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A. People picture life after death in many different ways. We'd like to know how you think of life after death. Here is a card with sets of contrasting images. On a scale of 1-7 where would you place your image of life after death. Look at the first set of contrasting images. If you think that life after death is "A life like the one here on earth only better," you would place yourself at 1. If you think it is "A life without many things which make our present life enjoyable" you would place yourself at 7. If you think it is somewhere between these two you would place yourself at 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Where would you place your images of life after death for . . .?
Image of afterlife as spiritual or sensual · Asked in 4 waves, 1986–1989 · 4,661 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 | Spiritual | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Sensual life | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 788 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,199 |
| General Social Survey 1987 | 1987-01-31 to 1987-04-28 | face to face | 1,819 | 1,450 |
| General Social Survey 1986 | 1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24 | face to face | 1,470 | 1,224 |
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.
| 34% |
| 11% |
| 8% |
| 22% |
| 6% |
| 6% |
| 13% |
| 788 |
| ±4 |
| 18–29 | 30% | 10% | 8% | 24% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 179 | ±8 |
| 30–44 | 33% | 14% | 8% | 20% | 7% | 5% | 13% | 252 | ±7 |
| 45–64 | 40% | 10% | 8% | 19% | 4% | 4% | 15% | 210 | ±8 |
| 65+ | 35% | 7% | 7% | 27% | 7% | 4% | 12% | 144 | ±9 |
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.