Entry:

Kanagy, Conrad L; Firebaugh, Glenn; and Nelson, Hart M., "The Narrowing Regional Gap in Church Attendance in the United States," Rural Sociology, 59 (1994), 515-524.


Abstract:

South/Nonsouth differences in church attendance rates have narrowed over the past twenty years, although attendance remains higher in the South than in the Nonsouth.

GSS Years:

1972-1991

Other Data Sets:

Census 1920, 1950, 1968-93, 1995, 1996; WP 1992

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
REG16

"REGION OF RESIDENCE

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

ATTEND

HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE