Religious Preference

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Religious Preference (Other Surveys)

A similar question has appeared on other surveys such as American National Election Studies, 2004 and Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002.
Religious Preference (American National Election Studies, 2004)

SUMMARY: RESPONDENT MAJOR RELIGIOUS GROUP
  1) Protestant 672 (56.1%)
  2) Catholic 292 (24.4%)
  3) Eastern Orthodox 6 (0.5%)
  4) Jewish 35 (2.9%)
  5) Other 11 (0.9%)
  6) None 181 (15.1%)
 

Religious Preference (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

What is your religious preference? Do you consider yourself Christian, Jewish, Muslim, other non-Christian such as Buddhist or Hindu, atheist, agnostic, something else, or don't you have a religious preference?
  1) Christian 1617 (81.7%)
  2) Jewish 31 (1.6%)
  3) Muslim 5 (0.3%)
  4) Other non-Christian 14 (0.7%)
  5) Atheist 20 (1.0%)
  6) Agnostic 42 (2.1%)
  7) Something else (specify) 70 (3.5%)
  8) No preference 180 (9.1%)