Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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START How did you originally decide to participate in this congregation?   1) I have always participated here (skip to question 8)   2) I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one   3) I chose this church without considering other area churches   4) Written in answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	102	15.2%	15.2%	-1.75
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	335	50.1%	65.3%	-.29
I chose this church without considering other area churches	231	34.5%	99.9%	1.18
Written in answer	1	.1%	100%	2.64

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
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	29.8% 28	14.4% 34	11.2% 19	9.4% 9	14.5% 8	22.2% 4	15.2% 102
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	27.7% 26	46.6% 110	60.0% 102	62.5% 60	49.1% 27	55.6% 10	50.1% 335
I chose this church without considering other area churches	42.6% 40	38.6% 91	28.8% 49	28.1% 27	36.4% 20	22.2% 4	34.5% 231
Written in answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 236	100.0% 170	100.0% 96	100.0% 55	100.0% 18	669

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	16.2% 69	13.1% 31	15.1% 100
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	46.6% 198	57.0% 135	50.3% 333
I chose this church without considering other area churches	37.2% 158	29.5% 70	34.4% 228
Written in answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 237	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
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	23.5% 4	16.1% 20	19.7% 23	15.7% 34	9.6% 18	15.0% 99
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	23.5% 4	44.4% 55	40.2% 47	59.0% 128	52.9% 99	50.3% 333
I chose this church without considering other area churches	52.9% 9	39.5% 49	40.2% 47	25.3% 55	36.9% 69	34.6% 229
Written in answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 124	100.0% 117	100.0% 217	100.0% 187	662

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	10.5% 13	14.8% 35	17.5% 54	15.2% 102
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	54.8% 68	48.5% 115	49.4% 152	50.1% 335
I chose this church without considering other area churches	34.7% 43	36.3% 86	33.1% 102	34.5% 231
Written in answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 237	100.0% 308	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
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	13.0% 3	18.1% 15	14.7% 63	15.0% 19	15.1% 100
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	47.8% 11	54.2% 45	49.8% 214	49.6% 63	50.2% 333
I chose this church without considering other area churches	39.1% 9	27.7% 23	35.3% 152	35.4% 45	34.5% 229
Written in answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 83	100.0% 430	100.0% 127	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
I have always participated here (skip to question 8)	30.0% 3	37.5% 9	17.6% 3	0.0% 0	13.7% 81	27.3% 3	15.1% 99
I considered several churches in the area before I chose this one	50.0% 5	25.0% 6	52.9% 9	25.0% 1	51.8% 306	36.4% 4	50.4% 331
I chose this church without considering other area churches	20.0% 2	37.5% 9	29.4% 5	75.0% 3	34.5% 204	36.4% 4	34.6% 227
Written in answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 24	100.0% 17	100.0% 4	100.0% 591	100.0% 11	657