Pew Research Center 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset (Public Use File)

Name: Pew Research Center 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset (Public Use File)
Published: 2025-02-27
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Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pew Research Center; Gregory Smith, Pew Research Center; Alan Cooperman, Pew Research Center; Becka Alper, Pew Research Center; Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center; Michael Rotolo, Pew Research Center; Patricia Tevington, Pew Research Center; Justin Nortey, Pew Research Center; Asta Kallo, Pew Research Center; Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center; Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center

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Project Citation:

Pew Research Center, Smith, Gregory, Cooperman, Alan, Alper, Becka, Mohamed, Besheer, Rotolo, Michael, … Fahmy, Dalia. Pew Research Center 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset (Public Use File) . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E221062V1

Project Description

Summary: The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) is a survey that paints a religious portrait of the United States. With more than 36,000 respondents in 2023-24, it permits detailed examination of the religious identities, beliefs and practices of U.S. adults.

Funding Sources: Pew Charitable Trusts; Lilly Endowment Inc.; Templeton Religion Trust; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Religion; Spirituality; Social values; Political Values; Demographics; Religion in the U.S.

Geographic Coverage: U.S. (50 states and D.C.)

Collection Date(s): 7/17/2023 – 3/4/2024

Universe: U.S. adults

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Response Rate: 20%

Sampling: Address-based sampling (ABS), which involved mailing invitation letters to randomly sampled addresses from the United States Postal Service's Computerized Delivery Sequence File. The invitation asked the adult in the household with the next birthday to complete the survey.

Collection Mode(s): computer-assisted self interview (CASI); computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI); mail questionnaire; mixed mode; paper and pencil interview (PAPI); telephone interview; web-based survey

Weights: WEIGHT is the full sample adult raked weight. REPWT_001 to REPWT_500 are the replicate weights. WEIGHT or the replicate weights should be used for conducting analysis.

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: National

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