The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

Religious Guidance in Day-to-Day Living 1980 -2016

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Data Table

  '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16
Some 20
(276)		 ** 19
(368)		 21
(229)		 20
(349)		 21
(406)		 19
(428)		 20
(349)		 17
(294)		 19
(243)		 17
(308)		 19
(282)		 18
(218)		 ** 17
(381)		 ** 15
(874)		 ** 13
(546)
Quite a Bit 21
(286)		 ** 23
(435)		 24
(252)		 22
(380)		 22
(436)		 23
(522)		 21
(373)		 24
(415)		 24
(298)		 22
(390)		 18
(273)		 24
(288)		 ** 20
(472)		 ** 20
(1160)		 ** 18
(748)
A Great Deal 35
(486)		 ** 37
(709)		 33
(358)		 36
(636)		 36
(704)		 37
(845)		 36
(627)		 36
(621)		 35
(438)		 37
(672)		 38
(572)		 35
(421)		 ** 35
(797)		 ** 32
(1908)		 ** 34
(1449)
Relig. Not Important 25
(346)		 ** 21
(396)		 22
(230)		 22
(390)		 21
(408)		 22
(494)		 23
(407)		 22
(372)		 23
(289)		 24
(428)		 25
(370)		 23
(273)		 ** 29
(659)		 ** 33
(1933)		 ** 35
(1482)
N 1394 0 1908 1069 1755 1954 2289 1756 1702 1268 1798 1497 1200 0 2309 0 5875 0 4225

Percentage Within Study Year
Table 1B.4.
Source: VCF0847 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset, weighted with VCF0009z
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Question Text:

(IF RELIGION IS IMPORTANT:) "Would you say that (1996-later: would you say your) religion provides some guidance in your day-to-day living, quite a bit of guidance, or a great deal of guidance in your day-to-day living (1996-later: life)?"

Note:

[This question is preceded by: 'Do you consider religion to be an important part of your life, or not?']

2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.

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