THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Church Attendance (1), 4 categories  1952-1968


                           '52  '54  '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68 
 
                Regularly   39   **   43   43   44   45   43   40   38 
                    Often   18   **   19   19   18   16   17   18   15 
                   Seldom   36   **   33   32   33   31   30   30   35 
                    Never    7   **    5    6    5    7    6    9    9 
     No relig. preference    0   **    0    0    1    2    4    3    3
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  1737      1727 1782 1816 1287 1536 1283 1528  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1B.5a
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     (1960-1968: IF ANY RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE:) "Would you say you go
     to church regularly, often, seldom or never?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0131 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  05AUG10