VAR CF0128 RELIGION OF R (1)

VAR CF0128    RELIGION OF R (1)
              COLUMNS 146-146
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        1952-1964:  Is your Church (1962: religious) preference Protestant,
        Catholic or Jewish?

        1966-1968:  Are you Protestant, Catholic or Jewish?

        1970-1988:  Is your religious preference Protestant, Catholic,
        Jewish, or something else?

        1990 and later:  (IF R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES:) Do you mostly
        attend a place of worship that is Protestant, Roman Catholic,
        Jewish or what?  (IF R DOESN"T ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES:)
        Regardless of whether you now attend any religous services do you
        ever think of yourself as part of a particular church or
        denomination?  (IF YES:)  Do you consider yourself Protestant, Roman
        Catholic, Jewish or what?

        RELIGION [1], MAJOR CATEGORIES
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE ALSO VCF0129 AND VCF0152 FOR FULL RELIGION CODES.

        Question wording in 1948 is undocumented.

        In all presidential-year studies except 1960 this was a pre var.

        In 1990 and later only, questions about religious affiliation were
        preceded by the filter question, 'Lots of things come up that keep
        people from attending religous services even if they want to.
        Thinking about your life these days, do you ever attend religious
        services, apart from occasional weddings, baptisms or funerals?'
        (SEE VCF0130).  THIS CHANGE HAS HAD SOME EFFECT ON DISTRIBUTIONS:
        SEE AN INCREASE IN THE PROPORTION CODED 4.

        In 1952-1988, just 1 variable appeared in each study's data and
        codebook; this single variable SUMMARIZED R's responses to that year's
        entire set of questions [see VCF0129 for texts of questions asked
        1960-1988 in addition to those questions appearing above; in 1952-
        1958, no questions other than those listed above were asked] and
        contained a full set of religion-denomination codes.  For 1952-1988,
        CDF var VCF0128 has been collapsed from the religion-denomination
        codes appearing in the single study variable. Beginning in 1990,
        however, each question listed above (as well as each question asked
        in addition to--expanding upon- the questions listed above) had
        its own responses coded into an individual variable; a summary
        variable of full codes was also constructed.  For 1990 and
        thereafter, in the interest of comparability, CDF VCF0128 has been
        collapsed from the summary variable of full codes in a similar
        manner as in previous years.

        In 1992, this question was not part of the short-form questionnaire;
        for short-form 'panel' cases, however, 1990 study data were
        incorporated into the religion summary variable.

        In 1994, 1992 data were incorporated for 'panel' cases.

               1.  Protestant
               2.  Catholic [Roman Catholic]
               3.  Jewish
               4.  Other and none (also includes DK preference)

               0.  DK; NA; refused to answer; no post (1960); no pre
                   (1948,1952); short-form 'new' cross section (1992)

        1948:  50               1952:  158                  1954:  21
        1956:  132              1958:  210                  1960:  252
        1962:  93               1964:  235                  1966:  221
        1968:  213              1970:  360(type 0)          1972:  422
        1974:  2551             1976:  3510                 1978:  605
        1980:  693              1982:  734                  1984:  687
        1986:  737              1988:  527                  1990:  525,546
        1992:  3827,3850        1994:  1101,1122            1996:  960602
        1998:  980542,980569    2000:  000878,000904


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