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Pluvious

(4,752 posts)
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 03:51 PM Apr 2019

For the 1st time in the history of the General Social Survey...

It appears USA is trending with the rest of the non Muslim world, or at least catching up.




For the 1st time in the history of the General Social Survey, more Americans report "never" attending religious services (29.8%) than those who attend "nearly every week or more" (26.8%).

Play w/ the 2018 GSS (and all other years) here: sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysi…
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For the 1st time in the history of the General Social Survey... (Original Post) Pluvious Apr 2019 OP
Or are they just more comfortable to admit it? LakeArenal Apr 2019 #1
Interesting. MineralMan Apr 2019 #2
More than a few believers will call this "fake news." trotsky Apr 2019 #3
It's almost like they think not practicing religion is a bad thing. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #6
something, something, Atheist China?... nt uriel1972 Apr 2019 #7
I think the percent of the "Never" respondents seems to be accelerating over time... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #4
So it seems. MineralMan Apr 2019 #5
Good News! Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #8
Additional Analysis... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #9

LakeArenal

(29,799 posts)
1. Or are they just more comfortable to admit it?
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 05:58 PM
Apr 2019

I know I’m a lot more comfortable saying I don’t believe at all.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
3. More than a few believers will call this "fake news."
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 07:31 AM
Apr 2019

A common refrain from those who fear the truth.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
6. It's almost like they think not practicing religion is a bad thing.
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 08:34 AM
Apr 2019

But that can't possibly be the case. Because they're so tolerant.

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
4. I think the percent of the "Never" respondents seems to be accelerating over time...
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 07:52 AM
Apr 2019

...
Chart of data with a Polynomial Trendline with an R^2 at nearly 0.90:



The data:

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
9. Additional Analysis...
Fri Apr 12, 2019, 03:49 PM
Apr 2019

...
So there were 10 possible responses, which I combined for the chart below as detailed in the table below:


(I dropped all the IDK's & NAs)



With the combined data, I added 2nd order Polynomial Trend-lines with 30-year projections:



In 2018:

>1/Week is down ~40.6% to 5.5% from its 1984 peak of 9.3%
0.5 to 1/Week is down ~41.1% to 20.5% from its 1972 peak of 34.9%
1 to 3/Month is down ~30.3% to 14.2% from its 1987 peak of 20.4%
1 or More/Year is down ~25.5% to 23.1% from its 1980 peak of 31.0%
<=1/Year or Never is at its all time high at 36.6%, up ~114% from a minimum of 17.1% in 1987


The data:

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