Summary Classification of All Religions
on the General Social Surveys, 1972-1986
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Denominations Code(a) Categories(b)
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RELIG
Catholic R2 M
Jewish R3 L
None R4 L
Other R5 X
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DENOM (Letter "D" + number) [Use for V22a]
Baptist
American Baptist Association D10 F
American Baptist Churches in the USA D11 M
National Baptist Convention of
America D12 F
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. D13 F
Southern Baptist Convention D14 F
Other Baptist Churches D15 F
Baptist, Don't Know Which D18 F
Methodist
African Methodist Episcopal Church D20 M
African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church D21 M
United Methodist Church D22 L
Other Methodist Churches D23 F
Methodist, Don't Know Which D28 L
Lutheran
American Lutheran Church D30 M
Lutheran Church in America D31 M
Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod D32 F
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod D33 F
Other Lutheran Churches D34 M
Lutheran, Don't Know Which D38 M
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church in the
United States D40 M
United Presbyterian Church in
the USA D41 L
Other Presbyterian Churches D42 F
Presbyterian, Don't Know Which D48 L
Episcopal D50 L
No Denomination/Non-denominational D70 M
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OTHER (Letter "O" + Number) [Use for V22b]
Hungarian Reformed................. 01 L
Evangelical Congregational......... 02 F
Ind. Bible, Bible, Bible
Fellowship...................... 03 F
Eckankar........................... 04 X
Church of Prophecy................. 05 F
New Testament Christian............ 06 X
Church of God, Saint & Christ...... 07 L
Moravian........................... 08 L
Christian & Missionary Alliance.... 09 F
Advent Christian................... 010 F
Spiritualist....................... 011 L
Assembly of God.................... 012 F
Free Methodist..................... 013 F
Apostolic Faith.................... 014 F
African Methodist.................. 015 M
Free Will Baptist.................. 016 F
Eden Evangelist.................... 017 F
Holiness (Nazarene)................ 018 F
Baptist (Northern)................. 019 L
Brethren Church, Brethren.......... 020 M
Witness Holiness................... 021 F
Brethren, Plymouth................. 022 F
United Brethren, United
Brethren in Christ............. 023 F
Independent........................ 024 X
Christian Disciples................ 025 M
Christ in Christian Union.......... 026 F
Open Bible......................... 027 F
Christian Catholic................. 028 F
Christ Church Unity................ 029 X
Christ Adelphians.................. 030 F
Christian; Central Christian....... 031 M
Christian Reform................... 032 F
Christian Scientist................ 033 F
Church of Christ, Evangelical...... 034 F
Church of Christ................... 035 F
Churches of God (Except with
Christ and Holiness)........... 036 F
Church of God in Christ............ 037 F
Church of God in Christ Holiness... 038 F
Church of the Living God........... 039 F
Congregationalist, 1st Congreg..... 040 L
Community Church................... 041 X
Covenant........................... 042 F
Dutch Reform....................... 043 M
Disciples of Christ................ 044 M
Evangelical, Evangelist............ 045 F
Evangelical Reformed............... 046 F
Evangelical Free Church.............. 047 F
First Church......................... 048 X
First Christian Disciples
of Christ.......................... 049 M
First Reformed....................... 050 M
First Christian...................... 051 M
Full Gospel.......................... 052 F
Four Square Gospel................... 053 F
Friends.............................. 054 L
Holy Roller.......................... 055 F
Holiness; Church of Holiness......... 056 F
Pilgrim Holiness..................... 057 F
Jehovah's Witnesses.................. 058 F
LDS.................................. 059 F
LDS--Mormon.......................... 060 F
LDS--Reorganized..................... 061 F
LDS--Jesus Christ; Church of
Jesus LDS.......................... 062 F
Mennonite............................ 063 F
Mormon............................... 064 F
Nazarene............................. 065 F
Pentecostal Assembly of God.......... 066 F
Pentecostal Church of God............ 067 F
Pentecostal.......................... 068 F
Pentecostal Holiness, Holiness
Pentecostal........................ 069 F
Quaker............................... 070 L
Reformed............................. 071 M
Reformed United Church of Christ..... 072 L
Reformed Church of Christ............ 073 X
Religious Science.................... 074 L
Mind Science......................... 075 L
Salvation Army....................... 076 F
7th Day Adventist.................... 077 F
Sanctified, Sanctification........... 078 F
United Holiness...................... 079 F
Unitarian, Universalist.............. 080 L
United Church of Christ.............. 081 L
United Church, Unity Church.......... 082 X
Wesleyan............................. 083 F
Wesleyan Methodist--Pilgrim.......... 084 F
Zion Union........................... 085 M
Zion Union Apostolic................. 086 M
Zion Union Apostolic--Reformed....... 087 M
Disciples of God..................... 088 X
Grace Reformed....................... 089 X
Holiness Church of God............... 090 F
Evangelical Covenant................. 091 F
Mission Covenant..................... 092 F
Missionary Baptist................... 093 F
Swedish Mission...................... 094 L
Unity................................ 095 X
United Church of Christianity........ 096 L
Other Fundamentalist................. 097 F
Federated Church..................... 098 X
American Reform...................... 099 M
Grace Brethren....................... 0100 F
Christ in God........................ 0101 X
Charismatic.......................... 0102 F
Pentecostal Apostalic................ 0103 F
House of Prayer...................... 0104 X
Latvian Lutheran..................... 0105 L
Triumph Church of God................ 0106 F
Apostolic Christian.................. 0107 F
Christ Cathedral of Truth............ 0108 X
Bible Missionary..................... 0109 F
Calvary Bible........................ 0110 F
Amish................................ 0111 F
Evangelical Methodist................ 0112 F
Worldwide Church of God.............. 0113 F
Church Universal and Triumphant...... 0114 X
Mennonite Brethren................... 0115 F
Church of the First Born............. 0116 X
Missionary Church.................... 0117 F
The Way Ministry..................... 0118 X
United Church of Canada.............. 0119 L
Evangelical United Brethren.......... 0120 L
The Church of God of Prophecy........ 0121 F
Chapel of Faith...................... 0122 X
Polish National Church............... 0123 L
Faith Gospel Tabernacle.............. 0124 F
Christian Calvary Chapel............. 0125 F
Camelite............................. 0126 X
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NOTES:
(a) R = RELIG, D = DENOM, O = OTHER. The numbers are codes on these GSS
variables, for example, R2 means a code 2 on RELIG, D10 a code of 10 on
DENOM, and O1 a code of 1 on OTHER.
(b) F = Fundamentalist,
M = Moderate,
L = Liberal (not fundamentalist),
X = Excluded, Don't Know