Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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WHYPOOR Please circle a number on the 1-7 scales below. Some would think people in this country are poor because of personal problems (like lack of ambition, loose morals, or low ability), while others think people in this country are poor because of societal problems, (like discrimination, poor quality schools, lack of jobs, etc.). Some people would be somewhere in between. Please indicate where you would place yourself on a 1-7 scale.   1) Personal   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) 5   6) 6   7) Societal

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Personal	23	3.5%	3.5%	-2.2
2	75	11.5%	15.1%	-1.51
3	81	12.4%	27.5%	-.81
4	218	33.5%	61%	-.12
5	126	19.4%	80.3%	.58
6	101	15.5%	95.9%	1.28
Societal	27	4.1%	100%	1.97

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
Personal	8.5% 7	2.6% 6	3.0% 5	3.2% 3	1.8% 1	5.3% 1	3.5% 23
2	6.1% 5	9.4% 22	13.2% 22	17.2% 16	12.7% 7	15.8% 3	11.5% 75
3	12.2% 10	11.9% 28	12.0% 20	16.1% 15	10.9% 6	10.5% 2	12.4% 81
4	31.7% 26	34.0% 80	32.3% 54	36.6% 34	27.3% 15	47.4% 9	33.5% 218
5	26.8% 22	20.0% 47	17.4% 29	16.1% 15	20.0% 11	10.5% 2	19.4% 126
6	8.5% 7	17.4% 41	18.0% 30	8.6% 8	23.6% 13	10.5% 2	15.5% 101
Societal	6.1% 5	4.7% 11	4.2% 7	2.2% 2	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	4.1% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 235	100.0% 167	100.0% 93	100.0% 55	100.0% 19	651

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Personal	2.4% 10	5.7% 13	3.5% 23
2	9.5% 40	15.4% 35	11.6% 75
3	11.7% 49	13.6% 31	12.3% 80
4	34.3% 144	32.0% 73	33.5% 217
5	20.5% 86	17.5% 40	19.4% 126
6	16.4% 69	14.0% 32	15.6% 101
Societal	5.2% 22	1.8% 4	4.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 228	648

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
Personal	0.0% 0	5.9% 7	1.7% 2	2.8% 6	4.4% 8	3.6% 23
2	0.0% 0	13.4% 16	14.5% 17	10.8% 23	10.4% 19	11.6% 75
3	26.7% 4	7.6% 9	13.7% 16	15.6% 33	9.9% 18	12.4% 80
4	46.7% 7	34.5% 41	38.5% 45	32.5% 69	29.1% 53	33.3% 215
5	13.3% 2	24.4% 29	17.1% 20	17.5% 37	20.3% 37	19.4% 125
6	13.3% 2	8.4% 10	10.3% 12	17.0% 36	22.0% 40	15.5% 100
Societal	0.0% 0	5.9% 7	4.3% 5	3.8% 8	3.8% 7	4.2% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 119	100.0% 117	100.0% 212	100.0% 182	645

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Personal	4.1% 5	2.7% 6	3.9% 12	3.5% 23
2	19.8% 24	8.0% 18	10.9% 33	11.5% 75
3	14.9% 18	9.3% 21	13.8% 42	12.4% 81
4	34.7% 42	31.9% 72	34.2% 104	33.5% 218
5	16.5% 20	21.7% 49	18.8% 57	19.4% 126
6	6.6% 8	22.6% 51	13.8% 42	15.5% 101
Societal	3.3% 4	4.0% 9	4.6% 14	4.1% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	100.0% 304	651

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Personal	8.7% 2	3.6% 3	2.6% 11	4.9% 6	3.4% 22
2	4.3% 1	10.7% 9	9.3% 39	21.1% 26	11.6% 75
3	13.0% 3	14.3% 12	12.6% 53	10.6% 13	12.5% 81
4	30.4% 7	31.0% 26	34.1% 143	34.1% 42	33.6% 218
5	13.0% 3	20.2% 17	19.8% 83	18.7% 23	19.4% 126
6	30.4% 7	13.1% 11	17.2% 72	8.1% 10	15.4% 100
Societal	0.0% 0	7.1% 6	4.3% 18	2.4% 3	4.2% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 84	100.0% 419	100.0% 123	649

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
Personal	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 20	0.0% 0	3.6% 23
2	18.2% 2	3.8% 1	5.9% 1	25.0% 1	12.2% 70	0.0% 0	11.6% 75
3	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	12.9% 74	18.2% 2	12.4% 80
4	36.4% 4	19.2% 5	29.4% 5	0.0% 0	33.9% 195	63.6% 7	33.5% 216
5	45.5% 5	15.4% 4	23.5% 4	50.0% 2	18.8% 108	9.1% 1	19.3% 124
6	0.0% 0	34.6% 9	17.6% 3	25.0% 1	14.8% 85	9.1% 1	15.4% 99
Societal	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 23	0.0% 0	4.2% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 17	100.0% 4	100.0% 575	100.0% 11	644