Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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CHYOUTH 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 the next most, etc. - children's/youth programs and activities   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	444	66.6%	66.6%	-.59
Most important	37	5.5%	72.1%	-.01
2	57	8.5%	80.7%	.58
3	56	8.4%	89.1%	1.16
4	38	5.7%	94.8%	1.74
Least important	25	3.7%	98.5%	2.33
No #, all same #	10	1.5%	100%	4.08

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	76.3% 74	77.0% 181	59.9% 103	49.5% 47	51.0% 26	76.5% 13	66.6% 444
Most important	4.1% 4	3.8% 9	6.4% 11	8.4% 8	7.8% 4	5.9% 1	5.5% 37
2	2.1% 2	5.1% 12	11.6% 20	15.8% 15	15.7% 8	0.0% 0	8.5% 57
3	11.3% 11	5.1% 12	10.5% 18	10.5% 10	9.8% 5	0.0% 0	8.4% 56
4	2.1% 2	4.7% 11	6.4% 11	9.5% 9	9.8% 5	0.0% 0	5.7% 38
Least important	2.1% 2	3.0% 7	4.1% 7	4.2% 4	5.9% 3	11.8% 2	3.7% 25
No #, all same #	2.1% 2	1.3% 3	1.2% 2	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 235	100.0% 172	100.0% 95	100.0% 51	100.0% 17	667

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No # not important	66.0% 282	67.9% 159	66.7% 441
Most important	5.9% 25	5.1% 12	5.6% 37
2	7.5% 32	10.7% 25	8.6% 57
3	9.4% 40	6.0% 14	8.2% 54
4	5.6% 24	5.6% 13	5.6% 37
Least important	4.2% 18	3.0% 7	3.8% 25
No #, all same #	1.4% 6	1.7% 4	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 234	661

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	70.6% 12	64.2% 79	68.6% 83	61.3% 130	71.7% 134	66.4% 438
Most important	17.6% 3	2.4% 3	8.3% 10	6.1% 13	4.3% 8	5.6% 37
2	0.0% 0	10.6% 13	7.4% 9	9.0% 19	8.6% 16	8.6% 57
3	11.8% 2	9.8% 12	5.8% 7	9.4% 20	7.5% 14	8.3% 55
4	0.0% 0	5.7% 7	5.0% 6	8.5% 18	3.7% 7	5.8% 38
Least important	0.0% 0	4.1% 5	2.5% 3	4.7% 10	3.7% 7	3.8% 25
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	3.3% 4	2.5% 3	0.9% 2	0.5% 1	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 123	100.0% 121	100.0% 212	100.0% 187	660

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
No # not important	59.8% 73	78.0% 184	60.5% 187	66.6% 444
Most important	6.6% 8	3.4% 8	6.8% 21	5.5% 37
2	9.8% 12	4.2% 10	11.3% 35	8.5% 57
3	10.7% 13	7.2% 17	8.4% 26	8.4% 56
4	5.7% 7	4.2% 10	6.8% 21	5.7% 38
Least important	5.7% 7	2.5% 6	3.9% 12	3.7% 25
No #, all same #	1.6% 2	0.4% 1	2.3% 7	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 236	100.0% 309	667

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	81.8% 18	71.4% 60	65.8% 281	62.5% 80	66.4% 439
Most important	9.1% 2	4.8% 4	5.6% 24	5.5% 7	5.6% 37
2	4.5% 1	7.1% 6	9.8% 42	6.3% 8	8.6% 57
3	4.5% 1	7.1% 6	8.4% 36	9.4% 12	8.3% 55
4	0.0% 0	4.8% 4	5.6% 24	7.8% 10	5.7% 38
Least important	0.0% 0	3.6% 3	3.5% 15	5.5% 7	3.8% 25
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.2% 5	3.1% 4	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 427	100.0% 128	661

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	81.8% 9	75.9% 22	68.8% 11	75.0% 3	65.9% 386	77.8% 7	66.9% 438
Most important	9.1% 1	3.4% 1	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.5% 32	11.1% 1	5.5% 36
2	0.0% 0	6.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.0% 53	11.1% 1	8.5% 56
3	0.0% 0	10.3% 3	25.0% 4	0.0% 0	8.0% 47	0.0% 0	8.2% 54
4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 36	0.0% 0	5.5% 36
Least important	9.1% 1	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 23	0.0% 0	3.8% 25
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	1.5% 9	0.0% 0	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 29	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 586	100.0% 9	655