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Phone: Religion
rl001re-rl004rec Respondent's current religious preference and frequency of church attendance. rl005spc Respondent and spouse similarity in religious preferences. rl006spc-rl008spd Current spouse's religious preference at time of marriage and at time of interview in 1992/93. NOTE: See Appendix I - COR483R for Master List of Religion Codes.
rl001re: What is your current religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 448s, 448p, 448t
Revisions: Updated 5/96, 9/04
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED | 82 | 70 | 152 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 8 | 5 | 13 |
0 | No Religion, None | 370 | 254 | 624 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 1460 | 1805 | 3265 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 1 | 7 | 8 |
3 | Russian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Serbian Orthodox | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Jewish | 32 | 41 | 73 |
9 | Hindu | 3 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Scientologist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Yoga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 1 | 5 | 6 |
14 | Metaphysicist | 0 | 2 | 2 |
17 | Bahai | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 56 | 61 | 117 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 22 | 34 | 56 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 1 | 3 | 4 |
21 | Evangelical | 10 | 16 | 26 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 11 | 11 | 22 |
23 | Covenant | 1 | 4 | 5 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 2 | 2 | 4 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 1 | 1 | 2 |
32 | Christian | 56 | 38 | 94 |
33 | Gospel Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
34 | Moravian | 7 | 8 | 15 |
35 | Mennonite | 0 | 1 | 1 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 2 | 1 | 3 |
38 | Presbyterian | 107 | 111 | 218 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 1136 | 1271 | 2407 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 83 | 125 | 208 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 47 | 69 | 116 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 11 | 14 | 25 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 266 | 302 | 568 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 63 | 82 | 145 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 0 | 2 | 2 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 6 | 7 | 13 |
50 | Brethren | 1 | 2 | 3 |
51 | Salvation Army | 0 | 1 | 1 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 2 | 5 | 7 |
54 | Advent Christian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
55 | Swedish Mission Covenant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 2 | 4 | 6 |
61 | Fundamental Bible Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 2 | 3 | 5 |
64 | Unification Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 4 | 5 | 9 |
67 | Christ Household Of Faith | 0 | 1 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 24 | 36 | 60 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 2 | 6 | 8 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 11 | 8 | 19 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 14 | 19 | 33 |
72 | Unity | 1 | 3 | 4 |
73 | Spiritualistic | 1 | 2 | 3 |
74 | Quaker | 0 | 3 | 3 |
75 | Unitarian | 8 | 21 | 29 |
77 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 8) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
78 | Theosophist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
79 | Church Of God Of Prophecy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
80 | Taoist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
81 | Worldwide Church Of God | 4 | 2 | 6 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 3 | 1 | 4 |
84 | Naturalistic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
85 | Pantheist | 1 | 1 | 2 |
88 | Native American, American Indian | 2 | 1 | 3 |
90 | Congregational | 9 | 13 | 22 |
91 | Interdenominational | 1 | 3 | 4 |
93 | Agnostic | 10 | 4 | 14 |
94 | Atheist | 5 | 2 | 7 |
96 | Other religions, not established religion or changing religion with no clue of what they are changing to | 14 | 10 | 24 |
rl002rec: What is the frequency of religious attendance in the last year?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 452f
Revisions: Updated 5/96
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED | 82 | 73 | 155 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 11 | 13 | 24 |
0 | NONE/NO SERVICES ATTENDED | 680 | 579 | 1259 |
1 | 1412 | 1981 | 3393 | |
2 - 3 | 713 | 772 | 1485 | |
4 - 45 | 770 | 704 | 1474 | |
46 - 365 | 312 | 391 | 703 |
rl003red: What is the unit for frequency of religious attendance?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 452w
Revisions: Updated 5/96
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED | 95 | 86 | 181 |
-2 | 680 | 579 | 1259 | |
1 | DAY | 15 | 37 | 52 |
2 | WEEK | 1191 | 1823 | 3014 |
3 | MONTH | 434 | 554 | 988 |
4 | YEAR | 1565 | 1434 | 2999 |
rl004rec: Summary of frequency of religious attendance in the last year.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 452f, 452w
Revisions: Updated 5/96
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED | 84 | 73 | 157 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 11 | 13 | 24 |
0 | Never, Or Less Than Once A Year | 680 | 579 | 1259 |
1 | 1-2 Times Per Year | 379 | 276 | 655 |
2 | 3-5 Times Per Year | 286 | 250 | 536 |
3 | 6-9 Times Per Year | 182 | 126 | 308 |
4 | Approximately Once A Month (10-18 Times Per Year) | 294 | 324 | 618 |
5 | Approximately Twice A Month (19-29 Times Per Year) | 282 | 338 | 620 |
6 | Approximately Three Times A Month (30-44 Times Per Year) | 224 | 215 | 439 |
7 | Approximately Once A Week (45-78 Times Per Year) | 1418 | 2048 | 3466 |
8 | Approximately Twice A Week (79-128 Times Per Year) | 67 | 146 | 213 |
9 | Approximately Three Times A Week (129-175 Times Per Year) | 36 | 68 | 104 |
10 | 4-6 Times Per Week (176-320 Times Per Year) | 20 | 17 | 37 |
11 | Approximately Once A Day Or More (321-730 Times Per Year) | 17 | 40 | 57 |
rl005spc: Do you and your spouse have the same religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 34m, 452m
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED/NOT ASCERTAINED | 64 | 51 | 115 |
-2 | 593 | 920 | 1513 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 7 | 2 | 9 |
1 | YES | 2859 | 3011 | 5870 |
2 | NO | 457 | 529 | 986 |
rl006spc: What is your spouse's religious preference?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 34m, 452m, 452q, 454n, 454p
Revisions: Updated 5/96
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED | 71 | 60 | 131 |
-2 | 593 | 920 | 1513 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 19 | 10 | 29 |
0 | No Religion, None | 220 | 261 | 481 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 1319 | 1436 | 2755 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 2 | 4 | 6 |
3 | Russian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Serbian Orthodox | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Jewish | 25 | 32 | 57 |
9 | Hindu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Scientologist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Yoga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Bahai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 43 | 41 | 84 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 18 | 21 | 39 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Evangelical | 10 | 10 | 20 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 10 | 9 | 19 |
23 | Covenant | 1 | 3 | 4 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 2 | 2 | 4 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 0 | 2 | 2 |
31 | First Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 43 | 24 | 67 |
33 | Gospel Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
34 | Moravian | 5 | 8 | 13 |
35 | Mennonite | 0 | 1 | 1 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 3 | 3 | 6 |
38 | Presbyterian | 90 | 82 | 172 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 954 | 1013 | 1967 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 78 | 103 | 181 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 40 | 55 | 95 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 9 | 13 | 22 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 228 | 223 | 451 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 64 | 63 | 127 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
47 | United Missionary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 8 | 8 | 16 |
50 | Brethren | 2 | 2 | 4 |
51 | Salvation Army | 0 | 1 | 1 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 5 | 4 | 9 |
54 | Advent Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
55 | Swedish Mission Covenant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 2 | 3 | 5 |
61 | Fundamental Bible Church | 1 | 1 | 2 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 3 | 2 | 5 |
64 | Unification Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 5 | 2 | 7 |
66 | Armenian Apostolic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
67 | Christ Household Of Faith | 0 | 1 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 20 | 21 | 41 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 2 | 5 | 7 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 12 | 8 | 20 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 17 | 14 | 31 |
72 | Unity | 2 | 1 | 3 |
73 | Spiritualistic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 2 | 1 | 3 |
75 | Unitarian | 5 | 9 | 14 |
77 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 8) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
79 | Church Of God Of Prophecy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
88 | Native American, American Indian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
90 | Congregational | 1 | 0 | 1 |
91 | Interdenominational | 1 | 0 | 1 |
93 | Agnostic | 3 | 2 | 5 |
94 | Atheist | 1 | 2 | 3 |
96 | Other religions, not established religion or changing religion with no clue of what they are changing to | 17 | 16 | 33 |
rl007spc: Was your spouse's religious preference prior to marriage the same as it is now?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: 34m, 454s
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED/NOT ASCERTAINED | 66 | 54 | 120 |
-2 | 593 | 920 | 1513 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 17 | 8 | 25 |
1 | YES | 2460 | 2662 | 5122 |
2 | NO | 844 | 869 | 1713 |
rl008spd: What was your spouse's religious preference before marriage?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: phone
Source variables: RL007SPC, 34m, s454r, 455, s455p
Revisions: Updated 5/96
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1011 | 813 | 1824 |
-3 | REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED | 73 | 61 | 134 |
-2 | 593 | 920 | 1513 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 42 | 20 | 62 |
0 | No Religion, None | 162 | 244 | 406 |
1 | Roman Catholic | 1277 | 1399 | 2676 |
2 | Greek Orthodox | 3 | 4 | 7 |
3 | Russian Orthodox | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Serbian Orthodox | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Jewish | 28 | 34 | 62 |
9 | Hindu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Church Of Religious Science | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Bahai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 | Protestant (No Denomination Given, Born Again, Born Again Christian, Christian, No Preference, Nothing Particular) | 46 | 43 | 89 |
19 | Protestant, Non-Denominational (R Must Have Used The Words 'Non-Denominational' For Religious Preference) | 14 | 11 | 25 |
20 | Community Church, No Denomination | 0 | 1 | 1 |
21 | Evangelical | 6 | 8 | 14 |
22 | Evangelical Free | 7 | 7 | 14 |
23 | Covenant | 1 | 3 | 4 |
28 | Evangelical Covenant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
29 | Charismatic Christian | 0 | 2 | 2 |
31 | First Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Christian | 26 | 16 | 42 |
33 | Gospel Hall | 0 | 1 | 1 |
34 | Moravian | 7 | 5 | 12 |
35 | Mennonite | 2 | 1 | 3 |
37 | First Assembly Of God | 3 | 3 | 6 |
38 | Presbyterian | 98 | 94 | 192 |
39 | Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Congregational Lutheran, Reformed Lutheran, Synod Lutheran | 972 | 1011 | 1983 |
40 | United Church Of Christ, Congregational Evangelical And Reformed | 90 | 113 | 203 |
41 | Episcopalian, Anglican | 48 | 52 | 100 |
42 | Reformed, Dutch, Swiss, And Christian Reformed, First Reformed, Church Of America | 13 | 19 | 32 |
43 | United Methodist, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Nazarene Free Methodist | 256 | 267 | 523 |
44 | Baptist, Southern Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Primitive Baptist | 98 | 85 | 183 |
46 | Disciples Of Christ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
47 | United Missionary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
48 | Church Of God, Church Of Christ, Church Of God And Christ | 8 | 4 | 12 |
50 | Brethren | 2 | 1 | 3 |
51 | Salvation Army | 1 | 1 | 2 |
52 | Seventh Day Adventist | 6 | 3 | 9 |
60 | Bible Church, Bible Chapel | 1 | 2 | 3 |
61 | Fundamental Bible Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
63 | Fundamentalist | 3 | 2 | 5 |
64 | Unification Church | 1 | 0 | 1 |
65 | Christian Missionary Alliance | 5 | 1 | 6 |
66 | Armenian Apostolic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
67 | Christ Household Of Faith | 0 | 1 | 1 |
68 | Pentecostal, Assembly Of God | 17 | 12 | 29 |
69 | Christian Scientist | 4 | 12 | 16 |
70 | Mormon, Latter Day Saints | 7 | 7 | 14 |
71 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 8 | 6 | 14 |
73 | Spiritualistic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
74 | Quaker | 3 | 1 | 4 |
75 | Unitarian | 4 | 7 | 11 |
77 | Islam/Muslim (OTHER CODE 8) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
81 | Worldwide Church Of God | 1 | 1 | 2 |
82 | Armenian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
83 | Zen Buddhist | 7 | 0 | 7 |
85 | Pantheist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
86 | Ukrainian Orthodox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
87 | Nazarene | 2 | 3 | 5 |
90 | Congregational | 6 | 5 | 11 |
93 | Agnostic | 2 | 1 | 3 |
96 | Other religions, not established religion or changing religion with no clue of what they are changing to | 14 | 9 | 23 |