Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BEALLRL 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. All the different religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Neutral/unsure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	80	11.9%	11.9%	-1.61
Agree	172	25.5%	37.3%	-.86
Neutral/unsure	138	20.4%	57.8%	-.1
Disagree	146	21.6%	79.4%	.65
Strongly disagree	139	20.6%	100%	1.41

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Religion Church attendance Race

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.1% 10	13.2% 32	11.0% 19	11.7% 11	14.0% 8	0.0% 0	11.9% 80
Agree	30.0% 27	31.4% 76	22.5% 39	17.0% 16	19.3% 11	15.8% 3	25.5% 172
Neutral/unsure	25.6% 23	20.2% 49	16.8% 29	19.1% 18	15.8% 9	52.6% 10	20.4% 138
Disagree	17.8% 16	20.7% 50	25.4% 44	26.6% 25	17.5% 10	5.3% 1	21.6% 146
Strongly disagree	15.6% 14	14.5% 35	24.3% 42	25.5% 24	33.3% 19	26.3% 5	20.6% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 242	100.0% 173	100.0% 94	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	675

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.0% 56	10.1% 24	11.9% 80
Agree	24.5% 106	27.3% 65	25.5% 171
Neutral/unsure	22.7% 98	16.0% 38	20.3% 136
Disagree	20.6% 89	23.5% 56	21.6% 145
Strongly disagree	19.2% 83	23.1% 55	20.6% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 432	100.0% 238	670

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	11.7% 15	10.8% 13	11.6% 25	13.4% 25	11.7% 78
Agree	47.1% 8	19.5% 25	21.7% 26	28.2% 61	27.3% 51	25.6% 171
Neutral/unsure	23.5% 4	21.1% 27	20.0% 24	20.8% 45	20.3% 38	20.7% 138
Disagree	17.6% 3	25.0% 32	19.2% 23	20.4% 44	23.5% 44	21.9% 146
Strongly disagree	11.8% 2	22.7% 29	28.3% 34	19.0% 41	15.5% 29	20.2% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 128	100.0% 120	100.0% 216	100.0% 187	668

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.2% 8	16.3% 39	10.8% 33	11.9% 80
Agree	4.6% 6	33.5% 80	28.1% 86	25.5% 172
Neutral/unsure	10.8% 14	21.3% 51	23.9% 73	20.4% 138
Disagree	23.8% 31	20.9% 50	21.2% 65	21.6% 146
Strongly disagree	54.6% 71	7.9% 19	16.0% 49	20.6% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 239	100.0% 306	675

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	13.6% 3	14.0% 12	13.0% 56	4.6% 6	11.5% 77
Agree	50.0% 11	38.4% 33	25.1% 108	13.7% 18	25.4% 170
Neutral/unsure	22.7% 5	23.3% 20	20.9% 90	17.6% 23	20.6% 138
Disagree	13.6% 3	16.3% 14	23.5% 101	20.6% 27	21.7% 145
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	8.1% 7	17.4% 75	43.5% 57	20.8% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 86	100.0% 430	100.0% 131	669

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	15.4% 4	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	11.9% 71	10.0% 1	11.9% 79
Agree	0.0% 0	19.2% 5	33.3% 6	0.0% 0	26.6% 159	10.0% 1	25.7% 171
Neutral/unsure	54.5% 6	30.8% 8	33.3% 6	0.0% 0	19.3% 115	20.0% 2	20.6% 137
Disagree	9.1% 1	15.4% 4	16.7% 3	50.0% 2	21.9% 131	20.0% 2	21.5% 143
Strongly disagree	27.3% 3	19.2% 5	16.7% 3	0.0% 0	20.3% 121	40.0% 4	20.4% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 597	100.0% 10	666