A. When you were growing up, how often did your mother (MOTHER SUBSTITUTE) attend religious services?
How often mother attended religious services · Asked in 6 waves, 1983–1989 · 8,256 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 | Never |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 977 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,433 |
| General Social Survey 1986 | 1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24 | face to face | 1,470 | 1,423 |
| General Social Survey 1985 | 1985-02-09 to 1985-04-23 | face to face | 1,534 | 1,467 |
| General Social Survey 1984 | 1984-02-06 to 1984-04-20 | face to face | 1,473 | 1,405 |
| General Social Survey 1983 | 1983-02-23 to 1983-04-27 | face to face | 1,599 | 1,551 |
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.
| Lt once a year |
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| Once a year |
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| Sevrl times a yr |
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| Once a month |
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| 2-3x a month |
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| Nrly every week |
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| Every week |
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| More thn once wk |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 11% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 43% | 10% | 977 | ±4 | |
| Democrats | 10% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 45% | 12% | 347 | ±6 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 14% | 1% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 40% | 10% | 292 | ±7 | |
| Republicans | 9% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 46% | 9% | 332 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 1989 · 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.