Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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CHFAMILY If you choose your church as an adult, which of the following were the most important reasons for you in choosing your present congregation? Please give up to five reasons for choosing your church from the list below by writing "1" for the most important characteristic, "2" for next most, etc. - friends/family in the congregation   0) No # not important   1) Most important   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) Least important   8) No #, all same #

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No # not important	468	70%	70%	-.49
Most important	78	11.7%	81.6%	.14
2	50	7.5%	89.1%	.77
3	22	3.3%	92.4%	1.41
4	20	3%	95.4%	2.04
Least important	18	2.7%	98.1%	2.67
No #, all same #	13	1.9%	100%	4.56

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
No # not important	63.6% 63	65.5% 154	77.9% 134	67.4% 64	84.3% 43	58.8% 10	70.0% 468
Most important	17.2% 17	12.8% 30	8.1% 14	13.7% 13	5.9% 3	5.9% 1	11.7% 78
2	6.1% 6	10.2% 24	4.1% 7	8.4% 8	5.9% 3	11.8% 2	7.5% 50
3	5.1% 5	3.4% 8	2.9% 5	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	3.3% 22
4	2.0% 2	3.4% 8	2.9% 5	3.2% 3	2.0% 1	5.9% 1	3.0% 20
Least important	2.0% 2	2.6% 6	3.5% 6	2.1% 2	2.0% 1	5.9% 1	2.7% 18
No #, all same #	4.0% 4	2.1% 5	0.6% 1	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 235	100.0% 172	100.0% 95	100.0% 51	100.0% 17	669

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No # not important	70.2% 301	69.2% 162	69.8% 463
Most important	13.1% 56	9.4% 22	11.8% 78
2	7.2% 31	7.7% 18	7.4% 49
3	3.0% 13	3.8% 9	3.3% 22
4	2.6% 11	3.8% 9	3.0% 20
Least important	1.9% 8	4.3% 10	2.7% 18
No #, all same #	2.1% 9	1.7% 4	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 429	100.0% 234	663

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
No # not important	58.8% 10	66.1% 82	68.0% 83	71.7% 152	72.2% 135	69.8% 462
Most important	23.5% 4	12.9% 16	11.5% 14	12.3% 26	9.6% 18	11.8% 78
2	11.8% 2	10.5% 13	8.2% 10	4.7% 10	8.0% 15	7.6% 50
3	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	2.5% 3	3.8% 8	3.2% 6	3.3% 22
4	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	4.1% 5	2.8% 6	3.7% 7	3.0% 20
Least important	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.8% 1	3.8% 8	3.2% 6	2.6% 17
No #, all same #	5.9% 1	3.2% 4	4.9% 6	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 124	100.0% 122	100.0% 212	100.0% 187	662

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
No # not important	70.5% 86	70.9% 168	69.0% 214	70.0% 468
Most important	10.7% 13	13.5% 32	10.6% 33	11.7% 78
2	7.4% 9	5.9% 14	8.7% 27	7.5% 50
3	4.9% 6	2.1% 5	3.5% 11	3.3% 22
4	4.1% 5	3.4% 8	2.3% 7	3.0% 20
Least important	1.6% 2	3.4% 8	2.6% 8	2.7% 18
No #, all same #	0.8% 1	0.8% 2	3.2% 10	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 237	100.0% 310	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
No # not important	68.2% 15	72.6% 61	70.2% 301	68.0% 87	70.0% 464
Most important	13.6% 3	9.5% 8	12.8% 55	8.6% 11	11.6% 77
2	4.5% 1	4.8% 4	8.2% 35	7.0% 9	7.4% 49
3	4.5% 1	6.0% 5	2.6% 11	3.9% 5	3.3% 22
4	9.1% 2	3.6% 3	2.6% 11	3.1% 4	3.0% 20
Least important	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	1.9% 8	6.3% 8	2.7% 18
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.9% 8	3.1% 4	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 429	100.0% 128	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
No # not important	63.6% 7	79.3% 23	68.8% 11	0.0% 0	69.9% 411	100.0% 9	70.2% 461
Most important	0.0% 0	6.9% 2	6.3% 1	50.0% 2	11.9% 70	0.0% 0	11.4% 75
2	9.1% 1	6.9% 2	6.3% 1	25.0% 1	7.3% 43	0.0% 0	7.3% 48
3	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 20	0.0% 0	3.3% 22
4	9.1% 1	3.4% 1	12.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.7% 16	0.0% 0	3.0% 20
Least important	9.1% 1	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 16	0.0% 0	2.7% 18
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	2.0% 12	0.0% 0	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 29	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 588	100.0% 9	657