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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BELBLESS

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. God gives material blessings to those who please him

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	39	5.8%	5.8%	-2.09
Agree	113	16.8%	22.7%	-1.2
Neutral/unsure	210	31.3%	53.9%	-.31
Disagree	195	29.1%	83%	.58
Strongly disagree	114	17%	100%	1.48

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.3% 8	5.4% 13	2.9% 5	7.4% 7	7.0% 4	10.5% 2	5.8% 39
Agree	17.4% 15	13.2% 32	18.6% 32	20.0% 19	19.3% 11	21.1% 4	16.8% 113
Neutral/unsure	30.2% 26	29.8% 72	27.9% 48	37.9% 36	36.8% 21	36.8% 7	31.3% 210
Disagree	24.4% 21	31.0% 75	33.7% 58	24.2% 23	26.3% 15	15.8% 3	29.1% 195
Strongly disagree	18.6% 16	20.7% 50	16.9% 29	10.5% 10	10.5% 6	15.8% 3	17.0% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 242	100.0% 172	100.0% 95	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	671

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 21	7.7% 18	5.9% 39
Agree	15.8% 68	18.8% 44	16.9% 112
Neutral/unsure	31.2% 134	31.6% 74	31.3% 208
Disagree	31.9% 137	23.5% 55	28.9% 192
Strongly disagree	16.3% 70	18.4% 43	17.0% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 430	100.0% 234	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	12.5% 2	11.2% 14	8.5% 10	2.3% 5	4.3% 8	5.9% 39
Agree	18.8% 3	26.4% 33	19.5% 23	16.1% 35	8.6% 16	16.6% 110
Neutral/unsure	37.5% 6	39.2% 49	31.4% 37	31.7% 69	25.1% 47	31.3% 208
Disagree	18.8% 3	17.6% 22	27.1% 32	33.5% 73	33.7% 63	29.1% 193
Strongly disagree	12.5% 2	5.6% 7	13.6% 16	16.5% 36	28.3% 53	17.2% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 125	100.0% 118	100.0% 218	100.0% 187	664

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.5% 20	2.5% 6	4.3% 13	5.8% 39
Agree	34.9% 45	8.0% 19	16.1% 49	16.8% 113
Neutral/unsure	31.0% 40	28.7% 68	33.4% 102	31.3% 210
Disagree	14.0% 18	35.0% 83	30.8% 94	29.1% 195
Strongly disagree	4.7% 6	25.7% 61	15.4% 47	17.0% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 237	100.0% 305	671

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	4.5% 1	4.7% 4	4.4% 19	10.0% 13	5.6% 37
Agree	0.0% 0	7.1% 6	16.6% 71	26.2% 34	16.7% 111
Neutral/unsure	36.4% 8	32.9% 28	31.5% 135	30.0% 39	31.6% 210
Disagree	31.8% 7	35.3% 30	30.6% 131	20.0% 26	29.2% 194
Strongly disagree	27.3% 6	20.0% 17	16.8% 72	13.8% 18	17.0% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 85	100.0% 428	100.0% 130	665

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	16.0% 4	11.1% 2	25.0% 1	4.9% 29	0.0% 0	5.6% 37
Agree	36.4% 4	4.0% 1	27.8% 5	25.0% 1	16.4% 97	40.0% 4	17.0% 112
Neutral/unsure	27.3% 3	44.0% 11	27.8% 5	0.0% 0	31.8% 188	20.0% 2	31.7% 209
Disagree	27.3% 3	32.0% 8	22.2% 4	25.0% 1	29.1% 172	30.0% 3	28.9% 191
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	4.0% 1	11.1% 2	25.0% 1	17.9% 106	10.0% 1	16.8% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 25	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 592	100.0% 10	660