GSS 1972-2021 Cumulative Datafile

1014. In general, how close do you feel to God?

1015. To what extent to you agree or disagree with the following 
statements? a. The statutes and images in Catholic churches are 
idols.

1015. To what extent to you agree or disagree with the following 
statements? b. Catholic rosaries and holy medals are 
superstitious.

1015. To what extent to you agree or disagree with the following 
statements? c. Catholics really are not permitted to think for 
themselves.

1016. Was there ever a time when you drank any alcoholic 
beverages?

1017. Thinking back over the last 12 months, about how regularly 
did you drink alcoholic beverages?

1018. Again, as you think back over the last 12 months, about 
how many drinks would you have on a typical day when you drank? 
PROBE IF NECESSARY: Would it have been 5 or more?

1019. Now I would like to ask you some questions about your use 
of alcoholic beverages during the last 12 months. How often did 
you have 6 or more drinks of wine, beer, or liquor in a single 
day? (REFERENCES AS NEEDED: that would be a bottle or more of 
wine/more than 2 quarts of beer/a half pint or more of liquor.)

1020. Think of all kinds of alcoholic beverages combined, that 
is, any combination of cans, bottles or glasses of beer; glasses 
of wine; or drinks containing liquor of any kind. During the 
last 12 months, what is the largest number of drinks you had on 
any single day? Was it:

1021a. During the last 12 months, how often did you have at 
least 12, but less than 20 drinks of any kind of alcoholic 
beverage in a single day, that is any combination of cans, 
bottles or glasses of beer, glasses of wine, or drinks 
containing liquor of any kind. Was it: