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I'd like to go over your religious preferences since you were raised as a (RELIGION AND/OR DENOMINATION MENTIONED IN RELIG16/DENOM16). Have you ever had another religious preference besides being (RELIGION AND/OR CHURCH DENOMINATION MENTIONED IN RELIG16/DENOM16). Yes................(ASK A) No..............(GO TO MARELIG) C2. Why did you become a (FIRST/SECOND MENTION)? (1) Why first switch made
Reason for first religious switch · Asked in 1 wave, 1988 · 536 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
| Group | Marriage | Marr & location | Marr & theology | Marr. & clergy | Marr & positive blf | Friends | Frnds & family | Frnds & location | Frnds & clergy | Frnds & other pos | Family | Fam & location | Fam & theo diss | Fam & positive blf | Fam & misc | Location | Loc & theo dissat | Loc and clergy | Loc & positive blf | Theological diss | Theo diss & clergy | Clergy | Clergy & missing | Other, to change | Other, misc | Other, pos blfs | Other, pos other | Other, missing | n | MoE | |
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| All respondents |
General Social Survey 1988 · 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 536 |
| 21% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 14% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 0% |
| 14% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 9% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 17% |
| 0% |
| 2% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 7% |
| 4% |
| 2% |
| 0% |
| 536 |
| ±5 |
| Northeast | 21% | – | – | – | 2% | 17% | – | 1% | – | – | 16% | – | 2% | – | – | 14% | – | – | 2% | 9% | – | 2% | – | – | 11% | 4% | – | – | 83 | ±12 |
| Midwest | 26% | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 1% | – | 13% | – | – | – | 2% | 12% | 1% | – | – | 16% | – | 5% | – | 0% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 155 | ±8 |
| South | 24% | – | – | – | – | 16% | – | 0% | – | – | 17% | 1% | 1% | – | – | 8% | – | 2% | – | 15% | – | – | 1% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 3% | – | 174 | ±8 |
| West | 10% | 2% | 2% | – | 1% | 16% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 9% | – | – | 3% | – | 2% | – | – | 3% | 27% | 1% | 1% | – | – | 8% | 9% | 2% | – | 124 | ±10 |