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.. Results weighted by WT2004 (General Social Survey, 2004)

Find strength in religion by Sex

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	11.8% 68	24.3% 148	18.2% 216
EVERY DAY	29.9% 172	29.7% 181	29.8% 353
MOST DAYS	16.8% 97	18.1% 110	17.5% 207
SOME DAYS	12.0% 69	10.0% 61	11.0% 130
ONCE WHILE	12.8% 74	8.9% 54	10.8% 128
NEVER	15.1% 87	7.6% 46	11.2% 133
DON’T KNOW	0.5% 3	0.3% 2	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	1.0% 6	1.1% 7	1.1% 13
Missing	608	732	1340
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 609	1185

Find strength in religion by Race

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	16.4% 155	35.2% 43	15.0% 18	18.2% 216
EVERY DAY	29.2% 275	31.1% 38	33.3% 40	29.8% 353
MOST DAYS	17.9% 169	13.1% 16	18.3% 22	17.5% 207
SOME DAYS	11.5% 108	9.0% 11	9.2% 11	11.0% 130
ONCE WHILE	11.8% 111	4.1% 5	10.0% 12	10.8% 128
NEVER	11.8% 111	4.9% 6	13.3% 16	11.2% 133
DON’T KNOW	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	1.0% 9	2.5% 3	0.8% 1	1.1% 13
Missing	1079	157	104	1340
TOTAL	100.0% 943	100.0% 122	100.0% 120	1185

Find strength in religion by Religion

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	20.9% 129	17.2% 52	22.3% 23	7.5% 12	0	18.3% 216
EVERY DAY	33.8% 209	29.8% 90	30.1% 31	14.4% 23	0	29.8% 353
MOST DAYS	18.4% 114	19.2% 58	10.7% 11	15.0% 24	0	17.5% 207
SOME DAYS	11.7% 72	12.6% 38	12.6% 13	4.4% 7	0	11.0% 130
ONCE WHILE	7.6% 47	14.9% 45	15.5% 16	12.5% 20	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	6.1% 38	5.0% 15	5.8% 6	45.6% 73	1	11.2% 132
DON’T KNOW	0.3% 2	0.7% 2	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	1.1% 7	0.7% 2	1.9% 2	0.6% 1	1	1.0% 12
Missing	672	332	148	178	0	1330
TOTAL	100.0% 618	100.0% 302	100.0% 103	100.0% 160	2	1183

Find strength in religion by Age

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	13.1% 38	20.8% 74	19.2% 76	20.3% 28	0	18.3% 216
EVERY DAY	28.2% 82	31.5% 112	29.6% 117	30.4% 42	0	29.9% 353
MOST DAYS	14.8% 43	16.6% 59	18.5% 73	21.7% 30	2	17.4% 205
SOME DAYS	13.1% 38	9.8% 35	11.6% 46	8.0% 11	0	11.0% 130
ONCE WHILE	17.5% 51	9.6% 34	8.6% 34	6.5% 9	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	12.7% 37	11.0% 39	11.1% 44	8.0% 11	2	11.1% 131
DON’T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 4	0	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	0.7% 2	0.6% 2	1.3% 5	2.2% 3	1	1.0% 12
Missing	307	378	497	152	0	1334
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 356	100.0% 395	100.0% 138	5	1180

Find strength in religion by Church attendance

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	8.0% 14	7.6% 30	13.8% 38	39.5% 134	0	18.3% 216
EVERY DAY	15.5% 27	21.8% 86	37.3% 103	40.4% 137	0	29.8% 353
MOST DAYS	11.5% 20	20.8% 82	21.4% 59	13.6% 46	0	17.5% 207
SOME DAYS	8.0% 14	14.7% 58	15.9% 44	4.1% 14	0	11.0% 130
ONCE WHILE	17.8% 31	17.3% 68	9.1% 25	1.2% 4	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	37.4% 65	16.0% 63	1.8% 5	0.0% 0	0	11.2% 133
DON’T KNOW	0.6% 1	0.8% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	1.1% 2	1.0% 4	0.4% 1	1.2% 4	2	0.9% 11
Missing	190	486	286	369	0	1331
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 394	100.0% 276	100.0% 339	2	1183

Find strength in religion by Political ideology

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	13.6% 38	17.6% 75	20.9% 95	8	17.9% 208
EVERY DAY	29.7% 83	28.6% 122	32.3% 147	1	30.3% 352
MOST DAYS	16.5% 46	17.6% 75	18.2% 83	3	17.6% 204
SOME DAYS	8.6% 24	11.5% 49	11.6% 53	4	10.9% 126
ONCE WHILE	10.4% 29	13.8% 59	7.9% 36	4	10.7% 124
NEVER	19.7% 55	9.9% 42	7.3% 33	3	11.2% 130
DON’T KNOW	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	0.4% 1	0.9% 4	1.3% 6	2	0.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 279	100.0% 426	100.0% 455	25	1160

Find strength in religion by Education

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	17.8% 24	18.2% 114	23.6% 21	16.7% 35	17.2% 21	1	18.2% 215
EVERY DAY	33.3% 45	31.5% 198	24.7% 22	25.7% 54	27.9% 34	0	29.8% 353
MOST DAYS	15.6% 21	17.4% 109	21.3% 19	17.6% 37	17.2% 21	0	17.5% 207
SOME DAYS	6.7% 9	12.3% 77	7.9% 7	10.0% 21	13.1% 16	0	11.0% 130
ONCE WHILE	14.1% 19	9.1% 57	13.5% 12	12.4% 26	11.5% 14	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	9.6% 13	10.7% 67	6.7% 6	14.8% 31	13.1% 16	0	11.2% 133
DON’T KNOW	2.2% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 5
NO ANSWER	0.7% 1	0.8% 5	2.2% 2	2.4% 5	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 13
Missing	148	658	106	291	137	0	1340
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 628	100.0% 89	100.0% 210	100.0% 122	1	1184

Notes

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.