Presbyterian Panel Series VII: Member and Elder Background Survey, Fall 1990

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MATTEND How often do you attend your congregation's Sunday worship services?   1) Never   2) Less than once a year   3) About once or twice a year   4) Several times a year   5) About once a month   6) Two-three times a month   7) Nearly every week   8) Every week

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	31	1%	1%	-4.17
Less than once a year	28	.9%	1.9%	-3.44
About once or twice a year	71	2.3%	4.1%	-2.71
Several times a year	155	4.9%	9.1%	-1.98
About once a month	131	4.2%	13.3%	-1.25
Two-three times a month	409	13%	26.3%	-.52
Nearly every week	1462	46.6%	72.9%	.21
Every week	852	27.1%	100%	.94

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Region Household income Education Age Race Political party Type of respondent

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	1.1% 18	0.9% 13	1.0% 31
Less than once a year	1.2% 19	0.6% 9	0.9% 28
About once or twice a year	2.7% 44	1.8% 26	2.2% 70
Several times a year	6.1% 100	3.6% 53	4.9% 153
About once a month	4.5% 74	3.9% 57	4.2% 131
Two-three times a month	11.6% 191	14.7% 216	13.0% 407
Nearly every week	43.9% 724	49.7% 731	46.6% 1455
Every week	29.1% 480	24.9% 367	27.1% 847
TOTAL	100.0% 1650	100.0% 1472	3122

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Never	0.9% 23	1.3% 8	1.0% 31
Less than once a year	0.8% 21	1.2% 7	0.9% 28
About once or twice a year	1.9% 47	4.0% 24	2.3% 71
Several times a year	4.3% 109	7.6% 45	4.9% 154
About once a month	4.3% 110	3.5% 21	4.2% 131
Two-three times a month	13.7% 348	9.9% 59	13.0% 407
Nearly every week	47.4% 1200	43.0% 255	46.6% 1455
Every week	26.6% 674	29.3% 174	27.1% 848
TOTAL	100.0% 2532	100.0% 593	3125

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
Never	0.3% 3	1.8% 9	0.9% 6	1.4% 12	1.0% 30
Less than once a year	0.6% 7	0.6% 3	1.1% 7	1.1% 9	0.8% 26
About once or twice a year	1.6% 17	3.3% 16	2.7% 18	2.2% 18	2.2% 69
Several times a year	4.9% 54	5.1% 25	5.3% 35	4.8% 40	5.0% 154
About once a month	4.5% 49	3.5% 17	4.1% 27	4.0% 33	4.1% 126
Two-three times a month	11.9% 130	11.6% 57	13.1% 87	15.2% 127	13.0% 401
Nearly every week	46.1% 504	49.2% 242	45.2% 300	47.6% 397	46.8% 1443
Every week	30.2% 330	25.0% 123	27.7% 184	23.7% 198	27.1% 835
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 492	100.0% 664	100.0% 834	3084

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Never	1.6% 10	1.2% 12	0.4% 4	0.7% 2	1.0% 28
Less than once a year	1.3% 8	0.6% 6	0.7% 7	0.0% 0	0.7% 21
About once or twice a year	2.7% 17	1.9% 20	1.8% 18	2.2% 6	2.1% 61
Several times a year	5.3% 34	4.8% 49	4.5% 44	5.1% 14	4.8% 141
About once a month	3.8% 24	3.0% 31	5.1% 50	5.8% 16	4.1% 121
Two-three times a month	7.2% 46	11.6% 119	15.8% 155	20.1% 55	12.9% 375
Nearly every week	44.4% 283	46.9% 482	48.7% 477	47.8% 131	47.1% 1373
Every week	33.8% 215	30.1% 309	22.9% 224	18.2% 50	27.3% 798
TOTAL	100.0% 637	100.0% 1028	100.0% 979	100.0% 274	2918

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
Never	1.9% 2	1.1% 14	0.8% 8	0.9% 6	1.0% 30
Less than once a year	0.9% 1	1.0% 13	0.8% 8	0.9% 6	0.9% 28
About once or twice a year	0.9% 1	2.9% 36	2.1% 22	1.6% 11	2.3% 70
Several times a year	2.8% 3	5.6% 70	4.4% 47	4.3% 29	4.8% 149
About once a month	0.9% 1	4.4% 54	4.2% 45	4.3% 29	4.2% 129
Two-three times a month	15.0% 16	10.7% 133	15.1% 160	13.6% 92	13.0% 401
Nearly every week	43.9% 47	46.2% 573	46.5% 492	48.8% 330	46.8% 1442
Every week	33.6% 36	27.9% 346	26.2% 277	25.6% 173	27.0% 832
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 1239	100.0% 1059	100.0% 676	3081

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60-69 yrs	70+ yrs	TOTAL
Never	1.0% 6	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	1.2% 9	2.2% 12	1.0% 31
Less than once a year	0.6% 4	1.4% 9	0.7% 4	1.1% 8	0.5% 3	0.9% 28
About once or twice a year	5.3% 33	1.1% 7	2.4% 14	1.4% 10	1.1% 6	2.2% 70
Several times a year	7.9% 49	4.1% 26	3.6% 21	4.3% 31	4.6% 25	4.9% 152
About once a month	6.9% 43	4.5% 29	4.2% 24	2.8% 20	2.7% 15	4.2% 131
Two-three times a month	19.0% 118	14.4% 92	14.0% 81	10.5% 76	7.1% 39	13.0% 406
Nearly every week	41.0% 255	47.3% 303	47.4% 274	48.2% 350	49.2% 270	46.6% 1452
Every week	18.3% 114	26.8% 172	27.5% 159	30.6% 222	32.6% 179	27.2% 846
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 641	100.0% 578	100.0% 726	100.0% 549	3116

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
Never	1.0% 29	0.6% 1	1.0% 30
Less than once a year	1.0% 28	0.0% 0	0.9% 28
About once or twice a year	2.3% 67	1.2% 2	2.2% 69
Several times a year	4.8% 141	4.8% 8	4.8% 149
About once a month	4.3% 126	2.4% 4	4.2% 130
Two-three times a month	13.2% 385	10.2% 17	13.1% 402
Nearly every week	46.8% 1362	46.1% 77	46.7% 1439
Every week	26.6% 775	34.7% 58	27.0% 833
TOTAL	100.0% 2913	100.0% 167	3080

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
Never	0.9% 7	1.1% 6	1.0% 17	0.0% 0	1.0% 30
Less than once a year	1.1% 8	1.2% 7	0.6% 11	0.0% 0	0.8% 26
About once or twice a year	2.5% 19	1.8% 10	2.4% 41	0.0% 0	2.3% 70
Several times a year	6.2% 47	4.0% 23	4.4% 75	10.2% 5	4.9% 150
About once a month	3.3% 25	5.5% 31	4.2% 71	4.1% 2	4.2% 129
Two-three times a month	11.2% 85	12.0% 68	14.1% 238	8.2% 4	12.9% 395
Nearly every week	47.5% 360	47.4% 269	45.9% 777	49.0% 24	46.6% 1430
Every week	27.3% 207	27.1% 154	27.3% 463	28.6% 14	27.3% 838
TOTAL	100.0% 758	100.0% 568	100.0% 1693	100.0% 49	3068

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	TOTAL
Never	1.7% 28	0.2% 3	1.0% 31
Less than once a year	1.6% 27	0.1% 1	0.9% 28
About once or twice a year	4.1% 69	0.1% 2	2.3% 71
Several times a year	8.8% 148	0.5% 7	4.9% 155
About once a month	6.8% 114	1.2% 17	4.2% 131
Two-three times a month	16.5% 276	9.1% 133	13.0% 409
Nearly every week	40.2% 673	53.8% 789	46.6% 1462
Every week	20.2% 338	35.1% 514	27.1% 852
TOTAL	100.0% 1673	100.0% 1466	3139