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What is your (PARTNER'S) religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion?
Partner's religious preference · Asked in 7 waves, 2012–2024 · 1,803 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 261 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 310 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 356 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 231 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 264 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 213 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 168 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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 | Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | None | Other | Buddhism | Hinduism | Other eastern religions | Muslim/islam | Orthodox-christian | Christian | Native american | Inter-nondenominational | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 25% | 18% | 1% | 47% | 2% | 0% | 0% | – | 2% | 1% | 3% | 0% | – | 261 | ±8 | |
| Northeast † | 20% | 24% | 4% | 42% | – | – | – | – | 9% | – | 1% | – | – | 52 | ±18 | |
| Midwest † | 28% | 12% | – | 55% | 3% | – | – | – | 1% | – | 2% | – | – | 69 | ±18 | |
| South | 40% | 19% | – | 31% | 4% | – | 1% | – | 1% | 2% | 2% | – | – | 85 | ±13 | |
| West † | 9% | 18% | 1% | 61% | 1% | 2% | – | – | – | – | 6% | 1% | – | 55 | ±17 |
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.