Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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DEVOTION How often do you spend time in private devotional activities (ie: prayer, meditation, Bible-reading alone)?   1) Every day/most days   2) A few times a week   3) Once a week or so   4) Occasionally   5) Hardly ever   6) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Every day/most days	324	46.4%	46.4%	-.82
A few times a week	178	25.5%	71.8%	-.08
Once a week or so	61	8.7%	80.5%	.66
Occasionally	82	11.7%	92.3%	1.4
Hardly ever	41	5.9%	98.1%	2.13
Never	13	1.9%	100%	2.87

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
Every day/most days	57.0% 57	49.6% 123	44.4% 79	40.2% 39	38.6% 22	21.1% 4	46.4% 324
A few times a week	18.0% 18	23.0% 57	26.4% 47	34.0% 33	28.1% 16	36.8% 7	25.5% 178
Once a week or so	7.0% 7	9.7% 24	9.0% 16	9.3% 9	7.0% 4	5.3% 1	8.7% 61
Occasionally	10.0% 10	10.5% 26	11.2% 20	13.4% 13	15.8% 9	21.1% 4	11.7% 82
Hardly ever	5.0% 5	5.6% 14	7.3% 13	3.1% 3	7.0% 4	10.5% 2	5.9% 41
Never	3.0% 3	1.6% 4	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	5.3% 1	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 248	100.0% 178	100.0% 97	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	699

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Every day/most days	50.9% 231	37.3% 90	46.2% 321
A few times a week	24.7% 112	27.4% 66	25.6% 178
Once a week or so	7.3% 33	11.6% 28	8.8% 61
Occasionally	11.7% 53	11.6% 28	11.7% 81
Hardly ever	4.0% 18	9.5% 23	5.9% 41
Never	1.5% 7	2.5% 6	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 241	695

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
Every day/most days	52.6% 10	51.1% 67	54.3% 70	42.6% 95	42.2% 81	46.5% 323
A few times a week	15.8% 3	19.8% 26	23.3% 30	28.7% 64	27.6% 53	25.4% 176
Once a week or so	0.0% 0	9.2% 12	6.2% 8	11.7% 26	7.8% 15	8.8% 61
Occasionally	15.8% 3	12.2% 16	11.6% 15	10.3% 23	12.0% 23	11.5% 80
Hardly ever	5.3% 1	5.3% 7	3.9% 5	5.8% 13	7.8% 15	5.9% 41
Never	10.5% 2	2.3% 3	0.8% 1	0.9% 2	2.6% 5	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 131	100.0% 129	100.0% 223	100.0% 192	694

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Every day/most days	61.2% 82	43.6% 106	42.2% 136	46.4% 324
A few times a week	24.6% 33	23.5% 57	27.3% 88	25.5% 178
Once a week or so	2.2% 3	12.3% 30	8.7% 28	8.7% 61
Occasionally	8.2% 11	13.6% 33	11.8% 38	11.7% 82
Hardly ever	2.2% 3	5.8% 14	7.5% 24	5.9% 41
Never	1.5% 2	1.2% 3	2.5% 8	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 243	100.0% 322	699

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Every day/most days	26.1% 6	37.5% 33	44.4% 199	62.7% 84	46.5% 322
A few times a week	21.7% 5	22.7% 20	25.9% 116	26.1% 35	25.4% 176
Once a week or so	0.0% 0	10.2% 9	10.5% 47	2.2% 3	8.5% 59
Occasionally	13.0% 3	17.0% 15	12.7% 57	5.2% 7	11.8% 82
Hardly ever	26.1% 6	8.0% 7	5.8% 26	1.5% 2	5.9% 41
Never	13.0% 3	4.5% 4	0.7% 3	2.2% 3	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 88	100.0% 448	100.0% 134	693

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
Every day/most days	27.3% 3	41.4% 12	42.1% 8	25.0% 1	46.8% 288	72.7% 8	46.4% 320
A few times a week	36.4% 4	27.6% 8	36.8% 7	25.0% 1	25.2% 155	0.0% 0	25.4% 175
Once a week or so	9.1% 1	3.4% 1	10.5% 2	25.0% 1	8.9% 55	0.0% 0	8.7% 60
Occasionally	9.1% 1	10.3% 3	5.3% 1	25.0% 1	12.0% 74	9.1% 1	11.7% 81
Hardly ever	9.1% 1	10.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.8% 36	9.1% 1	5.9% 41
Never	9.1% 1	6.9% 2	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 8	9.1% 1	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 29	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 616	100.0% 11	690