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The National Religion and Spirituality Survey (2022) was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago on behalf of the Fetzer Institute. The purpose of the study was to measure religion and spirituality in America. Along with specific questions about how spirituality and religion are viewed, the survey measured how these perceptions may have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and how these perceptions influenced (or not) civic participation. [See More...]

The American National Election Studies (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study is a continuation of the series of election studies conducted since 1948 to support analysis of public opinion and voting behavior in U.S. presidential elections. This year's study features re-interviews with 2016 ANES respondents, a freshly drawn cross-sectional sample, and post-election surveys with respondents from the General Social Survey (GSS). All respondents were assigned to interview by one of three mode groups - by web, video or telephone. The study has a total of 8,280 pre-election interviews and 7,449 post-election re-interviews. [See More...]

The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in both English and Spanish. The panel is being managed by Ipsos. ATP Wave 96 was specifically designed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on spirituality and religion. [See More...]

This survey, administered in 1974 by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), was a replication of a 1963 survey that measured the effectiveness of value-oriented education in the United States. Respondents' thinking about education and social change are explored by measuring their attitudes about race, Catholic schools, religious leadership, sex and gender, and basic religious beliefs in the Catholic Church. This survey demonstrates the effects of a dramatic decrease in religious practice in the Roman Catholic Church from 1963, the first wave, and 1974, the second wave. [See More...]

The Faith Communities Today 2010 national survey brings together 26 individual surveys of congregations. Twenty-four were conducted by or for partner denominations and faith groups, representing 32 of the country's largest denominations and traditions. The common core questionnaire of the survey replicates more than 150 questions from the 2000, 2005 and 2008 surveys, plus a special section on the 2008 recession. This dataset contains the FACT 2010 data from the United Methodist Church. [See More...]

To better understand the composition of Americans' core friendship networks, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) designed a study to assess the scope and diversity of Americans' social relationships. The method of measuring Americans' core social networks was modeled after the General Social Survey and follows up on a study PRRI conducted in 2013. The survey was made possible through the generous support of the Fetzer Institute. Additionally, this work was made possible through the support of New Pluralists Collaborative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The survey was conducted among a representative sample of 5,042 adults (age 18 and up) living in all 50 states in the United States, who are part of Ipsos's Knowledge Panel and an additional 419 who were recruited by Ipsos using opt-in survey panels to increase the sample sizes in smaller states. Interviews were conducted online between March 11 and 30, 2022. [See More...]

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 2022 GSS. [See More...]

A sociological study of religion on the 100th German Catholic Day 2016 in Leipzig. This survey is a project from the University of Leipzig. Statements about visit motives, wishes for the organization of the Katholikentag (Catholic Day), religious practice, voluntary church and social commitment and social origin of the visitors play a role. [See More...]

A sociological study of religion on the 35th Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Evangelical Church Congress) 2015 in Stuttgart regarding experiences with the Kirchentag, social engagement, religiousness and ecumene. The Evangelische Kirchentag of the German Evangelical Church Assembly is an assembly of lay members of the Evangelical Church in Germany that organizes biannual events of faith, culture and political discussion and religious engagement. This questionnaire is from the Department of Church and Religious Sociology of the Theological Faculty of the University of Leipzig. Statements about visit motives, wishes for the design of the DEKT, religious practice, voluntary church and social commitment and social origin of the visitors, political attitudes and self-descriptions play a role. [See More...]

A sociological study of religion on the 33rd Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Evangelical Church Congress) 2011 in Dresden. The Evangelische Kirchentag of the German Evangelical Church Assembly is an assembly of lay members of the Evangelical Church in Germany that organizes biannual events of faith, culture and political discussion and religious engagement.This study was conducted by the Department of Church and Religious Sociology of the Theological Faculty of the University of Leipzig. Statements about visit motives, wishes for the design of the DEKT, religious practice, voluntary church and social commitment and social origin of the visitors, political attitudes and self-descriptions play a role. [See More...]