Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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CHOTHER 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. - other (specify):   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	536	80.2%	80.2%	-.37
Most important	69	10.3%	90.6%	.38
2	16	2.4%	93%	1.13
3	12	1.8%	94.8%	1.88
4	13	1.9%	96.7%	2.63
Least important	13	1.9%	98.7%	3.38
No #, all same #	9	1.3%	100%	5.62

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	84.5% 82	78.4% 185	79.1% 136	82.1% 78	82.4% 42	76.5% 13	80.2% 536
Most important	8.2% 8	11.0% 26	12.8% 22	6.3% 6	9.8% 5	11.8% 2	10.3% 69
2	2.1% 2	2.5% 6	1.2% 2	4.2% 4	2.0% 1	5.9% 1	2.4% 16
3	0.0% 0	3.0% 7	1.2% 2	1.1% 1	2.0% 1	5.9% 1	1.8% 12
4	0.0% 0	3.0% 7	1.7% 3	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 13
Least important	1.0% 1	1.7% 4	1.7% 3	3.2% 3	3.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 13
No #, all same #	4.1% 4	0.4% 1	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 236	100.0% 172	100.0% 95	100.0% 51	100.0% 17	668

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No # not important	79.0% 338	82.1% 192	80.1% 530
Most important	11.7% 50	8.1% 19	10.4% 69
2	2.6% 11	2.1% 5	2.4% 16
3	1.2% 5	3.0% 7	1.8% 12
4	2.3% 10	1.3% 3	2.0% 13
Least important	2.1% 9	1.7% 4	2.0% 13
No #, all same #	1.2% 5	1.7% 4	1.4% 9
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	94.1% 16	82.3% 102	81.8% 99	79.7% 169	76.5% 143	80.0% 529
Most important	0.0% 0	8.9% 11	10.7% 13	8.5% 18	14.4% 27	10.4% 69
2	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.8% 1	3.8% 8	3.2% 6	2.4% 16
3	5.9% 1	2.4% 3	0.8% 1	2.4% 5	1.1% 2	1.8% 12
4	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.7% 2	1.9% 4	2.7% 5	2.0% 13
Least important	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	3.3% 4	3.3% 7	0.5% 1	2.0% 13
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	3.2% 4	0.8% 1	0.5% 1	1.6% 3	1.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 124	100.0% 121	100.0% 212	100.0% 187	661

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
No # not important	76.2% 93	74.7% 177	86.1% 266	80.2% 536
Most important	10.7% 13	12.2% 29	8.7% 27	10.3% 69
2	3.3% 4	4.2% 10	0.6% 2	2.4% 16
3	3.3% 4	2.5% 6	0.6% 2	1.8% 12
4	2.5% 3	2.1% 5	1.6% 5	1.9% 13
Least important	3.3% 4	2.5% 6	1.0% 3	1.9% 13
No #, all same #	0.8% 1	1.7% 4	1.3% 4	1.3% 9
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	86.4% 19	86.9% 73	80.1% 342	75.2% 97	80.2% 531
Most important	13.6% 3	6.0% 5	11.0% 47	10.1% 13	10.3% 68
2	0.0% 0	3.6% 3	1.4% 6	5.4% 7	2.4% 16
3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 7	3.9% 5	1.8% 12
4	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	2.3% 10	1.6% 2	2.0% 13
Least important	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	2.1% 9	2.3% 3	2.0% 13
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.4% 6	1.6% 2	1.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 427	100.0% 129	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	81.8% 9	89.7% 26	87.5% 14	50.0% 2	79.6% 467	77.8% 7	80.0% 525
Most important	9.1% 1	6.9% 2	6.3% 1	25.0% 1	10.6% 62	11.1% 1	10.4% 68
2	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	2.4% 14	0.0% 0	2.4% 16
3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 11	11.1% 1	1.8% 12
4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 12	0.0% 0	2.0% 13
Least important	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 12	0.0% 0	2.0% 13
No #, all same #	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 9	0.0% 0	1.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 29	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 587	100.0% 9	656