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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BELPOV

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 important to work toward ending poverty

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	291	42.8%	42.8%	-.91
Agree	314	46.2%	89%	.33
Neutral/unsure	51	7.5%	96.5%	1.58
Disagree	14	2.1%	98.5%	2.82
Strongly disagree	10	1.5%	100%	4.06

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.2% 42	41.1% 101	45.4% 79	40.0% 38	45.6% 26	26.3% 5	42.8% 291
Agree	40.4% 36	49.2% 121	42.5% 74	49.5% 47	47.4% 27	47.4% 9	46.2% 314
Neutral/unsure	7.9% 7	6.9% 17	7.5% 13	6.3% 6	5.3% 3	26.3% 5	7.5% 51
Disagree	2.2% 2	1.2% 3	3.4% 6	2.1% 2	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 14
Strongly disagree	2.2% 2	1.6% 4	1.1% 2	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 246	100.0% 174	100.0% 95	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	680

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	46.1% 201	36.6% 87	42.7% 288
Agree	42.2% 184	53.8% 128	46.3% 312
Neutral/unsure	7.8% 34	6.7% 16	7.4% 50
Disagree	2.1% 9	2.1% 5	2.1% 14
Strongly disagree	1.8% 8	0.8% 2	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 436	100.0% 238	674

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	33.3% 6	33.1% 42	43.8% 53	41.6% 91	52.1% 98	43.1% 290
Agree	50.0% 9	49.6% 63	44.6% 54	49.3% 108	39.9% 75	45.9% 309
Neutral/unsure	16.7% 3	10.2% 13	9.1% 11	6.4% 14	4.8% 9	7.4% 50
Disagree	0.0% 0	4.7% 6	0.8% 1	1.8% 4	1.6% 3	2.1% 14
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	1.7% 2	0.9% 2	1.6% 3	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 127	100.0% 121	100.0% 219	100.0% 188	673

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.2% 34	52.3% 124	42.5% 133	42.8% 291
Agree	51.5% 67	41.4% 98	47.6% 149	46.2% 314
Neutral/unsure	14.6% 19	4.2% 10	7.0% 22	7.5% 51
Disagree	6.2% 8	0.0% 0	1.9% 6	2.1% 14
Strongly disagree	1.5% 2	2.1% 5	1.0% 3	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 237	100.0% 313	680

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	50.0% 11	46.5% 40	44.0% 192	35.1% 46	42.8% 289
Agree	50.0% 11	44.2% 38	47.5% 207	42.0% 55	46.1% 311
Neutral/unsure	0.0% 0	5.8% 5	6.0% 26	15.3% 20	7.6% 51
Disagree	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.6% 7	4.6% 6	2.1% 14
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.3% 2	0.9% 4	3.1% 4	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 86	100.0% 436	100.0% 131	675

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	18.2% 2	60.7% 17	41.2% 7	75.0% 3	42.0% 252	44.4% 4	42.6% 285
Agree	45.5% 5	32.1% 9	35.3% 6	25.0% 1	47.5% 285	44.4% 4	46.3% 310
Neutral/unsure	36.4% 4	3.6% 1	5.9% 1	0.0% 0	7.2% 43	11.1% 1	7.5% 50
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 12	0.0% 0	2.1% 14
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	5.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 8	0.0% 0	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 28	100.0% 17	100.0% 4	100.0% 600	100.0% 9	669