THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Church Attendance (2), 5 categories  1970-2008


                           '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04  '08 
 
               Every Week   38   26   25   25   25   25   28   24   27   25   27   27   28   25   24   25   25   23   23 
        Almost Every Week    -   11   12   12   11   12   12   11   11   11   11   11   11   12   13   11   12   12   10 
    Once or Twice a Month   16   12   12   14   12   11   13   14   13   14   14   14   13   16   14   16   18   15   14 
       A Few Times a Year   30   32   31   29   30   29   27   29   28   28   16   15   16   18   15   16   13   15   15 
                    Never   12   14   13   13   14   14   11   14   12   12   33   34   33   30   33   33   32   35   38 
     No relig. preference    5    4    7    6    9    9    9    8    8    9    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  1475 2677 2480 2827 2271 1589 1397 2225 2144 2024 1963 2475 1769 1703 1271 1789 1498 1204 2315  



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



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1970-1988: (IF ANY RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE) "Would you say you/do you go
     to (church/synagogue) every week, almost every week, once or twice a
     month, a few times a year, or never?"
     1990 and later: "Lots of things come up that keep people from attending
     religious services even if they want to. Thinking about your life
     these days, do you ever attend religious services, apart from
     occasional weddings, baptisms or funerals?" (IF YES:) "Do you go to
     religious services every week, almost every week, once or twice a
     month, a few times a year, or never?"
       

     NOTE:  
     In the 1970 study, there was no code for 'Every Week' and 'Almost
     Every Week' from 1970 has been recoded to 'Every Week.'
     Beginning in 1990, question flow was changed.

     This question is variable VCF0130 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