Index
back to attendance - weekly, USA
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 49.00% | - | - | 1955 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 46.00% | - | - | 1956 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 47.00% | - | - | 1957 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 49.00% | - | - | 1958 | Reeves, Thomas C. Twentieth Century America: A Brief History. New York: Oxford University Press (2000); pg. 158. | "In 1955 and 1958, a record 49 percent of Americans reported having attended a church or synagogue in the past week. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 49.00% | - | - | 1958 | Reeves, Thomas C. Twentieth Century America: A Brief History. New York: Oxford University Press (2000); pg. 193. | "Overall church attendance dropped from 49 percent to 1958 to 42 percent in 1969. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 49.00% | - | - | 1958 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 47.00% | - | - | 1959 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 68.00% | - | - | 1960 | Herberg, Will. Protestant-Catholic-Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company (1960); pg. 49. | "The survey we have been using [asked] 'Did you happen to attend any Sunday or Sabbath church services during the last twelve weeks?' To this, 68% answered in the affirmative--82% of the Catholics, 68% of the Protestants, 44% of Jews. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 47.00% | - | - | 1960 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 47.00% | - | - | 1961 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 46.00% | - | - | 1962 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1963 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983); pg. 448. | "Only 4 out of 10 Americans report that they attend religious observances in any given week. The percentages show a slight increase over reported attendance in the early 1970s. Twenty years ago, though, a much higher number--five out of ten--reported attending services. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 46.00% | - | - | 1963 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 45.00% | - | - | 1964 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 44.00% | - | - | 1965 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 44.00% | - | - | 1966 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 45.00% | - | - | 1967 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 43.00% | - | - | 1968 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 42.00% | - | - | 1969 | Reeves, Thomas C. Twentieth Century America: A Brief History. New York: Oxford University Press (2000); pg. 193. | "Overall church attendance dropped from 49 percent to 1958 to 42 percent in 1969. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1969 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 42.00% | - | - | 1970 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1971 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1971 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1972 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1972 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1973 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1973 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1974 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1974 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1975 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1975 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 42.00% | - | - | 1976 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1976 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1977 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1977 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1978 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1978 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1979 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983); pg. 448. | "It is important to distinguish religious participation from religious membership. Only 4 out of 10 Americans report that they attend religious observances in any given week. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1979 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1979 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1980 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1980 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1980 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1981 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1981 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 428. | Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week? |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1982 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1983 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1984 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164. | "church attendance during a typical week hovered around 40% or 41% from 1971 on. [through mid-1980s] " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 42.00% | - | - | 1985 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1988 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 120. | - |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 43.00% | - | - | 1989 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1990 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 42.00% | - | - | 1991 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1992 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1993 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 41.00% | - | - | 1993 | Reeves, Thomas C. The Empty Church: Does Organized Religion Matter Anymore? Simon & Schuster: New York, NY (1998); pg. 62. | "Some now think that all church attendance figures reported by pollsters have been exaggerated. In 1993, Gallup found that 41 percent of Americans went to church within the last week. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 26.70% | - | - | 1994 | Reeves, Thomas C. The Empty Church: Does Organized Religion Matter Anymore? Simon & Schuster: New York, NY (1998); pg. 62. | "A study published in 1994 by the University of Notre Dame sociologists Mark Chaves and James C. Cavendish found that the national average was a mere 26.7 percent [of people in church in any given week]. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1994 | Reeves, Thomas C. Twentieth Century America: A Brief History. New York: Oxford University Press (2000); pg. 284. | "Gallup pollsters continued to show that about 40 percent of Americans went to church on a given Sunday. A 1994 poll... " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 43.00% | - | - | 1995 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1996 | Diamong, Sara. Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right. New York: The Guilford Press (1998); pg. 9. | "George Barna... 1996 book The Index of Leading Spiritual Indicators... about one-third of the public attends church every week; about one-third attends one to three times a month; and about one-third attends rarely or never. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1996 | Gallagher, Winifred. Working on God. New York: Random House (1999). [Orig. source: George H. Gallup, Jr. Religion in America (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Religion Research Center, 1996).]; pg. 17. | "Forty percent of Americans attend services weekly--an astounding rate when contrasted with the United Kingdom's 2 percent, say, or Italy's 5 percent. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 38.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* "Briefly... " in Hinduism Today International (Aug. 1997); original source: Princeton Religion Research Center | "Yet in the USA itself, weekly attendance at churches, synagogues and 'other places of worship' is at 38%--the lowest US level in 60 years, according to the Princeton Religion Research Center. " |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 44.00% | - | - | 1997 | "Religious Spirit " in American Demographics (Aug. 1998); pg. 62. | Survey question: "attend church once a week, excluding funerals and christenings. " National sample of adults in 60 countries by Diane Swanbrow at University of Michigan. |
| attendance - weekly | USA | - | 44.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Morin, Richard. "Keeping the Faith " in Washington Post (Jan. 12, 1998). | "according to the World Values Survey conducted in 60 countries and directed by the University of Michigan. The latest round of surveys completed last year found that 44 percent of all Americans attended church once a week, a figure that doesn't count attendance at weddings, funerals, christenings and baptisms " |
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