Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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PARVIEW Compared to the religious views of your parents, would you say you are   1) Much more conservative   2) Somewhat more conservative   3) Neither more conservative nor more liberal   4) Somewhat more liberal   5) Much more liberal

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Much more conservative	56	8.4%	8.4%	-2.09
Somewhat more conservative	84	12.6%	20.9%	-1.14
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	264	39.5%	60.4%	-.19
Somewhat more liberal	201	30%	90.4%	.76
Much more liberal	64	9.6%	100%	1.71

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
Much more conservative	10.8% 10	8.9% 21	5.2% 9	9.6% 9	12.7% 7	0.0% 0	8.4% 56
Somewhat more conservative	8.6% 8	8.9% 21	16.1% 28	16.0% 15	20.0% 11	5.9% 1	12.6% 84
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	43.0% 40	40.7% 96	35.1% 61	45.7% 43	32.7% 18	35.3% 6	39.5% 264
Somewhat more liberal	22.6% 21	31.8% 75	35.1% 61	24.5% 23	21.8% 12	52.9% 9	30.0% 201
Much more liberal	15.1% 14	9.7% 23	8.6% 15	4.3% 4	12.7% 7	5.9% 1	9.6% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 236	100.0% 174	100.0% 94	100.0% 55	100.0% 17	669

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Much more conservative	8.3% 36	8.2% 19	8.3% 55
Somewhat more conservative	12.7% 55	12.1% 28	12.5% 83
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	37.6% 163	42.9% 99	39.4% 262
Somewhat more liberal	30.4% 132	29.9% 69	30.2% 201
Much more liberal	11.1% 48	6.9% 16	9.6% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 434	100.0% 231	665

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
Much more conservative	18.8% 3	18.7% 23	13.0% 16	3.2% 7	3.2% 6	8.3% 55
Somewhat more conservative	12.5% 2	13.8% 17	17.1% 21	13.0% 28	8.1% 15	12.5% 83
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	31.3% 5	35.0% 43	37.4% 46	39.8% 86	43.8% 81	39.4% 261
Somewhat more liberal	25.0% 4	23.6% 29	25.2% 31	34.3% 74	33.5% 62	30.2% 200
Much more liberal	12.5% 2	8.9% 11	7.3% 9	9.7% 21	11.4% 21	9.7% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 123	100.0% 123	100.0% 216	100.0% 185	663

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Much more conservative	27.2% 34	2.6% 6	5.1% 16	8.4% 56
Somewhat more conservative	20.0% 25	11.2% 26	10.6% 33	12.6% 84
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	37.6% 47	41.6% 97	38.6% 120	39.5% 264
Somewhat more liberal	9.6% 12	32.6% 76	36.3% 113	30.0% 201
Much more liberal	5.6% 7	12.0% 28	9.3% 29	9.6% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 125	100.0% 233	100.0% 311	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
Much more conservative	4.3% 1	2.3% 2	6.9% 30	17.5% 22	8.2% 55
Somewhat more conservative	4.3% 1	8.1% 7	12.3% 53	18.3% 23	12.6% 84
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	30.4% 7	40.7% 35	39.6% 171	39.7% 50	39.4% 263
Somewhat more liberal	60.9% 14	38.4% 33	30.3% 131	18.3% 23	30.1% 201
Much more liberal	0.0% 0	10.5% 9	10.9% 47	6.3% 8	9.6% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 86	100.0% 432	100.0% 126	667

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
Much more conservative	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	28.6% 4	0.0% 0	8.1% 48	20.0% 2	8.3% 55
Somewhat more conservative	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	21.4% 3	0.0% 0	12.8% 76	0.0% 0	12.3% 81
Neither more conservative nor more liberal	30.0% 3	42.9% 12	21.4% 3	25.0% 1	39.7% 236	50.0% 5	39.4% 260
Somewhat more liberal	40.0% 4	39.3% 11	21.4% 3	25.0% 1	30.1% 179	20.0% 2	30.3% 200
Much more liberal	30.0% 3	7.1% 2	7.1% 1	50.0% 2	9.3% 55	10.0% 1	9.7% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 28	100.0% 14	100.0% 4	100.0% 594	100.0% 10	660