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VCF0152 Religion of R Full Code [2 of 2]

QUESTION:
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(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 religious 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?
PROTESTANTS:
(IF BAPTIST:) With which Baptist group is your church associated?  Is
it the Southern Baptist Convention, the American Baptist Churches in
the USA, the American Baptist Association, [1992-LATER: the National
Baptist Convention U.S.A.,]an independent Baptist church or some other
Baptist group?  (IF INDEPENDENT BAPTIST:) Are you affiliated with any
larger Baptist group or is this strictly a local church?
(IF LUTHERAN:) Is this church part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America, the Missouri Synod, or some other Lutheran group?
(IF METHODIST:) Is your church part of the United Methodist Church,
African Methodist Episcopal, or some other Methodist group?
(IF PRESBYTERIAN:) Is this the Presbyterian Church in the USA or some
other Presbyterian group?
(IF REFORMED:) Is this the Christian Reformed Church, the Reformed
Church in America, or some other Reformed group?
(IF BRETHREN:) Is this the Church of the Brethren, the Plymouth
Brethren, or what?
(IF CHRISTIAN OR JUST CHRISTIAN:) When you say "Christian" does that
mean the denomination called the "Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)," or some other Christian denomination, or do you mean to say
"I am just a Christian?"
(IF CHURCH OR CHURCHES OF CHRIST:) Is this the Church of Christ or
United Church of Christ?
(IF CHURCH OF GOD:) Is this the Church of God of Anderson Indiana, the
Church of God of Cleveland Tennessee, the Church of God in Christ, or
some other Church of God?
(IF HOLINESS OR PENTECOSTAL:) What kind of church is that?  What is it
called exactly?  Is that part of a larger church or denomination? What
is that church called?
(IF OTHER:) What is it called exactly?  Is that church part of a
denomination?  Is that group Christian?
(IF JEWISH:) (IF R ATTENDS JEWISH RELIGIOUS SERVICES:) Do you usually
attend a synagogue or temple that is Orthodox, Conservative, Reform
or what?  (IF R DOES NOT ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES BUT CONSIDERS SELF
JEWISH:) Do you consider yourself Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or
what?

VALID_CODES:
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10-790.  Religion as coded
800.     Agnostics
801.     Atheists
997.     Other

MISSING_CODES:
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998.  None; no preference; don't know preference; DK;
      refused
999.  NA; short-form 'new' Cross Section (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See Appendix "RELIGION 1990 AND LATER (EXC.2002)"
GENERAL NOTE:
Questions about religious affiliation were preceded by the filter
question, 'Lots of things come up that keep people from attending
Religious 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?' 
1992 NOTE 1:
This set of questions was not part of the 'short-form' questionnaire; 
for short-form panel cases 1990 study data were incorporated.
1992 NOTE 2:
Codes 127 and 133 were combined into code 127 [no 1992 code 133]; code 
102 was moved to become code 306 [no 1992 code 102]; and codes 267 and 
261 were added (new).
1994 NOTE 1:
For panel cases, 1992 data were incorporated.
1994 NOTE 2:
The following codes were added: 111,186,234,262.
1996 NOTE:
Code 240 was added.
1998 NOTE:
Codes 263,264,524,725,726,727 were added.
2000 NOTE:
Codes 750,795 were added.
2002 NOTE:
Religion questions were not comparable.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1990:  900546
1992:  923850  
1994:  941122
1996:  960602 
1998:  980569
2000:  000904
2004:  043248


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03