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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 at the right hand side of the page. I would favor living in a racially mixed neighborhood

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	129	19.2%	19.2%	-1.4
Agree	282	42%	61.2%	-.34
Neutral/unsure	195	29%	90.2%	.73
Disagree	52	7.7%	97.9%	1.79
Strongly disagree	14	2.1%	100%	2.86

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 8	15.5% 38	23.5% 40	19.1% 18	37.5% 21	21.1% 4	19.2% 129
Agree	33.0% 29	41.6% 102	48.2% 82	41.5% 39	41.1% 23	36.8% 7	42.0% 282
Neutral/unsure	36.4% 32	32.2% 79	22.9% 39	29.8% 28	16.1% 9	42.1% 8	29.0% 195
Disagree	17.0% 15	8.2% 20	4.1% 7	8.5% 8	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	7.7% 52
Strongly disagree	4.5% 4	2.4% 6	1.2% 2	1.1% 1	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 245	100.0% 170	100.0% 94	100.0% 56	100.0% 19	672

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.7% 93	14.3% 34	19.1% 127
Agree	42.2% 181	41.4% 98	41.9% 279
Neutral/unsure	25.9% 111	35.0% 83	29.1% 194
Disagree	8.2% 35	7.2% 17	7.8% 52
Strongly disagree	2.1% 9	2.1% 5	2.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 429	100.0% 237	666

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	11.8% 2	15.9% 20	20.5% 24	18.0% 39	22.9% 43	19.2% 128
Agree	29.4% 5	34.9% 44	41.9% 49	44.7% 97	44.1% 83	41.8% 278
Neutral/unsure	52.9% 9	34.9% 44	29.1% 34	26.7% 58	25.5% 48	29.0% 193
Disagree	0.0% 0	12.7% 16	6.0% 7	8.8% 19	5.3% 10	7.8% 52
Strongly disagree	5.9% 1	1.6% 2	2.6% 3	1.8% 4	2.1% 4	2.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 126	100.0% 117	100.0% 217	100.0% 188	665

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.1% 17	21.0% 49	20.4% 63	19.2% 129
Agree	43.1% 56	42.1% 98	41.4% 128	42.0% 282
Neutral/unsure	36.9% 48	26.2% 61	27.8% 86	29.0% 195
Disagree	4.6% 6	8.6% 20	8.4% 26	7.7% 52
Strongly disagree	2.3% 3	2.1% 5	1.9% 6	2.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 233	100.0% 309	672

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	36.4% 8	23.8% 20	18.8% 81	13.2% 17	18.9% 126
Agree	36.4% 8	41.7% 35	40.1% 173	48.8% 63	41.9% 279
Neutral/unsure	22.7% 5	22.6% 19	31.1% 134	28.7% 37	29.3% 195
Disagree	0.0% 0	8.3% 7	8.6% 37	6.2% 8	7.8% 52
Strongly disagree	4.5% 1	3.6% 3	1.4% 6	3.1% 4	2.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 431	100.0% 129	666

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	42.3% 11	16.7% 3	25.0% 1	18.0% 107	20.0% 2	18.9% 125
Agree	63.6% 7	46.2% 12	55.6% 10	50.0% 2	40.8% 242	40.0% 4	41.8% 277
Neutral/unsure	27.3% 3	11.5% 3	22.2% 4	25.0% 1	30.4% 180	30.0% 3	29.3% 194
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.6% 51	10.0% 1	7.9% 52
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 13	0.0% 0	2.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 593	100.0% 10	662