U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Wave 2, 2008/2009, Random Sample Attender Survey

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SENSEGOD How often do you experience the following during worship services at this congregation? (Mark one response in every row.) A sense of God's presence   1) Always   2) Usually   3) Sometimes   4) Rarely

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	24311	48.5%	48.5%	-.87
Usually	16596	33.1%	81.7%	.32
Sometimes	7405	14.8%	96.5%	1.51
Rarely	1777	3.5%	100%	2.7

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Region Gender Religion Theology

Age (I-AGE)

	70 years and older	60 to 69 years old	50 to 59 years old	40 to 49 years old	30 to 39 years old	Under 30 years old	TOTAL
Always	49.9% 4732	50.0% 4293	49.6% 4832	49.2% 4644	49.1% 2819	40.8% 2488	48.5% 23808
Usually	34.2% 3245	34.4% 2958	33.9% 3303	33.5% 3159	31.1% 1788	30.3% 1847	33.2% 16300
Sometimes	12.7% 1205	12.8% 1102	13.8% 1348	14.7% 1388	16.0% 917	21.4% 1304	14.8% 7264
Rarely	3.2% 305	2.7% 234	2.7% 265	2.6% 247	3.9% 223	7.6% 465	3.5% 1739
TOTAL	100.0% 9487	100.0% 8587	100.0% 9748	100.0% 9438	100.0% 5747	100.0% 6104	49111

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school or less	Completed high school	Trade certificate	Associate degree	Bachelor's degree from a university or college	Master's, Doctorate, or other graduate degree	TOTAL
Always	49.9% 2080	55.0% 8009	54.8% 1677	52.3% 2865	44.2% 5778	38.6% 3413	48.4% 23822
Usually	23.7% 988	30.5% 4434	31.7% 969	32.7% 1789	36.5% 4769	38.2% 3381	33.2% 16330
Sometimes	19.4% 807	12.1% 1754	11.5% 353	12.6% 692	15.8% 2073	18.3% 1618	14.8% 7297
Rarely	7.0% 291	2.4% 356	2.0% 60	2.4% 131	3.5% 462	4.9% 435	3.5% 1735
TOTAL	100.0% 4166	100.0% 14553	100.0% 3059	100.0% 5477	100.0% 13082	100.0% 8847	49184

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Always	50.7% 6497	44.8% 7143	48.5% 4622	51.3% 6049	48.5% 24311
Usually	31.8% 4074	35.7% 5700	34.2% 3261	30.2% 3561	33.1% 16596
Sometimes	14.1% 1813	16.1% 2561	14.1% 1348	14.3% 1683	14.8% 7405
Rarely	3.3% 429	3.5% 552	3.2% 308	4.1% 488	3.5% 1777
TOTAL	100.0% 12813	100.0% 15956	100.0% 9539	100.0% 11781	50089

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	51.7% 15090	42.5% 7862	48.1% 22952
Usually	32.5% 9474	34.7% 6422	33.3% 15896
Sometimes	13.4% 3900	17.5% 3244	15.0% 7144
Rarely	2.5% 717	5.2% 971	3.5% 1688
TOTAL	100.0% 29181	100.0% 18499	47680

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Mainline Protestant	Conservative Protestant	Other	TOTAL
Always	54.6% 14112	37.8% 5942	50.3% 4244	16.9% 13	48.5% 24311
Usually	29.2% 7536	38.9% 6120	34.6% 2921	24.7% 19	33.1% 16596
Sometimes	13.0% 3357	18.6% 2924	13.0% 1099	32.5% 25	14.8% 7405
Rarely	3.2% 823	4.8% 753	2.1% 181	26.0% 20	3.5% 1777
TOTAL	100.0% 25828	100.0% 15739	100.0% 8445	100.0% 77	50089

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Right in the middle	Liberal	Very liberal	TOTAL
Always	63.4% 3175	50.1% 9585	47.0% 7385	37.5% 2482	34.1% 601	48.2% 23228
Usually	24.8% 1244	35.2% 6735	33.5% 5257	36.3% 2406	27.1% 479	33.4% 16121
Sometimes	9.6% 482	12.8% 2449	16.0% 2512	20.3% 1343	22.3% 394	14.9% 7180
Rarely	2.1% 106	1.9% 359	3.5% 544	6.0% 396	16.5% 291	3.5% 1696
TOTAL	100.0% 5007	100.0% 19128	100.0% 15698	100.0% 6627	100.0% 1765	48225