Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BELREWRD 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. If I remain faithful, my trials on earth will be rewarded in heaven   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	310	46.1%	46.1%	-.88
Agree	224	33.3%	79.3%	.21
Neutral/unsure	107	15.9%	95.2%	1.31
Disagree	24	3.6%	98.8%	2.41
Strongly disagree	8	1.2%	100%	3.5

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	47.8% 43	39.0% 94	42.1% 72	60.0% 57	59.6% 34	52.6% 10	46.1% 310
Agree	25.6% 23	37.8% 91	34.5% 59	28.4% 27	33.3% 19	26.3% 5	33.3% 224
Neutral/unsure	23.3% 21	16.6% 40	18.1% 31	9.5% 9	3.5% 2	21.1% 4	15.9% 107
Disagree	1.1% 1	5.8% 14	2.9% 5	2.1% 2	3.5% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 24
Strongly disagree	2.2% 2	0.8% 2	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 241	100.0% 171	100.0% 95	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	673

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	45.2% 194	46.8% 111	45.8% 305
Agree	34.3% 147	32.5% 77	33.6% 224
Neutral/unsure	16.1% 69	15.2% 36	15.8% 105
Disagree	3.3% 14	4.2% 10	3.6% 24
Strongly disagree	1.2% 5	1.3% 3	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 429	100.0% 237	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	50.0% 9	64.3% 81	54.6% 65	39.8% 86	33.7% 63	45.6% 304
Agree	33.3% 6	26.2% 33	29.4% 35	37.0% 80	37.4% 70	33.6% 224
Neutral/unsure	16.7% 3	7.9% 10	11.8% 14	17.6% 38	21.9% 41	15.9% 106
Disagree	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.7% 2	5.1% 11	4.8% 9	3.6% 24
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 3	0.5% 1	2.1% 4	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 126	100.0% 119	100.0% 216	100.0% 187	666

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	78.9% 105	30.8% 72	43.5% 133	46.1% 310
Agree	16.5% 22	39.7% 93	35.6% 109	33.3% 224
Neutral/unsure	1.5% 2	22.6% 53	17.0% 52	15.9% 107
Disagree	1.5% 2	5.1% 12	3.3% 10	3.6% 24
Strongly disagree	1.5% 2	1.7% 4	0.7% 2	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 234	100.0% 306	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	13.6% 3	32.9% 28	43.0% 184	68.2% 90	45.7% 305
Agree	31.8% 7	42.4% 36	35.0% 150	23.5% 31	33.6% 224
Neutral/unsure	40.9% 9	23.5% 20	15.9% 68	7.6% 10	16.0% 107
Disagree	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	4.7% 20	0.0% 0	3.4% 23
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.4% 6	0.8% 1	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 85	100.0% 428	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	63.6% 7	46.2% 12	78.9% 15	50.0% 2	44.3% 262	60.0% 6	46.0% 304
Agree	27.3% 3	38.5% 10	15.8% 3	25.0% 1	34.5% 204	20.0% 2	33.7% 223
Neutral/unsure	9.1% 1	7.7% 2	5.3% 1	25.0% 1	16.6% 98	10.0% 1	15.7% 104
Disagree	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 20	0.0% 0	3.3% 22
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 7	10.0% 1	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 591	100.0% 10	661