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Would you describe yourself as. . .
Self-described religiousness · 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.
| Group | Extreme relgious | Very religious | Somewhat relgious | Not religious nor non-religious |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| 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.
| Somewhat non-religious |
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| Extremely non-religious |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 7% | 20% | 39% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 1175 | ±4 | |
| White | 5% | 22% | 37% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 731 | ±5 | |
| Black | 11% | 25% | 39% | 11% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 189 | ±9 | |
| Hispanic | 7% | 14% | 52% | 12% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 200 | ±9 | |
| Asian † | 19% | 22% | 18% | 12% | 15% | 6% | 7% | 36 | ±19 | |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | ±29 |
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.