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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BESATLI

In this final section, please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statements by circling a number on the right hand side of the page. Overall, I am very satisfied with my life right now

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Neutral/unsure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	247	36.3%	36.3%	-1.01
Agree	342	50.2%	86.5%	.2
Neutral/unsure	59	8.7%	95.2%	1.4
Disagree	23	3.4%	98.5%	2.6
Strongly disagree	10	1.5%	100%	3.81

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.0% 46	37.0% 91	30.6% 53	35.1% 33	29.8% 17	36.8% 7	36.3% 247
Agree	42.4% 39	50.0% 123	51.4% 89	52.1% 49	54.4% 31	57.9% 11	50.2% 342
Neutral/unsure	5.4% 5	8.1% 20	9.8% 17	8.5% 8	14.0% 8	5.3% 1	8.7% 59
Disagree	0.0% 0	3.3% 8	6.4% 11	3.2% 3	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	2.2% 2	1.6% 4	1.7% 3	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 246	100.0% 173	100.0% 94	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	681

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	34.6% 151	38.7% 92	36.0% 243
Agree	51.3% 224	48.7% 116	50.4% 340
Neutral/unsure	9.4% 41	7.6% 18	8.7% 59
Disagree	3.2% 14	3.8% 9	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	1.6% 7	1.3% 3	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 238	675

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than completing high school	Completed high school	Trade certificate or Associate degere	Bachelors degree	Masters degree/Doctorate degree/graduate degree	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.8% 7	43.0% 55	30.5% 36	33.8% 74	37.9% 72	36.2% 244
Agree	52.6% 10	45.3% 58	55.1% 65	50.7% 111	50.0% 95	50.3% 339
Neutral/unsure	5.3% 1	7.0% 9	8.5% 10	9.6% 21	8.9% 17	8.6% 58
Disagree	5.3% 1	3.1% 4	3.4% 4	4.1% 9	2.6% 5	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.5% 3	1.8% 4	0.5% 1	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 128	100.0% 118	100.0% 219	100.0% 190	674

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.7% 55	38.9% 93	31.9% 99	36.3% 247
Agree	42.4% 56	49.0% 117	54.5% 169	50.2% 342
Neutral/unsure	10.6% 14	9.2% 22	7.4% 23	8.7% 59
Disagree	3.8% 5	2.1% 5	4.2% 13	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	1.5% 2	0.8% 2	1.9% 6	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 132	100.0% 239	100.0% 310	681

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.4% 8	36.5% 31	34.6% 151	42.0% 55	36.4% 245
Agree	59.1% 13	48.2% 41	51.6% 225	44.3% 58	50.0% 337
Neutral/unsure	4.5% 1	10.6% 9	8.7% 38	8.4% 11	8.8% 59
Disagree	0.0% 0	3.5% 3	3.4% 15	3.8% 5	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.6% 7	1.5% 2	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 85	100.0% 436	100.0% 131	674

Race (I-RACE)

	Asian or Pacific Islander	Black or African American	Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin	Indian (American) or Alaskan Native	White or Caucasian	Some other race (please specify):	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 1	26.9% 7	50.0% 9	25.0% 1	36.3% 218	40.0% 4	35.9% 240
Agree	81.8% 9	53.8% 14	38.9% 7	25.0% 1	50.5% 303	30.0% 3	50.4% 337
Neutral/unsure	9.1% 1	19.2% 5	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	8.3% 50	10.0% 1	8.8% 59
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	3.5% 21	0.0% 0	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 8	20.0% 2	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 600	100.0% 10	669