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religion-survey-results

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Field	Type	Format
what is your present religion	string	default
if any?	string	default
	string	default
do you consider yourself to be an evangelical?	string	default
do you attend religious services	string	default
how often do you: pray in public with visible motions (sign of the cross	string	default
bowing	string	default
prostration	string	default
shokeling	string	default
etc)	string	default
how often do you: pray in public using some kind of physical object (rosary	string	default
tefillin	string	default
etc)	string	default
how often do you: pray aloud before meals in the presence of people who don't belong to your religion	string	default
how often do you: tell someone you'll pray for him or her	string	default
how often do you: ask or offer to pray with someone	string	default
how often do you: bring up your religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how often do you: ask others about their religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how often do you: decline some kind of food or beverage for religious reasons (kosher	string	default
halal	string	default
fasting rules	string	default
etc)	string	default
how often do you: wear religious clothing/jewelry (hijab	string	default
kippah	string	default
wig	string	default
kara	string	default
turban	string	default
cross	string	default
etc)	string	default
how often do you: participate in a public religious event on the streets (corpus christi procession	string	default
inauguration of torah scrolls	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: pray in public with visible motions (sign of the cross	string	default
bowing	string	default
prostration	string	default
shokeling	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: pray in public using some kind of physical object (rosary	string	default
tefillin	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: pray aloud before meals in the presence of people who don't belong to your religion	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: tell someone you'll pray for him or her	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: ask or offer to pray with someone	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: bring up your religion	string	default
unprompted	integer	default
in conversation	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: ask others about their religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: decline some kind of food or beverage for religious reasons (kosher	string	default
halal	string	default
fasting rules	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: wear religious clothing/jewelry (hijab	string	default
kippah	string	default
wig	string	default
kara	string	default
turban	string	default
cross	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you feel when you: participate in a public religious event on the streets (corpus christi procession	string	default
inauguration of torah scrolls	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: pray in public with visible motions (sign of the cross	string	default
bowing	string	default
prostration	string	default
shokeling	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: pray in public using some kind of physical object (rosary	string	default
tefillin	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: pray aloud before meals in the presence of people who don't belong to your religion	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: tell someone you'll pray for him or her	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: ask or offer to pray with someone	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: bring up your religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: ask others about their religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: decline some kind of food or beverage for religious reasons (kosher	string	default
halal	string	default
fasting rules	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: wear religious clothing/jewelry (hijab	string	default
kippah	string	default
wig	string	default
kara	string	default
turban	string	default
cross	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable do you think someone outside your religion would be if they saw you: participate in a public religious event on the streets (corpus christi procession	string	default
inauguration of torah scrolls	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: pray in public with visible motions (sign of the cross	string	default
bowing	string	default
prostration	string	default
shokeling	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: pray in public using some kind of physical object (rosary	string	default
tefillin	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: pray aloud before meals in the presence of people who don't belong to that religion	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: tell someone i'll pray for you	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: ask or offer to pray with you	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: bring up his or her own religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: ask you about your religion	string	default
unprompted	string	default
in conversation	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: decline some kind of food or beverage for religious reasons (kosher	string	default
halal	string	default
fasting rules	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: wear religious clothing/jewelry (hijab	string	default
kippah	string	default
wig	string	default
kara	string	default
turban	string	default
cross	string	default
etc)	string	default
how comfortable would you be seeing someone who practices a different religion from you: participate in a public religious event on the streets (corpus christi procession	string	default
inauguration of torah scrolls	string	default
etc)	string	default
what is your age?	string	default
what is your gender?	string	default
how much total combined money did all members of your household earn last year?	string	default
us region	string	default

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Last updated: 12 March 2026
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Format: CSV
File size: 759 kB
Source: FiveThirtyEight - Religion Survey

About this dataset

Religion Survey

This directory contains the data behind the story When Does Praying In Public Make Others Uncomfortable?

Using a SurveyMonkey poll, conducted between July 29 and August 1, 2016, we asked 661 respondents questions about public displays of religion.

This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - religion-survey