Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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AFFLSTRG How strong is your affiliation with the denomination your congregation belongs to?   1) Very strong   2) Strong   3) Not very strong   4) I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strong	270	39.2%	39.2%	-1.07
Strong	276	40.1%	79.2%	.23
Not very strong	138	20%	99.3%	1.53
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	5	.7%	100%	2.83

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
Very strong	45.9% 45	45.7% 112	35.4% 62	33.3% 32	29.8% 17	11.1% 2	39.2% 270
Strong	48.0% 47	40.0% 98	34.9% 61	39.6% 38	42.1% 24	44.4% 8	40.1% 276
Not very strong	6.1% 6	13.5% 33	28.6% 50	27.1% 26	28.1% 16	38.9% 7	20.0% 138
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 245	100.0% 175	100.0% 96	100.0% 57	100.0% 18	689

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very strong	39.2% 174	38.3% 92	38.9% 266
Strong	41.7% 185	37.5% 90	40.2% 275
Not very strong	18.5% 82	23.3% 56	20.2% 138
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	0.7% 3	0.8% 2	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 444	100.0% 240	684

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
Very strong	44.4% 8	40.3% 52	34.1% 43	33.6% 74	48.2% 92	39.3% 269
Strong	44.4% 8	38.8% 50	53.2% 67	40.0% 88	31.4% 60	39.9% 273
Not very strong	11.1% 2	19.4% 25	11.9% 15	25.9% 57	19.9% 38	20.0% 137
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.8% 1	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 129	100.0% 126	100.0% 220	100.0% 191	684

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Very strong	43.6% 58	49.4% 118	29.7% 94	39.2% 270
Strong	34.6% 46	39.7% 95	42.6% 135	40.1% 276
Not very strong	21.8% 29	10.5% 25	26.5% 84	20.0% 138
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.3% 4	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 239	100.0% 317	689

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Very strong	34.8% 8	27.6% 24	40.3% 177	44.0% 59	39.2% 268
Strong	43.5% 10	46.0% 40	40.3% 177	35.1% 47	40.1% 274
Not very strong	21.7% 5	25.3% 22	18.7% 82	20.1% 27	19.9% 136
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.7% 3	0.7% 1	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 87	100.0% 439	100.0% 134	683

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
Very strong	27.3% 3	35.7% 10	31.6% 6	50.0% 2	39.8% 241	27.3% 3	39.0% 265
Strong	27.3% 3	42.9% 12	63.2% 12	50.0% 2	39.4% 239	45.5% 5	40.2% 273
Not very strong	36.4% 4	21.4% 6	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	20.1% 122	27.3% 3	20.0% 136
I affiliate with a different denomination (specify)	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 28	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 606	100.0% 11	679