Find Strength in Religion

• Introduction
• Patterns

Find Strength in Religion (Demographic Patterns)

You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often? I find strength in my religion or spirituality.

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Find Strength in Religion by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	11.5% 72	25.1% 180	18.8% 252
EVERY DAY	28.0% 175	29.6% 212	28.9% 387
MOST DAYS	17.1% 107	18.3% 131	17.8% 238
SOME DAYS	11.4% 71	8.9% 64	10.1% 135
ONCE WHILE	13.0% 81	9.1% 65	10.9% 146
NEVER	17.0% 106	7.5% 54	11.9% 160
DON’T KNOW	0.5% 3	0.4% 3	0.4% 6
NO ANSWER	1.4% 9	1.0% 7	1.2% 16
Missing	656	816	1472
TOTAL	100% 624	100% 716	1340

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Find Strength in Religion by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	17.3% 186	30.0% 48	17.3% 18	18.8% 252
EVERY DAY	28.0% 301	37.5% 60	25.0% 26	28.9% 387
MOST DAYS	18.0% 194	13.8% 22	21.2% 22	17.8% 238
SOME DAYS	10.5% 113	6.9% 11	10.6% 11	10.1% 135
ONCE WHILE	11.6% 125	5.0% 8	12.5% 13	10.9% 146
NEVER	13.0% 140	5.0% 8	11.5% 12	11.9% 160
DON’T KNOW	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 6
NO ANSWER	1.0% 11	1.9% 3	1.9% 2	1.2% 16
Missing	1158	217	97	1472
TOTAL	100% 1076	100% 160	100% 104	1340

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Find Strength in Religion by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	22.0% 157	18.4% 59	23.3% 24	6.0% 12	0	18.9% 252
EVERY DAY	33.3% 238	27.8% 89	30.1% 31	14.6% 29	0	29.0% 387
MOST DAYS	18.6% 133	19.4% 62	13.6% 14	14.6% 29	0	17.8% 238
SOME DAYS	9.9% 71	12.5% 40	10.7% 11	6.5% 13	0	10.1% 135
ONCE WHILE	8.5% 61	13.8% 44	12.6% 13	14.1% 28	0	10.9% 146
NEVER	6.0% 43	7.2% 23	5.8% 6	43.2% 86	2	11.8% 158
DON’T KNOW	0.3% 2	0.6% 2	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 6
NO ANSWER	1.3% 9	0.3% 1	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	2	1.0% 14
Missing	769	336	155	204	8	1472
TOTAL	100% 714	100% 320	100% 103	100% 199	12	1336

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Find Strength in Religion by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	15.8% 46	17.9% 71	20.2% 88	22.2% 47	0	18.9% 252
EVERY DAY	24.4% 71	30.5% 121	29.4% 128	31.6% 67	0	29.0% 387
MOST DAYS	16.2% 47	17.4% 69	18.3% 80	19.3% 41	1	17.7% 237
SOME DAYS	13.1% 38	10.1% 40	10.1% 44	6.1% 13	0	10.1% 135
ONCE WHILE	15.1% 44	10.6% 42	9.6% 42	8.5% 18	0	10.9% 146
NEVER	14.4% 42	12.6% 50	11.0% 48	8.5% 18	2	11.8% 158
DON’T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	1.9% 4	0	0.4% 6
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	0.8% 3	1.1% 5	1.9% 4	1	1.1% 15
Missing	305	413	531	218	5	1472
TOTAL	100% 291	100% 397	100% 436	100% 212	9	1336

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Find Strength in Religion by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	7.0% 16	9.9% 45	14.4% 41	40.8% 150	0	18.9% 252
EVERY DAY	14.8% 34	21.6% 98	37.7% 107	40.2% 148	0	29.0% 387
MOST DAYS	13.0% 30	21.6% 98	22.2% 63	12.8% 47	0	17.8% 238
SOME DAYS	8.7% 20	13.7% 62	13.4% 38	4.1% 15	0	10.1% 135
ONCE WHILE	15.2% 35	17.8% 81	8.8% 25	1.4% 5	0	10.9% 146
NEVER	38.3% 88	13.9% 63	2.8% 8	0.0% 0	1	11.9% 159
DON’T KNOW	1.3% 3	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 6
NO ANSWER	1.7% 4	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.8% 3	3	1.0% 13
Missing	241	511	331	382	7	1472
TOTAL	100% 230	100% 454	100% 284	100% 368	11	1336

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Find Strength in Religion by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	14.4% 46	18.5% 92	21.1% 104	10	18.5% 242
EVERY DAY	26.6% 85	27.6% 137	32.5% 160	5	29.2% 382
MOST DAYS	17.9% 57	18.9% 94	17.2% 85	2	18.0% 236
SOME DAYS	9.4% 30	9.5% 47	10.8% 53	5	9.9% 130
ONCE WHILE	10.7% 34	12.9% 64	8.9% 44	4	10.8% 142
NEVER	18.8% 60	11.7% 58	7.9% 39	3	12.0% 157
DON’T KNOW	0.9% 3	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.5% 6
NO ANSWER	1.3% 4	0.8% 4	1.2% 6	2	1.1% 14
Missing	0	0	0	1472	1472
TOTAL	100% 319	100% 497	100% 493	1503	1309

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Find Strength in Religion by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	20.8% 36	19.3% 135	21.4% 24	15.9% 35	15.4% 21	1	18.7% 251
EVERY DAY	31.8% 55	28.9% 202	25.0% 28	27.3% 60	30.9% 42	0	28.9% 387
MOST DAYS	12.7% 22	18.1% 126	24.1% 27	17.7% 39	17.6% 24	0	17.8% 238
SOME DAYS	7.5% 13	10.7% 75	8.0% 9	10.0% 22	11.8% 16	0	10.1% 135
ONCE WHILE	13.9% 24	9.7% 68	11.6% 13	10.9% 24	12.5% 17	0	10.9% 146
NEVER	11.6% 20	12.0% 84	8.0% 9	14.1% 31	11.8% 16	0	11.9% 160
DON’T KNOW	1.2% 2	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 6
NO ANSWER	0.6% 1	0.7% 5	1.8% 2	3.6% 8	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 16
Missing	191	737	112	287	145	0	1472
TOTAL	100% 173	100% 698	100% 112	100% 220	100% 136	1	1339

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2004: General Social Survey: Since 1972, the National Opinion Research Center has conducted a nationwide survey of a random sample of U.S. citizens on a near-yearly basis—the General Social Survey (GSS). In addition to gathering detailed demographic information on respondents, the GSS gathers opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the role of government in public life, controversial issues such as abortion, confidence in public institutions and a host of others. Of course, respondents are unlikely to spend five hours completing a survey so in order to gather data on a broad range of issues the GSS has adopted the practice of rotating groups of questions into and out of the survey in different years.

* The list that follows includes items you may or may not experience. Please consider if and how often you have these experiences, and try to disregard whether you feel you should or should not have them. A number of items use the word - God. - If this word is not a comfortable one, please substitute another idea that calls to mind the divine or holy for you. "You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often." 1007. A. I find strength in my religion or spirituality.