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How often do you visit a holy place for religious reasons such as going to a shrine, temple, church, or mosque? Please do not count attending regular religious services at your usual place of worship, if you have one. Would you say…
Visits holy places for religious reasons · Asked in 2 waves, 2008–2018 · 2,540 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 | Less than once a year | About once or twice a year | Several times a year | About once a month or more | 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 |
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.
| 61% |
| 9% |
| 11% |
| 8% |
| 11% |
| 1175 |
| ±4 |
| 18–29 | 62% | 5% | 12% | 8% | 13% | 196 | ±9 |
| 30–44 | 56% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 329 | ±7 |
| 45–64 | 58% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 376 | ±6 |
| 65+ | 69% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 269 | ±7 |
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.