THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Religious Guidance in Day-to-Day Living  1980-2004


                           '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
                     Some   20   **   19   21   20   21   19   20   17   19   17   19   18 
              Quite a Bit   21   **   23   24   22   22   23   21   24   23   22   18   24 
             A Great Deal   35   **   37   33   36   36   37   36   36   35   37   38   35 
     Relig. Not Important   25   **   21   22   22   21   22   23   22   23   24   25   23
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  1394      1908 1069 1755 1954 2290 1756 1702 1268 1798 1497 1200  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1B.4
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     (IF RELIGION IS IMPORTANT:) "Would you say that (1996-later: would you
     say your) religion provides some guidance in your day-to-day living,
     quite a bit of guidance, or a great deal of guidance in your
     day-to-day living (1996-later: life)?"
       

     NOTE:  
     [This question is preceded by:
     'Do you consider religion to be an important part of your life, or
     not?']

     This question is variable VCF0847 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:  27NOV05