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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BELDIFCH

In this final section, please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statements by circling a number at the right hand side of the page. It is better for people of different races to different churches because they worship so differently

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	8	1.2%	1.2%	-3.86
Agree	21	3.1%	4.3%	-2.68
Neutral/unsure	63	9.4%	13.8%	-1.51
Disagree	254	38%	51.8%	-.34
Strongly disagree	322	48.2%	100%	.83

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 1	0.8% 2	1.7% 3	1.1% 1	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 8
Agree	8.4% 7	3.7% 9	1.2% 2	1.1% 1	1.8% 1	5.3% 1	3.1% 21
Neutral/unsure	19.3% 16	7.4% 18	7.6% 13	7.4% 7	8.9% 5	21.1% 4	9.4% 63
Disagree	37.3% 31	42.0% 102	34.9% 60	32.6% 31	39.3% 22	42.1% 8	38.0% 254
Strongly disagree	33.7% 28	46.1% 112	54.7% 94	57.9% 55	48.2% 27	31.6% 6	48.2% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 243	100.0% 172	100.0% 95	100.0% 56	100.0% 19	668

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 3	2.1% 5	1.2% 8
Agree	3.3% 14	3.0% 7	3.2% 21
Neutral/unsure	9.2% 39	9.7% 23	9.4% 62
Disagree	38.0% 162	38.6% 91	38.2% 253
Strongly disagree	48.8% 208	46.6% 110	48.0% 318
TOTAL	100.0% 426	100.0% 236	662

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	0.0% 0	3.2% 4	1.7% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	1.2% 8
Agree	0.0% 0	4.8% 6	5.9% 7	1.8% 4	2.2% 4	3.2% 21
Neutral/unsure	6.7% 1	14.4% 18	10.1% 12	8.3% 18	7.0% 13	9.4% 62
Disagree	73.3% 11	40.8% 51	35.3% 42	41.5% 90	30.8% 57	38.0% 251
Strongly disagree	20.0% 3	36.8% 46	47.1% 56	47.9% 104	59.5% 110	48.3% 319
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 125	100.0% 119	100.0% 217	100.0% 185	661

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 2	0.9% 2	1.3% 4	1.2% 8
Agree	2.3% 3	3.4% 8	3.3% 10	3.1% 21
Neutral/unsure	10.2% 13	7.7% 18	10.5% 32	9.4% 63
Disagree	32.0% 41	36.8% 86	41.5% 127	38.0% 254
Strongly disagree	53.9% 69	51.3% 120	43.5% 133	48.2% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 234	100.0% 306	668

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	1.5% 2	0.9% 6
Agree	9.1% 2	3.6% 3	2.3% 10	4.6% 6	3.2% 21
Neutral/unsure	22.7% 5	9.5% 8	7.5% 32	13.8% 18	9.5% 63
Disagree	27.3% 6	35.7% 30	43.1% 184	25.4% 33	38.2% 253
Strongly disagree	40.9% 9	51.2% 43	46.1% 197	54.6% 71	48.3% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 427	100.0% 130	663

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	0.0% 0	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 7	0.0% 0	1.2% 8
Agree	18.2% 2	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 18	0.0% 0	3.2% 21
Neutral/unsure	27.3% 3	24.0% 6	12.5% 2	0.0% 0	8.8% 52	0.0% 0	9.6% 63
Disagree	27.3% 3	24.0% 6	43.8% 7	50.0% 2	38.7% 230	44.4% 4	38.2% 252
Strongly disagree	27.3% 3	44.0% 11	43.8% 7	50.0% 2	48.3% 287	55.6% 5	47.8% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 25	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 594	100.0% 9	659