Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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SECTHEOR In your undergraduate/graduate education how much exposure did you have to secular theories/philosophies (of Marx, Freud, Descartes, Nietzsche, etc.) within the liberal arts?   1) I had little/no exposure   2) I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies   3) I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I had little/no exposure	133	32.4%	32.4%	-1.23
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	197	48%	80.5%	.18
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	80	19.5%	100%	1.59

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 had little/no exposure	38.5% 15	35.3% 53	25.2% 30	40.7% 24	28.6% 10	12.5% 1	32.4% 133
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	48.7% 19	48.0% 72	52.1% 62	42.4% 25	40.0% 14	62.5% 5	48.0% 197
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	12.8% 5	16.7% 25	22.7% 27	16.9% 10	31.4% 11	25.0% 2	19.5% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 150	100.0% 119	100.0% 59	100.0% 35	100.0% 8	410

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I had little/no exposure	34.1% 86	30.7% 47	32.8% 133
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	48.8% 123	47.1% 72	48.1% 195
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	17.1% 43	22.2% 34	19.0% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 252	100.0% 153	405

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 had little/no exposure	100.0% 1	66.7% 2	25.0% 1	34.0% 73	30.4% 56	32.7% 133
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	50.0% 2	51.2% 110	44.6% 82	47.9% 195
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	14.9% 32	25.0% 46	19.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 3	100.0% 4	100.0% 215	100.0% 184	407

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
I had little/no exposure	27.9% 12	30.8% 57	35.2% 64	32.4% 133
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	53.5% 23	44.9% 83	50.0% 91	48.0% 197
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	18.6% 8	24.3% 45	14.8% 27	19.5% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 185	100.0% 182	410

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 had little/no exposure	38.9% 7	33.8% 22	31.6% 85	34.5% 19	32.7% 133
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	50.0% 9	49.2% 32	48.0% 129	45.5% 25	47.9% 195
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	11.1% 2	16.9% 11	20.4% 55	20.0% 11	19.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 65	100.0% 269	100.0% 55	407

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 had little/no exposure	33.3% 2	29.4% 5	50.0% 1	100.0% 2	32.6% 121	66.7% 2	33.2% 133
I had some exposure, and have some understanding of secular philosophies	50.0% 3	52.9% 9	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	48.2% 179	0.0% 0	47.9% 192
I had lots of exposure, and have a good understanding of secular philosophies	16.7% 1	17.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.1% 71	33.3% 1	19.0% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 17	100.0% 2	100.0% 2	100.0% 371	100.0% 3	401