What is your (PARTNER'S) religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? A. What specific denomination is that, if any? (PROBE FOR EXACT DENOMINATION)
Partner's religious denomination · Asked in 7 waves, 2012–2024 · 539 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | Baptist | Methodist | Lutheran | Presbyterian | Episcopal | Other denomination | No denomination or non-denominational church |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 64 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 87 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 90 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 76 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 101 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 67 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 54 |
| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents † | 37% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 17% | 23% | 64 | ±15 | |
| Urban † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±33 |
| Suburban † | 37% | 14% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 19% | 20% | 41 | ±19 | |
| Rural † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | ±38 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.