Find comfort in religion (Demographic Patterns)

You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often? I find comfort in my religion or spirituality.. Results weighted by WT2004 (General Social Survey, 2004)

Find comfort in religion by Sex

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	14.2% 82	22.8% 139	18.6% 221
EVERY DAY	31.3% 180	33.8% 206	32.6% 386
MOST DAYS	18.1% 104	17.6% 107	17.8% 211
SOME DAYS	9.0% 52	9.2% 56	9.1% 108
ONCE WHILE	12.8% 74	8.9% 54	10.8% 128
NEVER	12.7% 73	6.2% 38	9.4% 111
DON’T KNOW	0.9% 5	0.3% 2	0.6% 7
NO ANSWER	1.0% 6	1.1% 7	1.1% 13
Missing	608	732	1340
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 609	1185

Find comfort in religion by Race

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	16.6% 157	36.9% 45	15.8% 19	18.6% 221
EVERY DAY	32.2% 304	32.0% 39	35.8% 43	32.6% 386
MOST DAYS	18.5% 174	9.0% 11	21.7% 26	17.8% 211
SOME DAYS	9.5% 90	9.0% 11	5.8% 7	9.1% 108
ONCE WHILE	11.5% 108	3.3% 4	13.3% 16	10.8% 128
NEVER	10.0% 94	7.4% 9	6.7% 8	9.4% 111
DON’T KNOW	0.7% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 7
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 comfort in religion by Religion

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	21.4% 132	16.2% 49	20.4% 21	11.9% 19	0	18.7% 221
EVERY DAY	36.2% 224	32.1% 97	39.8% 41	15.0% 24	0	32.6% 386
MOST DAYS	19.1% 118	18.5% 56	11.7% 12	15.6% 25	0	17.8% 211
SOME DAYS	8.6% 53	12.9% 39	9.7% 10	3.8% 6	0	9.1% 108
ONCE WHILE	8.3% 51	14.2% 43	13.6% 14	12.5% 20	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	5.0% 31	4.0% 12	2.9% 3	40.0% 64	1	9.3% 110
DON’T KNOW	0.3% 2	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0	0.6% 7
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 comfort in religion by Age

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	17.9% 52	19.7% 70	18.5% 73	18.8% 26	0	18.7% 221
EVERY DAY	30.6% 89	34.0% 121	31.9% 126	36.2% 50	0	32.7% 386
MOST DAYS	18.2% 53	15.7% 56	18.2% 72	20.3% 28	2	17.7% 209
SOME DAYS	9.6% 28	9.0% 32	9.9% 39	6.5% 9	0	9.2% 108
ONCE WHILE	13.4% 39	11.0% 39	9.6% 38	8.7% 12	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	9.6% 28	9.6% 34	10.1% 40	5.1% 7	2	9.2% 109
DON’T KNOW	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.5% 2	2.2% 3	0	0.6% 7
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 comfort in religion by Church attendance

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	9.2% 16	8.1% 32	17.8% 49	36.6% 124	0	18.7% 221
EVERY DAY	19.0% 33	25.1% 99	38.0% 105	44.0% 149	0	32.6% 386
MOST DAYS	13.2% 23	20.8% 82	22.1% 61	13.3% 45	0	17.8% 211
SOME DAYS	5.7% 10	14.7% 58	10.1% 28	3.5% 12	0	9.1% 108
ONCE WHILE	16.7% 29	17.0% 67	9.8% 27	1.5% 5	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	33.3% 58	12.4% 49	1.4% 4	0.0% 0	0	9.4% 111
DON’T KNOW	1.7% 3	0.8% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 7
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 comfort in religion by Political ideology

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	13.6% 38	18.3% 78	20.9% 95	10	18.2% 211
EVERY DAY	32.3% 90	31.7% 135	35.4% 161	0	33.3% 386
MOST DAYS	14.3% 40	20.4% 87	17.8% 81	3	17.9% 208
SOME DAYS	8.2% 23	8.7% 37	9.9% 45	3	9.1% 105
ONCE WHILE	15.4% 43	11.3% 48	7.5% 34	3	10.8% 125
NEVER	14.7% 41	8.2% 35	6.8% 31	4	9.2% 107
DON’T KNOW	1.1% 3	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	0	0.6% 7
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 comfort in religion by Education

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	22.2% 30	18.2% 114	21.3% 19	18.1% 38	15.6% 19	1	18.6% 220
EVERY DAY	31.1% 42	34.2% 215	32.6% 29	27.1% 57	35.2% 43	0	32.6% 386
MOST DAYS	14.8% 20	18.6% 117	22.5% 20	17.6% 37	13.9% 17	0	17.8% 211
SOME DAYS	8.1% 11	10.4% 65	2.2% 2	9.5% 20	8.2% 10	0	9.1% 108
ONCE WHILE	10.4% 14	9.2% 58	13.5% 12	12.4% 26	14.8% 18	0	10.8% 128
NEVER	9.6% 13	8.3% 52	4.5% 4	12.9% 27	12.3% 15	0	9.4% 111
DON’T KNOW	3.0% 4	0.3% 2	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 7
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.