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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BELEVANG

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. It is important to encourage others to believe in Jesus Christ or to accept Jesus Christ as his or her savior

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Neutral/unsure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	356	52.9%	52.9%	-.76
Agree	195	29%	81.9%	.27
Neutral/unsure	76	11.3%	93.2%	1.3
Disagree	33	4.9%	98.1%	2.33
Strongly disagree	13	1.9%	100%	3.35

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	51.7% 46	47.3% 115	51.7% 89	61.3% 57	66.7% 38	57.9% 11	52.9% 356
Agree	34.8% 31	32.5% 79	26.2% 45	24.7% 23	22.8% 13	21.1% 4	29.0% 195
Neutral/unsure	10.1% 9	12.8% 31	11.6% 20	9.7% 9	8.8% 5	10.5% 2	11.3% 76
Disagree	2.2% 2	5.3% 13	8.1% 14	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	4.9% 33
Strongly disagree	1.1% 1	2.1% 5	2.3% 4	2.2% 2	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 243	100.0% 172	100.0% 93	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	673

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	53.9% 233	50.9% 119	52.9% 352
Agree	29.9% 129	27.4% 64	29.0% 193
Neutral/unsure	9.5% 41	14.5% 34	11.3% 75
Disagree	4.6% 20	5.6% 13	5.0% 33
Strongly disagree	2.1% 9	1.7% 4	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 432	100.0% 234	666

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	58.8% 10	70.6% 89	63.3% 76	45.8% 99	40.6% 76	52.6% 350
Agree	35.3% 6	22.2% 28	25.8% 31	31.9% 69	32.6% 61	29.3% 195
Neutral/unsure	0.0% 0	4.8% 6	8.3% 10	14.4% 31	15.0% 28	11.3% 75
Disagree	5.9% 1	2.4% 3	1.7% 2	5.6% 12	8.0% 15	5.0% 33
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	2.3% 5	3.7% 7	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 126	100.0% 120	100.0% 216	100.0% 187	666

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	93.2% 124	34.8% 81	49.2% 151	52.9% 356
Agree	6.8% 9	36.1% 84	33.2% 102	29.0% 195
Neutral/unsure	0.0% 0	18.5% 43	10.7% 33	11.3% 76
Disagree	0.0% 0	8.2% 19	4.6% 14	4.9% 33
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.6% 6	2.3% 7	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 233	100.0% 307	673

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	9.1% 2	27.4% 23	51.0% 219	81.8% 108	52.8% 352
Agree	36.4% 8	34.5% 29	32.2% 138	14.4% 19	29.1% 194
Neutral/unsure	22.7% 5	25.0% 21	10.5% 45	3.0% 4	11.2% 75
Disagree	18.2% 4	9.5% 8	4.7% 20	0.8% 1	4.9% 33
Strongly disagree	13.6% 3	3.6% 3	1.6% 7	0.0% 0	1.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 84	100.0% 429	100.0% 132	667

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	54.5% 6	53.8% 14	84.2% 16	50.0% 2	52.3% 309	40.0% 4	53.1% 351
Agree	36.4% 4	34.6% 9	15.8% 3	50.0% 2	28.6% 169	40.0% 4	28.9% 191
Neutral/unsure	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.0% 71	20.0% 2	11.2% 74
Disagree	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.9% 29	0.0% 0	4.8% 32
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 13	0.0% 0	2.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 591	100.0% 10	661