Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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FRNDCIRC Which best describes your friendship circles in your congregation?   1) I have no friends who attend my congregation   2) I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others   3) I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others   4) I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people   5) I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I have no friends who attend my congregation	33	4.8%	4.8%	-2.2
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	45	6.6%	11.4%	-1.31
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	375	54.6%	65.9%	-.42
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	31	4.5%	70.5%	.47
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	203	29.5%	100%	1.36

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
I have no friends who attend my congregation	3.2% 3	2.9% 7	6.2% 11	3.1% 3	14.3% 8	5.3% 1	4.8% 33
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	4.3% 4	4.5% 11	10.7% 19	6.2% 6	5.4% 3	10.5% 2	6.6% 45
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	41.5% 39	56.1% 137	54.2% 96	68.0% 66	50.0% 28	47.4% 9	54.6% 375
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	5.3% 5	3.7% 9	5.6% 10	4.1% 4	3.6% 2	5.3% 1	4.5% 31
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	45.7% 43	32.8% 80	23.2% 41	18.6% 18	26.8% 15	31.6% 6	29.5% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 244	100.0% 177	100.0% 97	100.0% 56	100.0% 19	687

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I have no friends who attend my congregation	4.9% 22	4.6% 11	4.8% 33
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	6.5% 29	6.8% 16	6.6% 45
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	55.8% 249	52.7% 125	54.8% 374
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	4.5% 20	4.6% 11	4.5% 31
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	28.3% 126	31.2% 74	29.3% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 237	683

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
I have no friends who attend my congregation	5.6% 1	3.1% 4	4.0% 5	4.1% 9	6.9% 13	4.7% 32
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	16.7% 3	7.0% 9	2.4% 3	9.5% 21	4.8% 9	6.6% 45
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	38.9% 7	51.6% 66	49.6% 62	55.0% 122	61.4% 116	54.7% 373
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	5.6% 1	2.3% 3	8.0% 10	5.0% 11	3.2% 6	4.5% 31
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	33.3% 6	35.9% 46	36.0% 45	26.6% 59	23.8% 45	29.5% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 128	100.0% 125	100.0% 222	100.0% 189	682

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
I have no friends who attend my congregation	3.8% 5	4.2% 10	5.7% 18	4.8% 33
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	7.5% 10	5.5% 13	7.0% 22	6.6% 45
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	54.9% 73	55.9% 133	53.5% 169	54.6% 375
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	5.3% 7	4.6% 11	4.1% 13	4.5% 31
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	28.6% 38	29.8% 71	29.7% 94	29.5% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 238	100.0% 316	687

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
I have no friends who attend my congregation	21.7% 5	12.6% 11	3.4% 15	1.5% 2	4.8% 33
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	0.0% 0	5.7% 5	7.3% 32	5.3% 7	6.5% 44
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	65.2% 15	57.5% 50	57.6% 253	41.4% 55	54.7% 373
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	4.3% 1	4.6% 4	4.6% 20	3.8% 5	4.4% 30
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	8.7% 2	19.5% 17	27.1% 119	48.1% 64	29.6% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 87	100.0% 439	100.0% 133	682

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
I have no friends who attend my congregation	9.1% 1	25.0% 7	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	3.6% 22	9.1% 1	4.7% 32
I have a small group of friends in my church, and I don't connect well with most others	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	6.1% 37	9.1% 1	6.2% 42
I have a small group of friends in my church, but I connect well with most others	27.3% 3	53.6% 15	61.1% 11	50.0% 2	55.5% 336	54.5% 6	55.1% 373
I have many friends, but I don't connect well with certain groups of people	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.6% 28	9.1% 1	4.4% 30
I have a large number of friends, and I connect well with most everyone	54.5% 6	14.3% 4	22.2% 4	50.0% 2	30.1% 182	18.2% 2	29.5% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 28	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 605	100.0% 11	677