Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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CHPASTOR 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. - the pastor(s): sermons, leadership, etc.   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	225	33.7%	33.7%	-.95
Most important	134	20.1%	53.8%	-.42
2	100	15%	68.8%	.1
3	89	13.3%	82.2%	.63
4	48	7.2%	89.4%	1.15
Least important	53	7.9%	97.3%	1.68
No #, all same #	18	2.7%	100%	3.26

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	38.1% 37	35.7% 84	30.2% 52	28.4% 27	27.5% 14	64.7% 11	33.7% 225
Most important	21.6% 21	15.3% 36	23.3% 40	18.9% 18	33.3% 17	11.8% 2	20.1% 134
2	11.3% 11	15.7% 37	14.0% 24	16.8% 16	21.6% 11	5.9% 1	15.0% 100
3	8.2% 8	16.2% 38	14.0% 24	17.9% 17	2.0% 1	5.9% 1	13.3% 89
4	4.1% 4	5.1% 12	9.9% 17	11.6% 11	7.8% 4	0.0% 0	7.2% 48
Least important	13.4% 13	7.7% 18	6.4% 11	6.3% 6	7.8% 4	5.9% 1	7.9% 53
No #, all same #	3.1% 3	4.3% 10	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	2.7% 18
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	34.0% 145	33.3% 78	33.7% 223
Most important	19.7% 84	20.9% 49	20.1% 133
2	16.4% 70	12.8% 30	15.1% 100
3	12.4% 53	15.0% 35	13.3% 88
4	7.5% 32	6.8% 16	7.3% 48
Least important	7.7% 33	7.7% 18	7.7% 51
No #, all same #	2.3% 10	3.4% 8	2.7% 18
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	47.1% 8	31.7% 39	28.9% 35	32.1% 68	38.5% 72	33.6% 222
Most important	29.4% 5	23.6% 29	28.9% 35	19.3% 41	12.8% 24	20.3% 134
2	5.9% 1	13.0% 16	11.6% 14	20.3% 43	13.4% 25	15.0% 99
3	0.0% 0	13.0% 16	19.0% 23	9.4% 20	15.0% 28	13.2% 87
4	5.9% 1	5.7% 7	4.1% 5	9.4% 20	8.0% 15	7.3% 48
Least important	11.8% 2	7.3% 9	3.3% 4	8.0% 17	10.7% 20	7.9% 52
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	5.7% 7	4.1% 5	1.4% 3	1.6% 3	2.7% 18
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	23.0% 28	43.6% 103	30.4% 94	33.7% 225
Most important	32.0% 39	14.0% 33	20.1% 62	20.1% 134
2	19.7% 24	14.0% 33	13.9% 43	15.0% 100
3	14.8% 18	10.6% 25	14.9% 46	13.3% 89
4	4.9% 6	7.6% 18	7.8% 24	7.2% 48
Least important	2.5% 3	8.9% 21	9.4% 29	7.9% 53
No #, all same #	3.3% 4	1.3% 3	3.6% 11	2.7% 18
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	50.0% 11	33.3% 28	33.0% 141	32.8% 42	33.6% 222
Most important	18.2% 4	15.5% 13	19.4% 83	25.0% 32	20.0% 132
2	4.5% 1	20.2% 17	14.1% 60	17.2% 22	15.1% 100
3	9.1% 2	10.7% 9	14.8% 63	11.7% 15	13.5% 89
4	9.1% 2	8.3% 7	7.5% 32	5.5% 7	7.3% 48
Least important	4.5% 1	9.5% 8	9.1% 39	3.1% 4	7.9% 52
No #, all same #	4.5% 1	2.4% 2	2.1% 9	4.7% 6	2.7% 18
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	62.1% 18	31.3% 5	50.0% 2	30.9% 181	55.6% 5	33.6% 220
Most important	0.0% 0	13.8% 4	25.0% 4	25.0% 1	21.0% 123	0.0% 0	20.2% 132
2	0.0% 0	6.9% 2	18.8% 3	0.0% 0	16.0% 94	11.1% 1	15.3% 100
3	9.1% 1	6.9% 2	25.0% 4	0.0% 0	13.3% 78	33.3% 3	13.4% 88
4	0.0% 0	10.3% 3	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	7.5% 44	0.0% 0	7.3% 48
Least important	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.2% 48	0.0% 0	7.5% 49
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 18	0.0% 0	2.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 29	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 586	100.0% 9	655