Appendix 1.

Frequency of participants based on year in the General Social Survey (GSS) overall and by gender.

Year	All		Men		Women
	N	%	n	%	n	%
1972	1613	2.5	807	2.8	806	2.2
1973	1504	2.3	701	2.4	803	2.2
1974	1484	2.3	691	2.4	793	2.2
1975	1490	2.3	670	2.3	820	2.3
1976	1499	2.3	669	2.3	830	2.3
1977	1530	2.4	693	2.4	837	2.3
1978	1532	2.4	643	2.2	889	2.5
1980	1468	2.3	641	2.2	827	2.3
1982	1860	2.9	779	2.7	1081	3.0
1983	1599	2.5	690	2.4	909	2.5
1984	1473	2.3	598	2.1	875	2.4
1985	1534	2.4	688	2.4	846	2.3
1986	1470	2.3	621	2.2	849	2.3
1987	1819	2.8	778	2.7	1041	2.9
1988	1481	2.3	638	2.2	843	2.3
1989	1537	2.4	660	2.3	877	2.4
1990	1372	2.1	604	2.1	768	2.1
1991	1517	2.3	636	2.2	881	2.4
1993	1606	2.5	685	2.4	921	2.5
1994	2992	4.6	1290	4.5	1702	4.7
1996	2904	4.5	1285	4.5	1619	4.5
1998	2832	4.4	1232	4.3	1600	4.4
2000	2817	4.3	1229	4.3	1588	4.4
2002	2765	4.3	1228	4.3	1537	4.2
2004	2812	4.3	1280	4.5	1532	4.2
2006	4510	7.0	2003	7.0	2507	6.9
2008	2023	3.1	930	3.3	1093	3.0
2010	2044	3.2	891	3.1	1153	3.2
2012	1974	3.0	885	3.1	1089	3.0
2014	2538	3.9	1141	4.0	1397	3.9
2016	2867	4.4	1276	4.5	1591	4.4
2018	2348	3.6	1052	3.7	1296	3.6