Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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LONGPART How long have you been participating in your congregation?   1) Less than a year   2) 1-2 years   3) 3-5 years   4) 6-10 years   5) 11-20 years   6) More than 20 years

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Less than a year	43	6.1%	6.1%	-2.09
1-2 years	66	9.4%	15.5%	-1.45
3-5 years	114	16.2%	31.8%	-.81
6-10 years	136	19.4%	51.1%	-.17
11-20 years	126	17.9%	69.1%	.47
More than 20 years	217	30.9%	100%	1.11

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
Less than a year	1.0% 1	4.0% 10	5.6% 10	10.3% 10	14.0% 8	21.1% 4	6.1% 43
1-2 years	3.9% 4	6.9% 17	9.6% 17	16.5% 16	15.8% 9	15.8% 3	9.4% 66
3-5 years	9.7% 10	13.3% 33	18.0% 32	23.7% 23	21.1% 12	21.1% 4	16.2% 114
6-10 years	11.7% 12	15.7% 39	20.2% 36	26.8% 26	33.3% 19	21.1% 4	19.4% 136
11-20 years	11.7% 12	16.5% 41	27.5% 49	14.4% 14	12.3% 7	15.8% 3	17.9% 126
More than 20 years	62.1% 64	43.5% 108	19.1% 34	8.2% 8	3.5% 2	5.3% 1	30.9% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 248	100.0% 178	100.0% 97	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	702

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Less than a year	5.5% 25	7.5% 18	6.2% 43
1-2 years	8.8% 40	10.8% 26	9.5% 66
3-5 years	18.1% 82	13.3% 32	16.4% 114
6-10 years	18.7% 85	20.3% 49	19.3% 134
11-20 years	16.5% 75	20.7% 50	18.0% 125
More than 20 years	32.4% 147	27.4% 66	30.6% 213
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 241	695

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
Less than a year	0.0% 0	6.9% 9	8.5% 11	6.3% 14	4.2% 8	6.0% 42
1-2 years	5.3% 1	8.4% 11	7.8% 10	9.4% 21	11.5% 22	9.4% 65
3-5 years	31.6% 6	10.7% 14	14.0% 18	17.9% 40	18.8% 36	16.4% 114
6-10 years	21.1% 4	26.7% 35	22.5% 29	17.4% 39	14.1% 27	19.3% 134
11-20 years	21.1% 4	17.6% 23	16.3% 21	18.3% 41	18.2% 35	17.8% 124
More than 20 years	21.1% 4	29.8% 39	31.0% 40	30.8% 69	33.3% 64	31.1% 216
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 131	100.0% 129	100.0% 224	100.0% 192	695

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Less than a year	11.2% 15	4.5% 11	5.2% 17	6.1% 43
1-2 years	9.7% 13	12.3% 30	7.1% 23	9.4% 66
3-5 years	19.4% 26	18.5% 45	13.2% 43	16.2% 114
6-10 years	28.4% 38	14.8% 36	19.1% 62	19.4% 136
11-20 years	15.7% 21	18.1% 44	18.8% 61	17.9% 126
More than 20 years	15.7% 21	31.7% 77	36.6% 119	30.9% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 243	100.0% 325	702

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Less than a year	0.0% 0	5.7% 5	5.8% 26	9.0% 12	6.2% 43
1-2 years	8.7% 2	9.1% 8	8.2% 37	12.7% 17	9.2% 64
3-5 years	17.4% 4	12.5% 11	18.2% 82	12.7% 17	16.4% 114
6-10 years	13.0% 3	20.5% 18	17.6% 79	26.9% 36	19.6% 136
11-20 years	17.4% 4	21.6% 19	18.2% 82	14.9% 20	18.0% 125
More than 20 years	43.5% 10	30.7% 27	32.0% 144	23.9% 32	30.6% 213
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 88	100.0% 450	100.0% 134	695

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
Less than a year	27.3% 3	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	6.2% 38	9.1% 1	6.2% 43
1-2 years	9.1% 1	3.4% 1	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	9.6% 59	18.2% 2	9.4% 65
3-5 years	9.1% 1	17.2% 5	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	17.0% 105	9.1% 1	16.5% 114
6-10 years	27.3% 3	10.3% 3	26.3% 5	25.0% 1	20.0% 123	0.0% 0	19.6% 135
11-20 years	0.0% 0	37.9% 11	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	17.7% 109	9.1% 1	17.8% 123
More than 20 years	27.3% 3	31.0% 9	36.8% 7	75.0% 3	29.5% 182	54.5% 6	30.4% 210
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 29	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 616	100.0% 11	690