Religious Tradition, Affiliation to - Measurement Concept

The general religious tradition with which a person identifies. Examples include Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.
116 Questions match selected parameters.

Survey Questions

RELTRAD from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)
Respondent's religious tradition TRAD3_06 from National Congregations Study, Panel Dataset (1998 and 2006-2007)
(trad3_06) Religious tradition (collapsed) TRAD3_98 from National Congregations Study, Panel Dataset (1998 and 2006-2007)
(trad3_98) Religious tradition (collapsed) VCF0128A from American National Election Studies, Cumulative Data File, 1948-2004
Is your religious preference PROTESTANT, ROMAN CATHOLIC, JEWISH, or something else? (IF PROTESTANT OR OTHER:) What church or denomination is that? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings) PRELID1 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
Combined religious identity for attenders PRELID2 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
Combined religious identify for non-attenders PRELIGN1 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
P83. [If parent respondent does identify with a particular religious tradition/denomination/church] [IF P81=1] Do you consider yourself to be a Protestant, a Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, or something else? [IF MORE THAN 1 OFFERED, SAY: 'Which one do you consider yourself to be most?'] PRELTRAD from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
RELTRAD variable created by Chris Smith RELCATS from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
Reltrad, but counting never attends & NR self-ID as NR RELTRAD from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
Religious tradition of teen PRPROT1 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)
(prprot1_w3) [IF REPORTS PROTESTANT (NOT BUDDHIST, CATHOLIC, CHRISTIAN SCHIENCE, HINDU, MUSLIM OR ISLAMIC, JEWISH, LATTER DAY SAINT(S) OR MORMON, NATIVE AMERICAN, ORTHODOX OR ROMAN CATHOLIC, PAGAN, UNITY CHURCH, OR WICCAN] F:25. Thinking about your own religious faith, would you describe yourself as a . . . RELATT from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)
(relatt_w3) Coded using only attendance variables RELATT2 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)
(relatt2_w3) Coded using only attendance variables TRADREL from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)
(tradrel_w3) Identical to relatt_w3 but uses identification info on non-attenders to classify if possible RELTRAD from Faith Matters Survey, 2006
Religious tradition: Respondent now RELTRAD from Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006
Respondent's religious tradition (Steensland) RI_3 from Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006
[NON-CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS: IF CI_1=1 AND CI_4=2, DK, RF, ASK RI_3] Which of these best describes your religious faith or spirituality? TRAD3 from National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019)
Religious Tradition - collapsed; Remarks: TRAD3 uses all available information to place congregations into very broad religious traditions [ARDA Note: Please see TRAD3 in the survey instrument for full remarks.] DENOMTRA from Pulpit and Pew National Survey of Pastoral Leaders, 2001
Denominational Traditions (constructed from DENOM1) RELTRAD from Religion and Politics Survey, 2000
Religious tradition. Constructed through the system produced by Steensland et al. (Social Forces 2000). RELTRAD2 from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)
Religious tradition RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 6 (2002) Female Respondent File
Current religious affiliation RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 6 (2002) Pregnancy File
Current religious affiliation (respondent recode) RELAFF from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 2 (2005)
(relaff_w2) Religious affiliation RELPREF from Religion and Public Life Survey, 2005
Now, a few questions about your religious affiliation. What is your religious preference? Do you consider yourself Christian, Jewish, Muslim, other non-Christian such as Buddhist or Hindu, atheist, agnostic, something else, or don't you have a religious preference? ['Christian' includes Catholic, Mormon, Orthodox religions, Protestant religions such as Baptist, Episcopal, Jehovah's Witness, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Pentecostal, Church of Christ, etc. See variable RELOTH1 for verbatim responses.] CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Seventh-Day Adventist Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996
What is your religious affiliation, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, nothing in particular, or something else? RELID from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996
Thinking about your religious faith, would you describe yourself as a fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal Protestant? DENOMFAM from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Wave 2, 2008-2009, Random Sample Attender Survey
Denominational family of congregation DENOMFAM from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Wave 2, 2008-2009, Random Sample Congregational Profile Survey
Congregation's denominational family RELTRAD2 from U.S. Religious Knowledge Study, 2010
Reltrad2 RELTRAD3 from U.S. Religious Knowledge Study, 2010
Reltrad3 Q16 from U.S. Religious Landscape Survey - Alaska and Hawaii Dataset
What is your present religion, if any? Are you Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Orthodox such as Greek or Russian Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, agnostic, something else, or nothing in particular? INTERVIEWER: IF R VOLUNTEERS 'nothing in particular, none, no religion, etc.' BEFORE REACHING END OF LIST, PROMPT WITH: 'and would you say that's atheist, agnostic, or just nothing in particular?'] THOSE ANSWERING 'SOMETHING ELSE' WERE ASKED TO SPECIFY AFFILIATION; VERBATIM RESPONSES WERE RECORDED BY INTERVIEWER AND BACKCODED BY FORUM ANALYSTS RELIG from State of the First Amendment Survey, 2005
Are you Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or some other religion? DENFAM from Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File
Denominational Family RELTRAD from Changing Faiths, Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion
Religious Tradition (See Note 3: RELTRAD Coding in the ARDA Summary File for explanation of codes) RELIGION from God and Society in North America, 1996
Do you ever think of yourself as part of a religious tradition? For example, do you consider yourself as Christian, Jewish, Muslim, other non-Christian, agnostic or atheist, nothing in particular, or something else? RELAFFIL from Religion and Deviance at Four American Universities
(Note: For this next question, 'Protestant' generally refers to religious denominations such as Baptist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal, Nazarene, and other similar types.) With regard to your religious belief system, do you consider yourself to be: RELIG from State of the First Amendment Survey, 2004
Are you Catholic, Protestant, Jewish or some other religion? CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Presbyterian Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT]When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, United Church of Christ Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? RELIGN from Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes, 1987-2009
Religion recoded RELPREF from News Interest Index, March 2004
[ASK ALL:] Now, a few questions about your religious affiliation… What is your religious preference — Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, or an orthodox church such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994
Religious preference recode CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Church of the Nazarene Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Fast-Growing Presbyterian Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994
Religious preference recode FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994
Religious preference recode AFFLATON from Survey of Attenders - Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy Annual Meeting, 2009
Which of the following best describes your religious affiliation? RELTRAD1 from Lilly Survey of Attitudes and Social Networks
Recode of religious tradition into three categories RELTRAD2 from Lilly Survey of Attitudes and Social Networks
Recode of religious tradition into four categories RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - (2006-2010) Pregnancy File
Current religious affiliation (respondent recode) RELIG from National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 5 (1995) Pregnancy File
VAR705: Current religious affiliation [Non-blank for all Rs] AFFIL from Evolving Visions of the Orthodox Priesthood in America, A National Study of the Orthodox Parish Clergy in the USA
What was your Church affiliation before you became an Orthodox Christian? Please choose one option (36) FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE RECODE DENOM AND RELAFFL RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999
[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES FROM THOSE WHO ANSWERED "SOME OTHER RELIGION" AND PASSED THE SCREEN IN RELAFCHK ARE CODED IN THE DATA SET AS OTHRELAF.] What is your religious affiliation: Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999
[ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED "PROTESTANT" OR "CHRISTIAN OR JUST A CHRISTIAN" TO RELAFFL AND DID NOT ANSWER "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE", "CATHOLIC", "ROMAN CATHOLIC", OR "NOT RELIGIOUS" TO DENOM. OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES FROM THOSE WHO ANSWERED "OTHER" ARE CODED IN THE DATASET AS OTHRELID.] When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996
What is your religious affiliation, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, nothing in particular, or something else? RELID from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996
Thinking about your religious faith, would you describe yourself as a fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal Protestant? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 2000
Religious preference RECODE (DENOM and RELAFFL) RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 2000
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 2000
[ASK ONLY IF RELAFFL= 1 "PROTESTANT OR 6 "CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN" AND DENOM= 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, OR 52] When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? RELIGID from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1996
[ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS] When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 2001
Religious preference RECODE (DENOM and RELAFFL) RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 2001
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 2001
[ASK ONLY IF RELAFFL= 1 'PROTESTANT OR 6 'CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN' AND DENOM= 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, OR 52]When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? AFFIL from Survey of Attenders - International UFO Congress Convention and Film Festival, 2010
Which of the following best describes your religious affiliation? CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Lutheran Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Racial Ethnic Presbyterian Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - (2006-2010) Female Respondent File
Current religious affiliation (RECODE) JINTENDN from National Survey of Family Growth - (2006-2010) Male Respondent File
HB-4[If respondent said they intend to have (more) children:] (Not counting her current pregnancy,) How many (more) children do you and (NAME OF CURRENT WIFE OR COHABITING PARTNER) intend to have? RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - (2006-2010) Male Respondent File
Current religious affiliation (RECODE) FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 2000
Religious preference RECODE (DENOM and RELAFFL) RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 2000
What is your religious affiliation? Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 2000
[NOTE: Asked only of respondents who answered "Protestant" or "Christian or just Christian" to RELAFFL AND did not answer "Christian Science," "Catholic," "Roman Catholic," or "Not Religious" to DENOM.] When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Religious preference RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
What is your religious affiliation? Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? [ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED "PROTESTANT" OR "CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN" TO RELAFFL AND DID NOT ANSWER "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE," "CATHOLIC," "ROMAN CATHOLIC," OR "NOT RELIGIOUS" TO RELAFCHK] RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97 from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998
ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS AND THOSE WHO SAID THEY ARE CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN: When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 5 (1995) Respondent File
VAR705: Current religious affiliation AFFYBVIN from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Pastors Survey, 1992
How would you describe your religious affiliation during the year before you became involved with the Vineyard Fellowship? CHRELAFF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Pastors Survey, 1992
How would you describe the religious affiliation of your upbringing? RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1997
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97 from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1997
ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS: When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97 from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998
ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS AND THOSE WHO SAID THEY ARE CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN: When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? CONPROT from U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, United Methodist Leaders
[ASK ONLY IF RESPONDENT IS PROTESTANT] When it comes to your approach to religious faith, as distinct from your denominational affiliation, would you say that you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, or liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994
Religious preference recode RELIGION from Winthrop University Student Religion Survey, 1996
Which church or denomination do you prefer, if any? REL_FAM from Religious Identity and Influence Survey, 1996
Which of these terms best describes the religion of the family you were raised in: fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, liberal Christian, Catholic, Jewish, not religious, or something else? CH_RELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Anaheim, California, 1992
How would you describe the religious affiliation of your upbringing? YRBRELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Anaheim, California, 1992
How would you describe your religious affiliation during the year before you came to the Vineyard? RELIGION from National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 6 (2002) Male Respondent File
Current religious affiliation RLGSTRAD from SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997
In what religious tradition were you raised (if Protestant, please indicate the specific denomination.)? CH_RELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Downey, California, 1993
How would you describe the religious affiliation of your upbringing? DENMSUMM from Survey of Northern California Church Bodies, 1963
New denominations summary: THIS VARIABLE IS DERIVED FROM VARIABLE 592 (DENMRCDE). RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97 from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998
ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS AND THOSE WHO SAID THEY ARE CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN: When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1997
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1997
ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS: When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
Religious Preference Recode (DENOM & RELAFFL) RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? NOTE: Open-ended responses from those who answered 'SOME OTHER RELIGION' AND passed the screen in RELAFCHK are coded in the data set as OTHRELAF. RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? NOTE: Asked only of respondents who answered 'Protestant' or 'Christian or just Christian' to RELAFFL AND did not answer 'Christian Science,' 'Catholic,' 'Roman Catholic,' or 'Not Religious' to RELAFCHK. Open-ended responses from those who answered 'Other' are coded in the dataset as OTHRELID. FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
Religious Preference Recode (DENOM & RELAFFL) RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? NOTE: Open-ended responses from those who answered 'SOME OTHER RELIGION' AND passed the screen in RELAFCHK are coded in the data set as OTHRELAF. RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal? NOTE: Asked only of respondents who answered 'Protestant' or 'Christian or just Christian' to RELAFFL AND did not answer 'Christian Science,' 'Catholic,' 'Roman Catholic,' or 'Not Religious' to RELAFCHK. Open-ended responses from those who answered 'Other' are coded in the dataset as OTHRELID. RELIGID from Southern Focus Poll, Oversample Survey, Spring 1996
[ASKED ONLY OF PROTESTANT RESPONDENTS] When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline Protestant, or liberal Protestant? RELTRAD from Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003
Reltrad CH_RELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 1992
How would you describe the religious affiliation of your upbringing? YRBRELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 1992
How would you describe your religious affiliation during the year before you came to Hope Chapel? CH_RELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Hermosa Beach, California, 1992
How would you describe the religious affiliation of your upbringing? YRBRELAF from New Evangelical Movement Congregations, Hermosa Beach, California, 1992
How would you describe your religious affiliation during the year before you came to Hope Chapel? FAITH from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1999
Religious preference (Recode of DENOM & RELAFFL) RELAFFL from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1999
What is your religious affiliation--Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? RELID97S from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1999
[ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENT WHO ANSWERED "PROTESTANT" OR "CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN" TO RELAFFL] When it comes to your religious faith, would you say you are Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Evangelical, mainline Protestant, or theologically liberal?