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How often do you take part in the activities and organizations of a church or place of worship other than attending services?
Frequency of religious activities besides services · Asked in 12 waves, 1991–2024 · 30,314 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 | 3,309 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 3,544 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 4,032 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 2,348 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 2,867 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 2,538 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,974 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 2,044 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 2,023 |
| General Social Survey 2006 |
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 | Never | Less than once a year | About once or twice a year | Several times a year | About once a month | 2-3 times a month | Nearly every week | Every week | Several times a week | Once a day | Several times a day | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 45% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 1% | 1% | – | 3309 | ±2 | |
| Northeast | 49% | 10% | 18% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 1% | – | 541 | ±6 | |
| Midwest | 43% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 1% | 0% | – | 812 | ±5 | |
| South | 42% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 1% | – | 1310 | ±4 | |
| West | 47% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 2% | – | 646 | ±5 |
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.
| 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 |
| face to face |
| 4,510 |
| 2,992 |
| 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 |