample of 80%?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
0 | NOT IN SAMPLE, ALCFLAG=0 | 423 | 491 | 914 |
1 | IN 80% SAMPLE, PROCEED | 1607 | 1749 | 3356 |
cl001re: What is the sibling's religious preference?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j448s, c_j448s, c_j448t
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 67 | 66 | 133 |
-3 | REFUSED | 10 | 5 | 15 |
-2 | 423 | 491 | 914 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 7 | 3 | 10 |
0 | No Religion, None | 162 | 107 | 269 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 543 | 611 | 1154 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Eastern Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Jewish | 18 | 14 | 32 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 0 | 4 | 4 |
14 | Metaphysicist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
17 | Bahai | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 13 | 11 | 24 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 5 | 10 | 15 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 3 | 1 | 4 |
21 | Evangelical | 7 | 12 | 19 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 7 | 2 | 9 |
23 | Covenant | 2 | 0 | 2 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 1 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 1 | 1 | 2 |
31 | First Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 44 | 36 | 80 |
34 | Moravian | 2 | 3 | 5 |
35 | Mennonite | 2 | 0 | 2 |
38 | Presbyterian | 38 | 48 | 86 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 395 | 457 | 852 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 23 | 34 | 57 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 17 | 26 | 43 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 9 | 9 | 18 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 109 | 142 | 251 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 34 | 37 | 71 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 2 | 3 | 5 |
51 | Salvation Army | 0 | 1 | 1 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 1 | 2 | 3 |
54 | Advent Christian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 3 | 2 | 5 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 1 | 1 | 2 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 12 | 11 | 23 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 2 | 2 | 4 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 4 | 0 | 4 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 4 | 10 | 14 |
72 | Unity | 2 | 4 | 6 |
73 | Spiritualistic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
75 | Unitarian | 2 | 4 | 6 |
77 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 8) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
80 | Taoist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 3 | 2 | 5 |
85 | Pantheist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
87 | Nazarene | 2 | 4 | 6 |
90 | Congregational | 7 | 9 | 16 |
91 | Interdenominational | 2 | 1 | 3 |
92 | Ecumenical | 0 | 1 | 1 |
93 | Agnostic | 12 | 7 | 19 |
94 | Atheist | 6 | 0 | 6 |
96 | Other religions, not established religion or changing religion with no clue of what they are changing to | 0 | 3 | 3 |
100 | Independently Faithful, Personal Religion | 3 | 12 | 15 |
101 | Christian Non-Denominational with no mention of Protestantism | 8 | 9 | 17 |
102 | Non-Denominational (No Further Specification) | 4 | 9 | 13 |
103 | Universal/All Religions OK/No Preference | 3 | 2 | 5 |
105 | New Thought (Christian-Based) | 0 | 1 | 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)'
cl002rec: Raw numeric component for frequency of religious attendance in past year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j452f_a
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-3 | REFUSED | 8 | 7 | 15 |
-2 | 423 | 491 | 914 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 7 | 4 | 11 |
0 | NONE/NO SERVICES ATTENDED | 285 | 240 | 525 |
1 | 478 | 597 | 1075 | |
2 - 3 | 254 | 286 | 540 | |
4 - 20 | 257 | 294 | 551 | |
24 - 365 | 250 | 255 | 505 |
cl003red: Units to go with numeric component for frequency of religious attendance.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j452f_a, j452f_b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-2 | 723 | 742 | 1465 | |
1 | DAY | 11 | 13 | 24 |
2 | WEEK | 457 | 605 | 1062 |
3 | MONTH | 133 | 200 | 333 |
4 | YEAR | 638 | 614 | 1252 |
attendance. It wouldn't make sense to give the units for don't know, refused, or zero attendance.
cl004rec: Frequency of religious attendance converted to total times in the past year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag, j452f_a, j452f_b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-2 | 438 | 502 | 940 | |
0 | Never, Or Less Than Once A Year | 285 | 240 | 525 |
1 | 1-2 Times Per Year | 132 | 98 | 230 |
2 | 3-5 Times Per Year | 115 | 114 | 229 |
3 | 6-9 Times Per Year | 57 | 59 | 116 |
4 | Approximately Once A Month (10-18 Times Per Year) | 99 | 118 | 217 |
5 | Approximately Twice A Month (19-29 Times Per Year) | 71 | 88 | 159 |
6 | Approximately Three Times A Month (30-44 Times Per Year) | 90 | 104 | 194 |
7 | Approximately Once A Week (45-78 Times Per Year) | 559 | 707 | 1266 |
8 | Approximately Twice A Week (79-128 Times Per Year) | 71 | 73 | 144 |
9 | Approximately Three Times A Week (129-175 Times Per Year) | 14 | 31 | 45 |
10 | 4-6 Times Per Week (176-320 Times Per Year) | 18 | 24 | 42 |
11 | Approximately Once A Day Or More (321-730 Times Per Year) | 13 | 16 | 29 |
to an inap value here, even though refusing or not knowing one of the components of a constructed
variable could imply refusing or not knowing the variable itself. An inap in CL003RED does not always
imply a missing value in 004. 003 could have been skipped because 002 was zero, but this still leads
to a meaningful value (zero) for attendance.
cl005spc: Does sibling's spouse share Sibling Respondent's religious preference?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: j452g, married, j452m
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-2 | 1810 | 2069 | 3879 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1 | YES | 123 | 77 | 200 |
2 | NO | 28 | 26 | 54 |
still in that marriage at the time of the interview, and were living with that spouse. This eliminated
many respondents, including those still married to the same spouse as in the previous interview.
cl006spc: What is spouse's religious preference?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: CL001RE, j452g, married, j452m, j452q, c_j452q, c_j454n
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-2 | 1811 | 2071 | 3882 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
0 | No Religion, None | 13 | 14 | 27 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 49 | 31 | 80 |
7 | Jewish | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
21 | Evangelical | 0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 6 | 3 | 9 |
38 | Presbyterian | 5 | 3 | 8 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 33 | 26 | 59 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 6 | 2 | 8 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 1 | 1 | 2 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 11 | 10 | 21 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 5 | 3 | 8 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 2 | 0 | 2 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 1 | 1 | 2 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 1 | 1 | 2 |
75 | Unitarian | 1 | 1 | 2 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 3 | 0 | 3 |
90 | Congregational | 2 | 0 | 2 |
100 | Independently Faithful, Personal Religion | 1 | 0 | 1 |
101 | Christian Non-Denominational with no mention of Protestantism | 2 | 1 | 3 |
102 | Non-Denominational (No Further Specification) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
105 | New Thought (Christian-Based) | 0 | 1 | 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)'
still in that marriage at the time of the interview, and were living with that spouse. This eliminated
many respondents, including those still married to the same spouse as in the previous interview.
cl007spc: Is your spouse's religious preference the same now as it was before you two were married?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: married, j452g, j452m, j454s
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-2 | 1810 | 2069 | 3879 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 4 | 5 |
1 | YES | 120 | 80 | 200 |
2 | NO | 31 | 21 | 52 |
still in that marriage at the time of the interview, and were living with that spouse. This eliminated
many respondents, including those still married to the same spouse as in the previous interview.
religion at all. Interestingly, was not skipped if 005 was don't know, though lack of knowledge of
spouse's religion usually implies inability to answer this question as well.
cl008spd: What was your spouse's religious preference before you two were married?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: CL006SPC, j452g, j452m, married, j454s, j455, c_j455, c_j454r if ever needed
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2407 | 2101 | 4508 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 68 | 66 | 134 |
-2 | 1812 | 2074 | 3886 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0 | No Religion, None | 10 | 13 | 23 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 53 | 33 | 86 |
7 | Jewish | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 4 | 1 | 5 |
21 | Evangelical | 0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 5 | 2 | 7 |
38 | Presbyterian | 4 | 6 | 10 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 32 | 23 | 55 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 5 | 3 | 8 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 2 | 2 | 4 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 10 | 8 | 18 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 6 | 5 | 11 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 3 | 1 | 4 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 1 | 1 | 2 |
75 | Unitarian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 2 | 0 | 2 |
90 | Congregational | 1 | 0 | 1 |
100 | Independently Faithful, Personal Religion | 1 | 0 | 1 |
101 | Christian Non-Denominational with no mention of Protestantism | 1 | 0 | 1 |
102 | Non-Denominational (No Further Specification) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- 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)'
still in that marriage at the time of the interview, and were living with that spouse. This eliminated
many respondents, including those still married to the same spouse as in the previous interview.