Religion and Spirituality

Conceptual Variable Group

Label
Religion and Spirituality
Conceptual Variables
Name Label
311 What is your religion?
312 Other religion?
313 Is that a Christian religion?
314 Are you fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, liberal, Pentecostal, or none of these?
315 Are you traditional, moderate, liberal, or none of these?
316 Are you Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or none of these?
317 What is your denomination?
318 Other denomination?
319 Is your church affiliated with any denomination at all?
320 Do you agree or disagree that the sacred scriptures of your religion are the word of God and are completely without any mistakes?
321 In the past 12 months, how often did you attend religious services?
322 How important is religion to you?
323 Do you think of yourself as a Born-Again Christian?
324 How often do you pray?
325 Many churches, synagogues, and other places of worship have special activities for teenagers--such as youth groups, Bible classes, or choir. In the past 12 months, how often did you attend such youth activities?
326 How often do you turn to your religious or spiritual beliefs for help when you have personal problems, or problems at school or work?
327 Which Anabaptist church is that? What is it called exactly?
328 With which Baptist group is your church associated--for example, the Southern Baptist Convention, the American Baptist Churches in the USA, and so on?
329 Is that the Church of the Brethren, the Plymouth Brethren, the United Brethren in Christ, or another Brethren group?
330 Is it associated with a denomination, a Pentecostal church, or a nondenominational charismatic church?
331 When you say "Christian," do you mean the denomination called the "Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)" or some other Christian denomination, or do you mean to say, "I am simply a Christian"?
332 Is that the Church of Christ or the United Church of Christ?
333 Is that 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?
334 Is that the United Church of Christ or just a Congregational church?
335 Which Holiness group is that?
336 Is that independent charismatic, independent evangelical, independent fundamentalist, independent Pentecostal, or something else?
337 Is that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Missouri Synod, the Wisconsin Synod, or another Lutheran group?
338 Which Methodist church is that? What is it called exactly?
339 Which Pentecostal church is that? What is it called exactly?
340 Which Presbyterian church is that? What is it called exactly?
341 Is that the Christian Reformed Church, the Reformed Church in America, or another Reformed group?
342 In what religion were you raised?
343 Were you raised as fundamentalist, evangelical, mainline, liberal, Pentecostal, or none of these?
344 Were you raised as traditional, moderate, liberal, or none of these?
345 Were you raised as Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or none of these?
346 In an average week, about how many hours do you spend in religious activities in your home (such as praying, meditating, or reading religious books)?
347 How important is your spiritual life to you?
348 Did you ever have a religious or spiritual experience that changed your life?
349 About how old were you the first time this [religious or spiritual experience] happened?
350 Which statement best describes your beliefs about God?
351 To what extent do you agree with the following statement? What seem to be coincidences in my life are not really coincidences; I am being "led" spiritually.
352 To what extent do you agree with the following statement? I employ my religious or spiritual beliefs as a basis for how to act and live on a daily basis.
353 To what extent do you agree with the following statement? Angels are present to help or watch over me.
354 To what extent are you a religious person?
355 To what extent are you a spiritual person?
5654 How important (if at all) is your religious faith to you?
5655 How often do you pray privately, that is, when you are alone in places other than a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or religious assembly?
6263 How often have you gone to religious services in the past year?
6264 Do you agree or disagree that the sacred scriptures of your religion are the work of God and are completely without mistakes?