Life Choices, 1990

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ATTEND How often do you go to church or synagogue - daily, several times a week, once a week, 2 or 3 times a month, once a month or less, or never?   1) Daily   2) Several times a week   3) Once a week   4) 2 or 3 times a month   5) Once a month or less   6) Never   7) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Daily	26	1.2%	1.2%	-2.26
Several times a week	261	12%	13.2%	-1.54
Once a week	573	26.4%	39.6%	-.83
2 or 3 times a month	235	10.8%	50.4%	-.11
Once a month or less	676	31.1%	81.5%	.6
Never	371	17.1%	98.5%	1.32
Don't know	32	1.5%	100%	2.03

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Daily	1.0% 4	0.5% 4	1.4% 6	1.4% 6	3.2% 5	1.2% 25
Several times a week	6.8% 28	11.5% 86	12.0% 51	17.5% 74	12.2% 19	11.9% 258
Once a week	18.4% 76	24.6% 184	26.7% 113	32.0% 135	39.7% 62	26.4% 570
2 or 3 times a month	13.6% 56	10.8% 81	9.9% 42	10.7% 45	7.1% 11	10.9% 235
Once a month or less	38.3% 158	32.2% 241	32.1% 136	25.4% 107	20.5% 32	31.2% 674
Never	20.1% 83	18.7% 140	17.0% 72	11.8% 50	15.4% 24	17.1% 369
Don't know	1.9% 8	1.6% 12	0.9% 4	1.2% 5	1.9% 3	1.5% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.1% 26	1.2% 26
Several times a week	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	90.9% 261	12.2% 261
Once a week	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	70.9% 573	0.0% 0	26.8% 573
2 or 3 times a month	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	29.1% 235	0.0% 0	11.0% 235
Once a month or less	0.0% 0	100.0% 676	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	31.6% 676
Never	100.0% 371	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.3% 371
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Daily	3.1% 12	0.8% 6	0.7% 4	0.9% 4	1.2% 26
Several times a week	13.3% 52	12.5% 89	11.9% 71	10.1% 47	12.0% 259
Once a week	26.8% 105	27.8% 198	24.0% 143	26.2% 122	26.2% 568
2 or 3 times a month	8.7% 34	10.3% 73	11.9% 71	12.2% 57	10.9% 235
Once a month or less	27.8% 109	31.3% 223	31.9% 190	32.8% 153	31.2% 675
Never	18.9% 74	15.2% 108	18.2% 108	17.2% 80	17.1% 370
Don't know	1.5% 6	2.1% 15	1.3% 8	0.6% 3	1.5% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Daily	1.6% 9	1.0% 6	1.5% 10	0.3% 1	1.2% 26
Several times a week	8.4% 47	10.6% 62	17.7% 119	9.2% 33	12.0% 261
Once a week	28.6% 160	26.2% 153	26.9% 181	22.0% 79	26.4% 573
2 or 3 times a month	9.1% 51	12.7% 74	11.8% 79	8.6% 31	10.8% 235
Once a month or less	36.4% 204	30.7% 179	23.8% 160	37.0% 133	31.1% 676
Never	14.5% 81	17.5% 102	16.2% 109	22.0% 79	17.1% 371
Don't know	1.4% 8	1.2% 7	2.1% 14	0.8% 3	1.5% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Daily	1.0% 10	1.3% 14	1.1% 24
Several times a week	9.3% 97	14.6% 159	12.0% 256
Once a week	22.5% 235	29.6% 322	26.1% 557
2 or 3 times a month	11.1% 116	10.6% 115	10.8% 231
Once a month or less	36.7% 384	26.2% 285	31.4% 669
Never	18.0% 188	16.1% 175	17.0% 363
Don't know	1.4% 15	1.6% 17	1.5% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Daily	0.9% 11	2.0% 13	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 25
Several times a week	15.6% 182	5.7% 38	1.8% 1	26.7% 24	12.4% 245
Once a week	22.6% 263	39.7% 263	12.7% 7	31.1% 28	28.4% 561
2 or 3 times a month	12.1% 141	11.3% 75	10.9% 6	5.6% 5	11.5% 227
Once a month or less	33.0% 384	29.9% 198	43.6% 24	25.6% 23	31.9% 629
Never	14.1% 164	10.7% 71	29.1% 16	11.1% 10	13.2% 261
Don't know	1.6% 19	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972