Religious service attendance (Demographic Patterns)

How often do you attend religious services? (Use categories as probes, if necessary.). Results weighted by WTCOMBNR (General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined)

Religious service attendance by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	24.9% 562	19.5% 515	22.0% 1077
Less than once a year	8.3% 188	5.7% 151	6.9% 339
About once or twice a year	15.5% 350	12.6% 333	13.9% 683
Several times a year	10.4% 234	10.4% 276	10.4% 510
About once a month	8.0% 180	7.2% 191	7.6% 371
2-3 times a month	7.5% 170	9.2% 244	8.4% 414
Nearly every week	3.7% 83	4.7% 125	4.2% 208
Every week	15.6% 353	21.2% 562	18.7% 915
Several times a week	5.6% 127	9.1% 240	7.5% 367
Dont know, No answer	0.4% 10	0.3% 8	0.4% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 2257	100.0% 2645	4902

Religious service attendance by Political ideology

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Never	31.3% 244	26.8% 160	21.8% 376	18.7% 125	12.0% 95	18.2% 35	41	21.8% 1035
Less than once a year	6.8% 53	6.7% 40	8.0% 138	5.8% 39	5.8% 46	4.2% 8	15	6.8% 324
About once or twice a year	16.4% 128	15.4% 92	15.3% 263	12.9% 86	10.3% 82	8.3% 16	17	14.0% 667
Several times a year	10.3% 80	8.2% 49	11.7% 201	9.7% 65	11.1% 88	5.2% 10	17	10.4% 493
About once a month	7.3% 57	7.4% 44	7.8% 134	9.1% 61	6.4% 51	7.8% 15	9	7.6% 362
2-3 times a month	8.1% 63	10.9% 65	9.2% 159	7.3% 49	7.8% 62	5.2% 10	6	8.6% 408
Nearly every week	3.0% 23	4.5% 27	4.5% 77	4.3% 29	5.3% 42	2.1% 4	6	4.2% 202
Every week	12.8% 100	15.7% 94	15.3% 263	24.5% 164	27.2% 216	29.2% 56	21	18.8% 893
Several times a week	4.0% 31	4.2% 25	5.9% 101	7.6% 51	13.7% 109	19.8% 38	11	7.5% 355
Dont know, No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 11	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	4	0.3% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 779	100.0% 597	100.0% 1723	100.0% 669	100.0% 793	100.0% 192	147	4753

Religious service attendance by Age

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years or older	Missing	TOTAL
Never	25.7% 248	21.7% 283	20.6% 290	20.9% 173	21.4% 74	8	22.0% 1068
Less than once a year	6.9% 67	7.7% 100	7.5% 106	5.9% 49	3.8% 13	3	6.9% 335
About once or twice a year	16.1% 156	16.6% 217	13.0% 184	10.8% 89	9.3% 32	6	14.0% 678
Several times a year	11.3% 109	10.6% 138	11.5% 162	9.2% 76	6.4% 22	4	10.4% 507
About once a month	9.1% 88	8.5% 111	7.5% 106	5.8% 48	4.6% 16	2	7.6% 369
2-3 times a month	9.6% 93	10.0% 131	7.7% 109	6.9% 57	6.4% 22	3	8.5% 412
Nearly every week	4.8% 46	4.4% 57	3.4% 48	5.2% 43	4.6% 16	0	4.3% 210
Every week	12.1% 117	13.5% 176	20.7% 292	24.8% 205	33.0% 114	9	18.6% 904
Several times a week	4.3% 42	6.5% 85	7.7% 109	10.0% 83	10.1% 35	11	7.3% 354
Dont know, No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 6	0.3% 4	0.5% 4	0.3% 1	3	0.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 966	100.0% 1304	100.0% 1410	100.0% 827	100.0% 345	49	4852

Religious service attendance by Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Never	24.8% 209	22.6% 238	16.8% 315	28.0% 315	0	22.0% 1077
Less than once a year	7.0% 59	6.4% 67	7.6% 142	6.3% 71	0	6.9% 339
About once or twice a year	15.8% 133	12.0% 126	12.1% 228	17.2% 194	1	13.9% 681
Several times a year	12.9% 109	10.1% 106	10.0% 187	9.6% 108	0	10.4% 510
About once a month	6.6% 56	8.9% 94	7.4% 138	7.5% 84	0	7.6% 372
2-3 times a month	7.6% 64	7.4% 78	11.0% 206	5.9% 66	0	8.4% 414
Nearly every week	5.1% 43	3.7% 39	4.6% 86	3.6% 41	0	4.3% 209
Every week	15.0% 127	22.7% 239	19.7% 370	15.9% 179	0	18.7% 915
Several times a week	4.4% 37	6.1% 64	10.7% 200	5.8% 65	0	7.5% 366
Dont know, No answer	0.8% 7	0.2% 2	0.3% 5	0.4% 4	0	0.4% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 844	100.0% 1053	100.0% 1877	100.0% 1127	1	4901

Religious service attendance by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	12.2% 286	12.8% 159	8.6% 8	66.9% 541	19.8% 76	6	22.0% 1070
Less than once a year	5.9% 138	6.3% 78	14.0% 13	10.1% 82	6.5% 25	4	6.9% 336
About once or twice a year	10.3% 240	18.5% 231	25.8% 24	15.0% 121	16.4% 63	3	13.9% 679
Several times a year	11.0% 257	13.0% 162	21.5% 20	3.2% 26	11.0% 42	2	10.4% 507
About once a month	8.7% 204	9.6% 119	6.5% 6	1.0% 8	9.1% 35	0	7.6% 372
2-3 times a month	10.0% 233	10.4% 130	9.7% 9	1.6% 13	7.6% 29	0	8.5% 414
Nearly every week	5.1% 120	4.5% 56	1.1% 1	0.4% 3	7.6% 29	0	4.3% 209
Every week	24.9% 582	21.4% 267	5.4% 5	0.9% 7	12.5% 48	6	18.7% 909
Several times a week	11.8% 276	3.5% 43	7.5% 7	1.0% 8	8.4% 32	1	7.5% 366
Dont know, No answer	0.0% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	12	0.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2337	100.0% 1246	100.0% 93	100.0% 809	100.0% 383	34	4868

Religious service attendance by Race

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Never	23.6% 880	11.3% 75	23.6% 121	21.9% 1076
Less than once a year	7.1% 266	7.4% 49	4.7% 24	6.9% 339
About once or twice a year	14.6% 544	10.0% 66	14.2% 73	13.9% 683
Several times a year	10.4% 389	10.4% 69	10.1% 52	10.4% 510
About once a month	7.3% 272	7.6% 50	9.7% 50	7.6% 372
2-3 times a month	7.2% 270	15.0% 99	8.8% 45	8.4% 414
Nearly every week	3.9% 144	5.3% 35	5.8% 30	4.3% 209
Every week	18.7% 697	20.7% 137	15.8% 81	18.7% 915
Several times a week	6.8% 252	12.2% 81	6.6% 34	7.5% 367
Dont know, No answer	0.4% 15	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.4% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 3729	100.0% 662	100.0% 513	4904

Religious service attendance by Church attendance

	Less than once a year	Once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	Missing	TOTAL
Never	76.0% 1076	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	23.8% 1076
Less than once a year	24.0% 339	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	7.5% 339
About once or twice a year	0.0% 0	100.0% 683	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	15.1% 683
Several times a year	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 510	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	11.3% 510
About once a month	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	47.3% 372	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	8.2% 372
2-3 times a month	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	52.7% 414	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	9.2% 414
Nearly every week	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 209	0.0% 0	0	4.6% 209
Every week	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 914	0	20.2% 914
Several times a week	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	367	0.0% 0
Dont know, No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 1415	100.0% 683	100.0% 510	100.0% 786	100.0% 209	100.0% 914	385	4517

Notes

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 to be part of a program of social indicator research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. This data file has all cases and variables asked on the 2010 GSS. There are a total of 4,901 cases in the data set but their initial sampling years vary because the GSS now contains panel cases. Sampling years can be identified with the variable SAMPTYPE.