Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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HOODCLAS How would you describe the social class of the neighborhood you live in?   1) Predominately working class   2) Predominately middle class   3) Predominately upper class   4) Mixed in terms of class   5) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Predominately working class	101	14.9%	14.9%	-1.42
Predominately middle class	343	50.7%	65.6%	-.41
Predominately upper class	100	14.8%	80.4%	.61
Mixed in terms of class	126	18.6%	99%	1.62
Other	7	1%	100%	2.63

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
Predominately working class	15.5% 15	13.4% 32	12.9% 22	16.7% 16	25.0% 14	11.1% 2	14.9% 101
Predominately middle class	50.5% 49	47.3% 113	53.2% 91	60.4% 58	42.9% 24	44.4% 8	50.7% 343
Predominately upper class	11.3% 11	18.8% 45	18.7% 32	7.3% 7	7.1% 4	5.6% 1	14.8% 100
Mixed in terms of class	21.6% 21	19.7% 47	14.6% 25	15.6% 15	23.2% 13	27.8% 5	18.6% 126
Other	1.0% 1	0.8% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	11.1% 2	1.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 239	100.0% 171	100.0% 96	100.0% 56	100.0% 18	677

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Predominately working class	15.8% 69	13.7% 32	15.1% 101
Predominately middle class	49.1% 215	52.8% 123	50.4% 338
Predominately upper class	13.7% 60	17.2% 40	14.9% 100
Mixed in terms of class	20.3% 89	15.5% 36	18.6% 125
Other	1.1% 5	0.9% 2	1.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 233	671

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
Predominately working class	38.9% 7	28.3% 36	20.8% 26	8.9% 19	6.4% 12	14.9% 100
Predominately middle class	33.3% 6	39.4% 50	53.6% 67	55.6% 119	53.5% 100	51.0% 342
Predominately upper class	0.0% 0	7.9% 10	4.0% 5	22.4% 48	19.3% 36	14.8% 99
Mixed in terms of class	22.2% 4	23.6% 30	21.6% 27	12.1% 26	19.8% 37	18.5% 124
Other	5.6% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.1% 2	0.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 127	100.0% 125	100.0% 214	100.0% 187	671

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Predominately working class	26.0% 33	10.3% 24	13.9% 44	14.9% 101
Predominately middle class	43.3% 55	46.4% 108	56.8% 180	50.7% 343
Predominately upper class	5.5% 7	24.9% 58	11.0% 35	14.8% 100
Mixed in terms of class	23.6% 30	17.6% 41	17.4% 55	18.6% 126
Other	1.6% 2	0.9% 2	0.9% 3	1.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 233	100.0% 317	677

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Predominately working class	13.6% 3	8.1% 7	15.6% 68	17.7% 23	15.0% 101
Predominately middle class	45.5% 10	55.8% 48	50.5% 220	49.2% 64	50.7% 342
Predominately upper class	27.3% 6	20.9% 18	14.4% 63	10.0% 13	14.8% 100
Mixed in terms of class	13.6% 3	15.1% 13	18.3% 80	21.5% 28	18.4% 124
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 5	1.5% 2	1.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 86	100.0% 436	100.0% 130	674

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
Predominately working class	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	36.8% 7	0.0% 0	14.4% 86	27.3% 3	14.9% 100
Predominately middle class	45.5% 5	46.2% 12	31.6% 6	75.0% 3	51.5% 308	36.4% 4	50.5% 338
Predominately upper class	9.1% 1	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.1% 96	0.0% 0	14.8% 99
Mixed in terms of class	36.4% 4	30.8% 8	26.3% 5	25.0% 1	17.4% 104	27.3% 3	18.7% 125
Other	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	9.1% 1	1.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 598	100.0% 11	669