Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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AAWELFAR Please circle a number on the 1-7 scales below. Do you think African Americans tend to prefer to be self-supporting, or prefer to live off welfare?   1) Self-supporting   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) 5   6) 6   7) Welfare

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Self-supporting	165	24.8%	24.8%	-1.14
2	175	26.3%	51.1%	-.54
3	90	13.5%	64.7%	.07
4	107	16.1%	80.8%	.68
5	77	11.6%	92.3%	1.28
6	36	5.4%	97.7%	1.89
Welfare	15	2.3%	100%	2.49

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
Self-supporting	23.2% 22	22.1% 53	29.1% 48	29.0% 27	24.5% 13	10.5% 2	24.8% 165
2	20.0% 19	28.3% 68	30.9% 51	20.4% 19	24.5% 13	26.3% 5	26.3% 175
3	14.7% 14	15.0% 36	12.1% 20	14.0% 13	11.3% 6	5.3% 1	13.5% 90
4	17.9% 17	14.2% 34	15.2% 25	14.0% 13	18.9% 10	42.1% 8	16.1% 107
5	12.6% 12	12.5% 30	6.1% 10	17.2% 16	15.1% 8	5.3% 1	11.6% 77
6	6.3% 6	5.8% 14	4.8% 8	5.4% 5	1.9% 1	10.5% 2	5.4% 36
Welfare	5.3% 5	2.1% 5	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 240	100.0% 165	100.0% 93	100.0% 53	100.0% 19	665

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Self-supporting	25.9% 112	22.7% 52	24.8% 164
2	24.9% 108	28.8% 66	26.3% 174
3	12.2% 53	15.7% 36	13.4% 89
4	17.8% 77	13.1% 30	16.2% 107
5	11.8% 51	11.4% 26	11.6% 77
6	5.3% 23	5.7% 13	5.4% 36
Welfare	2.1% 9	2.6% 6	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 229	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
Self-supporting	6.3% 1	14.9% 18	25.0% 31	25.8% 55	31.9% 59	24.9% 164
2	25.0% 4	20.7% 25	17.7% 22	27.2% 58	35.1% 65	26.4% 174
3	12.5% 2	14.9% 18	14.5% 18	15.0% 32	10.3% 19	13.5% 89
4	12.5% 2	24.0% 29	17.7% 22	16.0% 34	9.2% 17	15.8% 104
5	25.0% 4	13.2% 16	14.5% 18	11.3% 24	8.1% 15	11.7% 77
6	12.5% 2	6.6% 8	8.9% 11	3.3% 7	4.3% 8	5.5% 36
Welfare	6.3% 1	5.8% 7	1.6% 2	1.4% 3	1.1% 2	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 121	100.0% 124	100.0% 213	100.0% 185	659

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Self-supporting	16.4% 20	26.9% 63	26.5% 82	24.8% 165
2	18.9% 23	34.2% 80	23.3% 72	26.3% 175
3	13.9% 17	11.5% 27	14.9% 46	13.5% 90
4	19.7% 24	12.8% 30	17.2% 53	16.1% 107
5	19.7% 24	8.1% 19	11.0% 34	11.6% 77
6	7.4% 9	3.8% 9	5.8% 18	5.4% 36
Welfare	4.1% 5	2.6% 6	1.3% 4	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 234	100.0% 309	665

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Self-supporting	27.3% 6	34.5% 29	25.6% 110	15.0% 19	24.7% 164
2	27.3% 6	29.8% 25	25.3% 109	27.6% 35	26.4% 175
3	13.6% 3	11.9% 10	13.7% 59	14.2% 18	13.6% 90
4	13.6% 3	10.7% 9	17.4% 75	15.7% 20	16.1% 107
5	18.2% 4	6.0% 5	10.0% 43	18.9% 24	11.5% 76
6	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	5.6% 24	5.5% 7	5.4% 36
Welfare	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	2.3% 10	3.1% 4	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 430	100.0% 127	663

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
Self-supporting	9.1% 1	45.8% 11	12.5% 2	0.0% 0	24.8% 147	27.3% 3	24.9% 164
2	18.2% 2	16.7% 4	12.5% 2	25.0% 1	27.4% 162	18.2% 2	26.3% 173
3	9.1% 1	16.7% 4	12.5% 2	25.0% 1	13.2% 78	9.1% 1	13.2% 87
4	36.4% 4	0.0% 0	18.8% 3	25.0% 1	16.6% 98	9.1% 1	16.3% 107
5	18.2% 2	12.5% 3	18.8% 3	0.0% 0	11.1% 66	18.2% 2	11.6% 76
6	9.1% 1	4.2% 1	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.2% 31	18.2% 2	5.5% 36
Welfare	0.0% 0	4.2% 1	18.8% 3	25.0% 1	1.7% 10	0.0% 0	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 24	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 592	100.0% 11	658