Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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CHDENOM 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. - denominational affiliation   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	301	45.1%	45.1%	-.73
Most important	185	27.7%	72.8%	-.14
2	57	8.5%	81.3%	.44
3	54	8.1%	89.4%	1.03
4	24	3.6%	93%	1.62
Least important	34	5.1%	98.1%	2.21
No #, all same #	13	1.9%	100%	3.97

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	42.9% 42	40.4% 95	39.5% 68	54.7% 52	60.8% 31	76.5% 13	45.1% 301
Most important	32.7% 32	35.3% 83	27.3% 47	12.6% 12	19.6% 10	5.9% 1	27.7% 185
2	6.1% 6	9.4% 22	10.5% 18	9.5% 9	2.0% 1	5.9% 1	8.5% 57
3	7.1% 7	5.1% 12	11.6% 20	7.4% 7	11.8% 6	11.8% 2	8.1% 54
4	3.1% 3	2.1% 5	5.2% 9	5.3% 5	3.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 24
Least important	3.1% 3	4.7% 11	5.8% 10	9.5% 9	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 34
No #, all same #	5.1% 5	3.0% 7	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 235	100.0% 172	100.0% 95	100.0% 51	100.0% 17	668

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No # not important	46.5% 199	42.7% 100	45.2% 299
Most important	27.1% 116	27.8% 65	27.3% 181
2	8.4% 36	9.0% 21	8.6% 57
3	7.2% 31	9.8% 23	8.2% 54
4	4.2% 18	2.6% 6	3.6% 24
Least important	5.1% 22	5.1% 12	5.1% 34
No #, all same #	1.4% 6	3.0% 7	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 234	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
No # not important	58.8% 10	56.1% 69	50.8% 62	42.9% 91	34.8% 65	44.9% 297
Most important	35.3% 6	22.8% 28	18.9% 23	24.5% 52	39.6% 74	27.7% 183
2	0.0% 0	4.9% 6	7.4% 9	11.3% 24	9.6% 18	8.6% 57
3	5.9% 1	6.5% 8	11.5% 14	9.0% 19	6.4% 12	8.2% 54
4	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	3.3% 4	3.8% 8	4.8% 9	3.5% 23
Least important	0.0% 0	4.9% 6	5.7% 7	6.6% 14	3.7% 7	5.1% 34
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	3.3% 4	2.5% 3	1.9% 4	1.1% 2	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 123	100.0% 122	100.0% 212	100.0% 187	661

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
No # not important	56.6% 69	34.2% 81	48.9% 151	45.1% 301
Most important	19.7% 24	40.5% 96	21.0% 65	27.7% 185
2	5.7% 7	11.8% 28	7.1% 22	8.5% 57
3	4.9% 6	7.2% 17	10.0% 31	8.1% 54
4	4.1% 5	3.0% 7	3.9% 12	3.6% 24
Least important	6.6% 8	2.5% 6	6.5% 20	5.1% 34
No #, all same #	2.5% 3	0.8% 2	2.6% 8	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 237	100.0% 309	668

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	31.8% 7	51.2% 43	43.0% 184	50.0% 64	45.0% 298
Most important	18.2% 4	22.6% 19	30.1% 129	24.2% 31	27.6% 183
2	18.2% 4	13.1% 11	7.2% 31	7.8% 10	8.5% 56
3	18.2% 4	7.1% 6	8.2% 35	7.0% 9	8.2% 54
4	9.1% 2	2.4% 2	3.5% 15	3.9% 5	3.6% 24
Least important	0.0% 0	3.6% 3	5.6% 24	5.5% 7	5.1% 34
No #, all same #	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 10	1.6% 2	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 428	100.0% 128	662

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	72.7% 8	65.5% 19	68.8% 11	25.0% 1	42.6% 250	77.8% 7	45.1% 296
Most important	9.1% 1	24.1% 7	25.0% 4	25.0% 1	28.3% 166	11.1% 1	27.4% 180
2	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.4% 55	0.0% 0	8.5% 56
3	9.1% 1	10.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.3% 49	0.0% 0	8.1% 53
4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	3.9% 23	0.0% 0	3.7% 24
Least important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.5% 32	11.1% 1	5.2% 34
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% 587	100.0% 9	656