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1960,1964: Is your Church (1962: religious) preference Protestant, Catholic or Jewish? (IF PROTESTANT:) What church is that, Baptist, Methodist or what? 1966-1968: Are you Protestant, Catholic or Jewish? (IF PROTESTANT:) What church is that, Baptist, Methodist or what? 1970: Is your religious preference Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, or something else? (IF PROTESTANT:) What church is that, Baptist, Methodist or what? 1972-1988: Is your religious preference Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, or something else? (IF PROTESTANT:) What church or denomination is that? (IF BAPTIST:) Is that Southern Baptist or something else? 2002: Is your religious preference PROTESTANT, ROMAN CATHOLIC, JEWISH, or something else? (IF PROTESTANT OR OTHER:) What church or denomination is that?
Religious denomination, 7 categories, 1960-1988 · Asked in 14 waves, 1960–1988 · 25,341 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1992. Kept and flagged: 9 (other_missing). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Collapsed from VCF0129.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880527. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,038 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860737. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,176 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840687. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,249 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820734. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800693. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,610 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780605. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,304 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763510. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,243 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Mainline Protestant |
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| Evangelical Protestant |
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| Catholic [Roman Catholic] |
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| Jewish |
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| Non-traditional orthodox |
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| Non-Christian/Non-Jewish |
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| Atheist, agnostic, none |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 31% | 33% | 24% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 9% | 2038 | ±2 | |
| Democrats | 25% | 40% | 26% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 7% | 714 | ±4 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 29% | 31% | 24% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 752 | ±4 | |
| Republicans | 40% | 28% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 558 | ±4 |
ANES 1988 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742551. |
| 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 |
| face to face |
| 1,575 |
| 1,575 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720422. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,701 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700360(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 1,507 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680213. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,550 |
| ANES 1966 Time Series Study Source variable: V660221. | 1966-11-08 to 1967-02-01 | face to face | 1,291 | 1,291 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640235. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,570 |
| ANES 1960 Time Series Study Source variable: V600252. | 1960-09-12 to 1960-12-26 | face to face | 1,181 | 1,109 |