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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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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 would be in favor of a family member marrying someone of a different race

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	121	18.1%	18.1%	-1.41
Agree	233	34.8%	52.9%	-.47
Neutral/unsure	203	30.3%	83.3%	.46
Disagree	80	12%	95.2%	1.4
Strongly disagree	32	4.8%	100%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.6% 10	12.3% 30	19.3% 33	22.6% 21	39.3% 22	26.3% 5	18.1% 121
Agree	24.4% 21	33.6% 82	38.6% 66	37.6% 35	42.9% 24	26.3% 5	34.8% 233
Neutral/unsure	33.7% 29	32.4% 79	29.8% 51	28.0% 26	16.1% 9	47.4% 9	30.3% 203
Disagree	17.4% 15	16.4% 40	8.8% 15	9.7% 9	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	12.0% 80
Strongly disagree	12.8% 11	5.3% 13	3.5% 6	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 244	100.0% 171	100.0% 93	100.0% 56	100.0% 19	669

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.6% 84	15.7% 37	18.2% 121
Agree	35.0% 150	34.3% 81	34.8% 231
Neutral/unsure	29.9% 128	30.5% 72	30.1% 200
Disagree	11.7% 50	12.7% 30	12.0% 80
Strongly disagree	3.7% 16	6.8% 16	4.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 236	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	16.0% 20	19.7% 23	17.0% 37	20.4% 38	18.1% 120
Agree	31.3% 5	30.4% 38	34.2% 40	33.0% 72	40.9% 76	34.9% 231
Neutral/unsure	37.5% 6	29.6% 37	32.5% 38	33.9% 74	24.2% 45	30.2% 200
Disagree	18.8% 3	20.0% 25	6.8% 8	12.4% 27	8.6% 16	11.9% 79
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	6.8% 8	3.7% 8	5.9% 11	4.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 125	100.0% 117	100.0% 218	100.0% 186	662

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.9% 27	19.7% 46	15.7% 48	18.1% 121
Agree	34.9% 45	35.9% 84	34.0% 104	34.8% 233
Neutral/unsure	28.7% 37	27.8% 65	33.0% 101	30.3% 203
Disagree	11.6% 15	10.7% 25	13.1% 40	12.0% 80
Strongly disagree	3.9% 5	6.0% 14	4.2% 13	4.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 234	100.0% 306	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	27.3% 6	17.9% 15	17.6% 75	17.6% 23	17.9% 119
Agree	31.8% 7	42.9% 36	32.8% 140	37.4% 49	34.9% 232
Neutral/unsure	18.2% 4	20.2% 17	34.0% 145	26.7% 35	30.3% 201
Disagree	13.6% 3	14.3% 12	11.7% 50	11.5% 15	12.0% 80
Strongly disagree	9.1% 2	4.8% 4	4.0% 17	6.9% 9	4.8% 32
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	32.0% 8	20.0% 3	50.0% 2	17.0% 101	40.0% 4	18.0% 119
Agree	45.5% 5	32.0% 8	46.7% 7	0.0% 0	35.1% 209	10.0% 1	34.8% 230
Neutral/unsure	45.5% 5	24.0% 6	26.7% 4	50.0% 2	30.3% 180	30.0% 3	30.3% 200
Disagree	0.0% 0	12.0% 3	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	12.6% 75	10.0% 1	12.1% 80
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 30	10.0% 1	4.7% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 25	100.0% 15	100.0% 4	100.0% 595	100.0% 10	660