Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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WORLD Please circle a number on the 1-7 scales below. Do you think the world is basically filled with evil and sin, or that there is much goodness in the world which hints at God's goodness?   1) World evil   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) 5   6) 6   7) World good

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
World evil	12	1.8%	1.8%	-2.81
2	27	4%	5.8%	-2.12
3	64	9.4%	15.2%	-1.43
4	110	16.2%	31.4%	-.73
5	162	23.9%	55.3%	-.04
6	202	29.8%	85.1%	.66
World good	101	14.9%	100%	1.35

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
World evil	2.2% 2	0.8% 2	1.7% 3	2.1% 2	5.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 12
2	2.2% 2	2.9% 7	5.2% 9	3.2% 3	8.8% 5	5.6% 1	4.0% 27
3	12.1% 11	8.6% 21	8.1% 14	9.6% 9	14.0% 8	5.6% 1	9.4% 64
4	8.8% 8	14.7% 36	19.1% 33	19.1% 18	15.8% 9	33.3% 6	16.2% 110
5	23.1% 21	22.0% 54	24.3% 42	29.8% 28	24.6% 14	16.7% 3	23.9% 162
6	27.5% 25	37.1% 91	27.7% 48	23.4% 22	21.1% 12	22.2% 4	29.8% 202
World good	24.2% 22	13.9% 34	13.9% 24	12.8% 12	10.5% 6	16.7% 3	14.9% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 245	100.0% 173	100.0% 94	100.0% 57	100.0% 18	678

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
World evil	1.1% 5	2.5% 6	1.6% 11
2	3.2% 14	5.5% 13	4.0% 27
3	9.1% 40	10.2% 24	9.5% 64
4	16.0% 70	16.9% 40	16.3% 110
5	22.4% 98	26.7% 63	23.9% 161
6	30.6% 134	28.8% 68	30.0% 202
World good	17.6% 77	9.3% 22	14.7% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 236	674

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
World evil	0.0% 0	4.1% 5	2.4% 3	0.5% 1	1.6% 3	1.8% 12
2	0.0% 0	3.3% 4	10.5% 13	3.7% 8	0.5% 1	3.9% 26
3	5.6% 1	20.3% 25	8.9% 11	6.4% 14	6.9% 13	9.5% 64
4	22.2% 4	17.9% 22	20.2% 25	16.0% 35	12.7% 24	16.3% 110
5	11.1% 2	22.0% 27	23.4% 29	25.1% 55	24.3% 46	23.6% 159
6	38.9% 7	16.3% 20	23.4% 29	34.2% 75	37.6% 71	30.0% 202
World good	22.2% 4	16.3% 20	11.3% 14	14.2% 31	16.4% 31	14.9% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 123	100.0% 124	100.0% 219	100.0% 189	673

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
World evil	6.2% 8	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 12
2	12.3% 16	1.3% 3	2.6% 8	4.0% 27
3	19.2% 25	5.5% 13	8.3% 26	9.4% 64
4	26.2% 34	12.8% 30	14.7% 46	16.2% 110
5	18.5% 24	22.1% 52	27.5% 86	23.9% 162
6	11.5% 15	39.6% 93	30.0% 94	29.8% 202
World good	6.2% 8	17.0% 40	16.9% 53	14.9% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 235	100.0% 313	678

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
World evil	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	1.1% 5	3.8% 5	1.8% 12
2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 14	10.0% 13	4.0% 27
3	0.0% 0	4.7% 4	8.5% 37	17.7% 23	9.5% 64
4	9.5% 2	9.4% 8	16.7% 73	19.2% 25	16.1% 108
5	42.9% 9	25.9% 22	24.3% 106	19.2% 25	24.1% 162
6	33.3% 7	35.3% 30	30.7% 134	22.3% 29	29.8% 200
World good	14.3% 3	22.4% 19	15.4% 67	7.7% 10	14.7% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 85	100.0% 436	100.0% 130	672

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
World evil	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 7	9.1% 1	1.8% 12
2	9.1% 1	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 24	9.1% 1	4.0% 27
3	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	11.1% 2	50.0% 2	9.5% 57	9.1% 1	9.4% 63
4	27.3% 3	15.4% 4	22.2% 4	0.0% 0	15.7% 94	36.4% 4	16.3% 109
5	27.3% 3	26.9% 7	16.7% 3	0.0% 0	24.4% 146	27.3% 3	24.2% 162
6	27.3% 3	26.9% 7	16.7% 3	50.0% 2	30.4% 182	9.1% 1	29.6% 198
World good	9.1% 1	15.4% 4	22.2% 4	0.0% 0	14.9% 89	0.0% 0	14.6% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 599	100.0% 11	669