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Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? B. People with very strong religious beliefs are often too intolerant of others.
Strongly religious people are too intolerant · Asked in 3 waves, 1998–2018 · 3,824 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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
| 16% |
| 44% |
| 20% |
| 16% |
| 3% |
| 1175 |
| ±4 |
| Protestant | 13% | 46% | 20% | 18% | 3% | 571 | ±5 |
| Catholic | 12% | 41% | 24% | 17% | 5% | 268 | ±7 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ±26 |
| Other faith † | 26% | 30% | 10% | 25% | 9% | 44 | ±17 |
| None | 26% | 48% | 17% | 7% | 1% | 260 | ±8 |
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.