Has respondent had a "born again" experience?

• Introduction
• Patterns
• Over Time

Has respondent had a "born again" experience? (Demographic Patterns)

Would you say you have been "born again" or have had a "born again" experience -- that is, a turning point in your life when you committed yourself to Christ?

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Age (General Social Survey, 2006)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
YES	33.0% 194	38.4% 323	38.4% 397	35.8% 187	3	36.9% 1101
NO	66.4% 390	61.0% 514	60.4% 624	63.0% 329	5	62.2% 1857
DON'T KNOW	0.3% 2	0.5% 4	1.0% 10	1.0% 5	0	0.7% 21
NO ANSWER	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 5
Missing	263	447	563	235	10	1518
TOTAL	100% 587	100% 842	100% 1033	100% 522	18	2984

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Race (General Social Survey, 2006)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
YES	33.8% 736	61.6% 257	28.0% 111	36.9% 1104
NO	65.5% 1427	38.4% 160	69.3% 275	62.2% 1862
DON'T KNOW	0.6% 12	0.0% 0	2.3% 9	0.7% 21
NO ANSWER	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 5
Missing	1106	217	195	1518
TOTAL	100% 2178	100% 417	100% 397	2992

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Religion (General Social Survey, 2006)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
YES	56.9% 879	16.9% 125	7.7% 4	9.5% 47	31.3% 46	3	37.0% 1101
NO	42.4% 655	82.2% 608	92.3% 48	90.3% 445	67.3% 99	7	62.3% 1855
DON'T KNOW	0.6% 10	0.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.4% 2	1	0.7% 20
NO ANSWER	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.1% 2
Missing	782	374	26	246	78	12	1518
TOTAL	100% 1546	100% 740	100% 52	100% 493	100% 147	26	2978

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Gender (General Social Survey, 2006)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
YES	31.9% 413	40.7% 691	36.9% 1104
NO	67.4% 873	58.3% 989	62.2% 1862
DON'T KNOW	0.5% 6	0.9% 15	0.7% 21
NO ANSWER	0.3% 4	0.1% 1	0.2% 5
Missing	707	811	1518
TOTAL	100% 1296	100% 1696	2992

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2006)

	Never	Yearly	Monthly	Weekly	Missing	TOTAL
YES	15.5% 109	26.4% 235	40.7% 185	61.4% 573	2	37.0% 1102
NO	83.9% 591	72.7% 648	58.4% 265	37.8% 353	5	62.3% 1857
DON'T KNOW	0.6% 4	0.8% 7	0.4% 2	0.8% 7	1	0.7% 20
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	2	0.1% 3
Missing	316	484	234	475	9	1518
TOTAL	100% 704	100% 891	100% 454	100% 933	19	2982

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2006)

	Liberal	Moderate	Conservative	Missing	TOTAL
YES	28.3% 222	33.5% 368	47.1% 476	38	36.8% 1066
NO	71.2% 559	65.4% 718	52.3% 528	57	62.4% 1805
DON'T KNOW	0.4% 3	0.8% 9	0.6% 6	3	0.6% 18
NO ANSWER	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
Missing	395	585	460	78	1518
TOTAL	100% 785	100% 1098	100% 1010	177	2893

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Has respondent had a "born again" experience? by Education (General Social Survey, 2006)

	Not High School	High School	Jr. College	B.A.	Grad Degree	Missing	TOTAL
YES	42.5% 188	38.9% 578	46.5% 125	29.8% 156	21.0% 57	0	36.9% 1104
NO	56.6% 250	60.2% 895	52.8% 142	69.5% 364	77.9% 211	0	62.2% 1862
DON'T KNOW	0.9% 4	0.7% 11	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	1.1% 3	0	0.7% 21
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	249	787	108	239	132	3	1518
TOTAL	100% 442	100% 1486	100% 269	100% 524	100% 271	3	2992

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2006: The General Social Surveys (GSS) have been conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) annually since 1972 except for the years 1979, 1981, and 1992 (a supplement was added in 1992), and biennially beginning in 1994. The GSS are designed as part of a program of social indicator research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. The 2006 GSS includes a topical module for mental health. Items in the 2006 GSS include questions on religious self-identification, denominational affiliation, personal beliefs, and religious upbringing.