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People have many differing views about what makes a person a good Christian or Jew. Please tell me how important is each of the following to you. Once again, please indicate where you would place your feelings on a scale from 1 to 5. How important is it … A. To attend regularly religious services at church or synagogue.
Importance of regular religious service attendance · Asked in 2 waves, 1988–1998 · 2,926 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.
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 | Very important | 2 | 3 | 4 | Not very important | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,445 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| 31% |
| 13% |
| 20% |
| 11% |
| 25% |
| 1445 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 39% | 13% | 21% | 11% | 17% | 806 | ±4 |
| Catholic | 30% | 16% | 23% | 11% | 20% | 370 | ±6 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | ±23 |
| Other faith † | 20% | 14% | 7% | 10% | 49% | 37 | ±18 |
| None | 4% | 6% | 16% | 15% | 58% | 198 | ±8 |
General Social Survey 1998 · 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.