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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BERELEX

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. I have had deeply moving religious experiences

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	213	31.8%	31.8%	-1.11
Agree	213	31.8%	63.7%	-.2
Neutral/unsure	142	21.2%	84.9%	.7
Disagree	83	12.4%	97.3%	1.61
Strongly disagree	18	2.7%	100%	2.51

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.6% 21	32.5% 79	35.8% 62	32.6% 31	31.6% 18	10.5% 2	31.8% 213
Agree	25.6% 21	32.1% 78	30.1% 52	33.7% 32	35.1% 20	52.6% 10	31.8% 213
Neutral/unsure	29.3% 24	18.5% 45	20.2% 35	24.2% 23	15.8% 9	31.6% 6	21.2% 142
Disagree	15.9% 13	12.8% 31	11.6% 20	9.5% 9	17.5% 10	0.0% 0	12.4% 83
Strongly disagree	3.7% 3	4.1% 10	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 243	100.0% 173	100.0% 95	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	669

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.6% 140	30.2% 71	31.8% 211
Agree	31.7% 136	32.8% 77	32.1% 213
Neutral/unsure	20.3% 87	23.0% 54	21.2% 141
Disagree	12.6% 54	11.9% 28	12.3% 82
Strongly disagree	2.8% 12	2.1% 5	2.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 429	100.0% 235	664

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	37.5% 6	33.9% 42	41.5% 49	28.1% 61	27.7% 52	31.7% 210
Agree	31.3% 5	33.1% 41	31.4% 37	31.8% 69	31.4% 59	31.8% 211
Neutral/unsure	31.3% 5	22.6% 28	19.5% 23	23.0% 50	19.1% 36	21.4% 142
Disagree	0.0% 0	8.9% 11	5.9% 7	14.3% 31	17.6% 33	12.4% 82
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.7% 2	2.8% 6	4.3% 8	2.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 124	100.0% 118	100.0% 217	100.0% 188	663

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	64.3% 83	27.5% 65	21.4% 65	31.8% 213
Agree	24.8% 32	33.9% 80	33.2% 101	31.8% 213
Neutral/unsure	9.3% 12	18.6% 44	28.3% 86	21.2% 142
Disagree	0.8% 1	17.8% 42	13.2% 40	12.4% 83
Strongly disagree	0.8% 1	2.1% 5	3.9% 12	2.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 236	100.0% 304	669

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	31.8% 7	19.0% 16	27.4% 117	53.4% 70	31.6% 210
Agree	9.1% 2	22.6% 19	34.4% 147	33.6% 44	31.9% 212
Neutral/unsure	27.3% 6	26.2% 22	23.7% 101	9.9% 13	21.4% 142
Disagree	27.3% 6	27.4% 23	11.7% 50	2.3% 3	12.3% 82
Strongly disagree	4.5% 1	4.8% 4	2.8% 12	0.8% 1	2.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 427	100.0% 131	664

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	34.6% 9	37.5% 6	50.0% 2	31.6% 187	40.0% 4	31.7% 209
Agree	54.5% 6	15.4% 4	43.8% 7	0.0% 0	32.3% 191	30.0% 3	32.0% 211
Neutral/unsure	36.4% 4	30.8% 8	12.5% 2	25.0% 1	20.4% 121	30.0% 3	21.1% 139
Disagree	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	6.3% 1	25.0% 1	12.8% 76	0.0% 0	12.4% 82
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 17	0.0% 0	2.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 592	100.0% 10	659