Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BELHELL In this final section, please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statements by circling a number on the right hand side of the page. I believe in a literal hell, a place of eternal suffering   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Neutral/unsure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	252	38%	38%	-1.02
Agree	121	18.3%	56.3%	-.29
Neutral/unsure	129	19.5%	75.7%	.44
Disagree	94	14.2%	89.9%	1.16
Strongly disagree	67	10.1%	100%	1.89

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
Strongly agree	26.3% 21	29.9% 72	38.4% 66	53.2% 50	61.4% 35	42.1% 8	38.0% 252
Agree	12.5% 10	17.4% 42	19.8% 34	18.1% 17	22.8% 13	26.3% 5	18.3% 121
Neutral/unsure	31.3% 25	23.2% 56	15.7% 27	14.9% 14	5.3% 3	21.1% 4	19.5% 129
Disagree	12.5% 10	16.2% 39	18.0% 31	7.4% 7	8.8% 5	10.5% 2	14.2% 94
Strongly disagree	17.5% 14	13.3% 32	8.1% 14	6.4% 6	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	10.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 241	100.0% 172	100.0% 94	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	663

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.8% 160	38.3% 90	38.0% 250
Agree	18.0% 76	19.1% 45	18.4% 121
Neutral/unsure	21.3% 90	16.2% 38	19.5% 128
Disagree	13.7% 58	14.9% 35	14.1% 93
Strongly disagree	9.2% 39	11.5% 27	10.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 235	658

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
Strongly agree	40.0% 6	55.8% 67	57.3% 67	30.6% 66	22.3% 42	37.8% 248
Agree	26.7% 4	16.7% 20	13.7% 16	21.3% 46	18.6% 35	18.4% 121
Neutral/unsure	6.7% 1	16.7% 20	14.5% 17	19.4% 42	24.5% 46	19.2% 126
Disagree	6.7% 1	5.8% 7	12.0% 14	16.2% 35	19.7% 37	14.3% 94
Strongly disagree	20.0% 3	5.0% 6	2.6% 3	12.5% 27	14.9% 28	10.2% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 120	100.0% 117	100.0% 216	100.0% 188	656

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	91.7% 121	14.8% 34	32.1% 97	38.0% 252
Agree	6.1% 8	21.4% 49	21.2% 64	18.3% 121
Neutral/unsure	1.5% 2	29.3% 67	19.9% 60	19.5% 129
Disagree	0.0% 0	22.7% 52	13.9% 42	14.2% 94
Strongly disagree	0.8% 1	11.8% 27	12.9% 39	10.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 132	100.0% 229	100.0% 302	663

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 1	18.1% 15	35.5% 150	63.8% 83	37.8% 249
Agree	13.6% 3	26.5% 22	18.2% 77	14.6% 19	18.4% 121
Neutral/unsure	27.3% 6	19.3% 16	22.0% 93	10.0% 13	19.5% 128
Disagree	22.7% 5	20.5% 17	15.1% 64	5.4% 7	14.1% 93
Strongly disagree	31.8% 7	15.7% 13	9.2% 39	6.2% 8	10.2% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 83	100.0% 423	100.0% 130	658

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
Strongly agree	36.4% 4	53.8% 14	72.2% 13	50.0% 2	36.0% 210	50.0% 5	38.0% 248
Agree	45.5% 5	11.5% 3	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	18.5% 108	30.0% 3	18.5% 121
Neutral/unsure	0.0% 0	30.8% 8	5.6% 1	25.0% 1	19.7% 115	10.0% 1	19.3% 126
Disagree	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	25.0% 1	15.1% 88	10.0% 1	14.1% 92
Strongly disagree	9.1% 1	3.8% 1	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	10.8% 63	0.0% 0	10.1% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	100.0% 584	100.0% 10	653