1. Jibum Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
Measuring religion in South Korea: the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS)
Jibum Kim, Sungkyunkwan University

3. Korean General Social Survey (KGSS)
Korean Version of the US GSS
, 2016
Cross-sectional survey of adults
Data Collection Mode: Face-to-face interview using PAPI
Response rate: 60% in early 2000s 47% in 2016
Interviewers: 37 university students (400)
June to October

4. KGSS Religious Items: 2003-2004 vs. 2005-2016:
28.What is your religion?
① Buddhist ③ Catholic
② Protestant ④ No religion (GO TO Q29)
(5) OTHER (SPECIFY_______________)
(IF YOU HAVE A RELIGION)
28.1. How often do you attend religious services?
(1) A few times a week (5) Several times a year
(2) Once a week (6) Once a year
(3) Two or three times a month (7) Less than once a year
(4) Once a month (8) Never (88)DON’T KNOW
28.2. Do you call yourself a strong, or not a very strong follower of your religion?
① Strong ③ Not very strong
② Somewhat strong (8) DON’T KNOW :
36. How often do you attend religious services?
(01) A few times a week (06) Once a year
(02) Once a week (07) Less than once a year
(03) Two or three times a month (08) NEVER
(04) Once a month (88) DON’T KNOW
(05) Several times a year
37. What is your religion?
① Buddhist ④ No religion (GO TO Q38)
② Protestant (77) OTHER (SPECIFY: )
③ Catholic
37.1. (IF YOU HAVE A RELIGION) Do you call yourself a strong, or not a very strong follower of your religion?
① Strong ③ Not very strong
② Somewhat strong (8) DON’T KNOW

5. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

6. Religion Questions by Several Data Sets82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Census
SSS
WVS
Korean
Gallup
KGSS

9. % of Religious Affiliation, 2003-2016 KGSS

10. RELIGIOUS SERVICE ATTENDANCE

11. Trend of religious service attendance at least once a week among Religious Group, 2003-2016 KGSS

12. Religious Service Attendance, 2016 KGSS
67%
42% 7%

14. Strength of Religious Affiliation

15. Trend of Strength of Religious Affiliation (% Strong), 2003-2016 KGSS

16. Strength of Religious Affiliation, 2016 KGSS

17. % of Church Attendance at Least Once a Week and Strength of Religious Affiliation (% strong) among Protestants and Catholics in US and Korea, 2016 GSS and 2016 KGSS

18. RELIGIOUS GROUP vs. CONFUCIANISM

19. “(Regardless of your religious affiliation) do you consider yourself a Confucian?” (% of YES by religious group, 2016 KGSS)

20. THANK YOU