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When you were a child, how often did your father attend religious services?
Father's religious service attendance in childhood · Asked in 4 waves, 1991–2018 · 5,183 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,175 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,365 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,284 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 1,359 |
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.
| Group | Never | Less than once a year | About once or twice a year | Several times a year | About once a month | 2-3 times a month | Nearly every week | Every week | Several times a week | No father/father not present | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 23% | 5% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 29% | 6% | 5% | 1175 | ±4 | |
| Less than high school | 23% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 26% | 5% | 12% | 137 | ±10 | |
| High school | 29% | 3% | 11% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 6% | 5% | 362 | ±6 | |
| Some college | 26% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 25% | 5% | 4% | 330 | ±7 | |
| Bachelor's | 13% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 41% | 6% | 3% | 232 | ±8 | |
| Postgraduate | 20% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 43% | 7% | 2% | 114 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2018 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.