WLS Codebooks
Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.
Religion
relr75 Current religious preference bkxrl4 Currently a church member? bkxrl3 Religious service attendence frequency relfml Main religious preference of family in 1957
relr75: What is your current religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 71, 71a, 71b
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 677 | 532 | 1209 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 1672 | 2018 | 3690 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 4 | 5 | 9 |
3 | Russian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Romanian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Serbian Orthodox | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Eastern Orthodox | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Jewish | 30 | 43 | 73 |
8 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 77) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Hindu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Scientologist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
11 | Reincarnationist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12 | Yoga | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 0 | 3 | 3 |
14 | Metaphysicist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
15 | Ekankan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Science Of The Mind | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Bahai | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 35 | 23 | 58 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 8 | 13 | 21 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 3 | 7 | 10 |
21 | Evangelical | 4 | 4 | 8 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 6 | 4 | 10 |
23 | Covenant | 1 | 3 | 4 |
24 | First Covenant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
25 | Redeemer Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 1 | 2 | 3 |
30 | Central Christian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
31 | First Christian | 2 | 1 | 3 |
32 | Christian | 2 | 3 | 5 |
34 | Moravian | 6 | 10 | 16 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 1 | 0 | 1 |
38 | Presbyterian | 108 | 122 | 230 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 1243 | 1376 | 2619 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 117 | 171 | 288 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 48 | 58 | 106 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 17 | 12 | 29 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 282 | 325 | 607 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 71 | 82 | 153 |
45 | African Methodist Episcopal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 1 | 2 | 3 |
47 | United Missionary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 9 | 11 | 20 |
49 | Plymouth Brethren | 0 | 1 | 1 |
50 | Brethren | 0 | 1 | 1 |
51 | Salvation Army | 1 | 2 | 3 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 3 | 7 | 10 |
53 | Adventist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
54 | Advent Christian | 3 | 2 | 5 |
55 | Swedish Mission Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
57 | Zion Reform | 0 | 1 | 1 |
59 | Bible Christian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 2 | 1 | 3 |
61 | Fundamental Bible Church | 1 | 3 | 4 |
62 | Calvary Bible Church | 0 | 1 | 1 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 2 | 3 | 5 |
64 | Unification Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 2 | 3 | 5 |
66 | Armenian Apostolic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
67 | Christ Household Of Faith | 0 | 1 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 25 | 22 | 47 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 4 | 7 | 11 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 10 | 7 | 17 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 12 | 21 | 33 |
72 | Unity | 1 | 4 | 5 |
73 | Spiritualistic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 0 | 4 | 4 |
75 | Unitarian | 8 | 20 | 28 |
76 | No religious preference, Atheist, Agnostic | 559 | 366 | 925 |
This is not an exhaustive categorization of religions. It contains only those groups found in our sample.
See Appendix A - COR699 for variables in the background section that presented special problems in cleaning and recoding.
bkxrl4: Are you currently a church member?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 73
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 679 | 530 | 1209 |
1 | Member of church of preference | 3259 | 3933 | 7192 |
2 | Member of other church | 74 | 96 | 170 |
3 | Not a member | 979 | 767 | 1746 |
bkxrl3: How often did you attend religious service last year?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 72
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 681 | 533 | 1214 |
1 | One time per week | 1797 | 2749 | 4546 |
2 | Two or three times per month | 845 | 807 | 1652 |
3 | One time per month | 369 | 338 | 707 |
4 | A few times per year | 691 | 491 | 1182 |
5 | Less than a few times per year | 210 | 140 | 350 |
6 | Never | 398 | 268 | 666 |
relfml: What was the main religious preference of your family in 1957?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 70, 70a; z10, z10a
Revisions: Updated 11/95 with 1993 survey data for 1975 NRs
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 456 | 306 | 762 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 1814 | 2118 | 3932 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 5 | 5 | 10 |
3 | Russian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Serbian Orthodox | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Eastern Orthodox | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Jewish | 32 | 47 | 79 |
17 | Bahai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 43 | 31 | 74 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 3 | 5 | 8 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 1 | 7 | 8 |
21 | Evangelical | 8 | 10 | 18 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 4 | 3 | 7 |
23 | Covenant | 1 | 5 | 6 |
24 | First Covenant | 1 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Swedish Covenant | 1 | 2 | 3 |
27 | Norwegian Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
30 | Central Christian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
31 | First Christian | 0 | 2 | 2 |
32 | Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
33 | Gospel Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
34 | Moravian | 8 | 15 | 23 |
36 | First Protestant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 2 | 0 | 2 |
38 | Presbyterian | 147 | 181 | 328 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 1458 | 1524 | 2982 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 192 | 204 | 396 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 65 | 61 | 126 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 20 | 26 | 46 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 451 | 465 | 916 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 85 | 93 | 178 |
45 | African Methodist Episcopal | 0 | 2 | 2 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 2 | 0 | 2 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 6 | 10 | 16 |
49 | Plymouth Brethren | 0 | 2 | 2 |
51 | Salvation Army | 1 | 2 | 3 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 3 | 4 | 7 |
53 | Adventist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
54 | Advent Christian | 2 | 4 | 6 |
55 | Swedish Mission Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
56 | Divine Scientist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
57 | Zion Reform | 0 | 1 | 1 |
58 | Brunet Gospel Mission | 0 | 1 | 1 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 4 | 3 | 7 |
61 | Fundamental Bible Church | 1 | 1 | 2 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 1 | 1 | 2 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 1 | 2 | 3 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 17 | 18 | 35 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 11 | 13 | 24 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 4 | 2 | 6 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 8 | 9 | 17 |
72 | Unity | 1 | 0 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 0 | 1 | 1 |
75 | Unitarian | 2 | 2 | 4 |
76 | No religious preference, Atheist, Agnostic | 123 | 128 | 251 |
This is not an exhaustive categorization of religions. It contains only those groups found in our sample.
See Appendix A - COR699 for variables in the background section that presented special problems in cleaning and recoding.