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Approximately how frequently do you engage in the following activities? -- Attend prayer meetings
  1) Daily/almost daily
  2) Several times a week
  3) Weekly
  4) Several times a month
  5) Once a month
  6) Several times a year
  7) Once a year or less
  8) Never

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Daily/almost daily 22 .8% .8% -2.99
Several times a week 41 1.6% 2.4% -2.45
Weekly 294 11.3% 13.7% -1.92
Several times a month 118 4.5% 18.2% -1.38
Once a month 96 3.7% 21.9% -.85
Several times a year 315 12.1% 34% -.31
Once a year or less 447 17.1% 51.1% .23
Never 1276 48.9% 100% .76

Variable Comparisons


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 1.0%
21
0.3%
1
0.9%
22
Several times a week 1.5%
32
1.8%
7
1.5%
39
Weekly 12.0%
259
7.9%
31
11.3%
290
Several times a month 4.7%
102
3.1%
12
4.5%
114
Once a month 3.6%
79
4.1%
16
3.7%
95
Several times a year 12.3%
266
11.3%
44
12.1%
310
Once a year or less 17.4%
376
15.6%
61
17.1%
437
Never 47.6%
1032
56.0%
219
48.9%
1251
TOTAL 100.0%
2167
100.0%
391

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Political party (I-POLPARTY)

Democrat Independent Republican All other responses TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.4%
4
0.8%
4
1.3%
13
2.6%
1
0.9%
22
Several times a week 1.6%
16
1.0%
5
1.6%
16
7.7%
3
1.6%
40
Weekly 11.2%
112
10.4%
54
11.5%
117
15.4%
6
11.2%
289
Several times a month 4.1%
41
4.0%
21
4.8%
49
2.6%
1
4.4%
112
Once a month 3.9%
39
3.8%
20
3.5%
36
0.0%
0
3.7%
95
Several times a year 14.5%
145
11.5%
60
9.9%
101
10.3%
4
12.1%
310
Once a year or less 17.5%
174
18.8%
98
15.8%
161
25.6%
10
17.2%
443
Never 46.7%
466
49.6%
258
51.5%
523
35.9%
14
49.0%
1261
TOTAL 100.0%
997
100.0%
520
100.0%
1016
100.0%
39

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Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 1.1%
10
0.7%
3
0.2%
1
1.2%
8
0.8%
22
Several times a week 2.5%
24
0.5%
2
2.0%
11
0.6%
4
1.6%
41
Weekly 11.4%
108
10.6%
45
12.0%
66
10.9%
74
11.3%
293
Several times a month 4.1%
39
4.5%
19
5.8%
32
4.1%
28
4.5%
118
Once a month 4.2%
40
2.6%
11
3.3%
18
4.0%
27
3.7%
96
Several times a year 13.1%
124
10.6%
45
12.5%
69
11.0%
75
12.0%
313
Once a year or less 17.6%
166
17.1%
73
15.1%
83
18.2%
124
17.1%
446
Never 45.9%
433
53.5%
228
49.2%
271
50.1%
341
48.9%
1273
TOTAL 100.0%
944
100.0%
426
100.0%
551
100.0%
681

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Race (I-RACE)

Afr/As. Am White Other TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 3.7%
3
0.7%
17
4.0%
1
0.8%
21
Several times a week 6.2%
5
1.3%
33
4.0%
1
1.5%
39
Weekly 22.2%
18
10.7%
263
12.0%
3
11.1%
284
Several times a month 4.9%
4
4.2%
104
12.0%
3
4.3%
111
Once a month 4.9%
4
3.7%
92
0.0%
0
3.7%
96
Several times a year 13.6%
11
12.0%
296
12.0%
3
12.1%
310
Once a year or less 18.5%
15
17.3%
427
12.0%
3
17.3%
445
Never 25.9%
21
50.0%
1231
44.0%
11
49.2%
1263
TOTAL 100.0%
81
100.0%
2463
100.0%
25

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Sex (I-SEX)

Female Male TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.4%
4
1.1%
18
0.9%
22
Several times a week 1.2%
12
1.8%
28
1.5%
40
Weekly 7.0%
69
13.9%
222
11.3%
291
Several times a month 3.7%
37
4.9%
78
4.5%
115
Once a month 3.2%
32
4.0%
64
3.7%
96
Several times a year 9.1%
90
13.9%
221
12.0%
311
Once a year or less 18.0%
178
16.8%
268
17.3%
446
Never 57.4%
569
43.5%
693
48.9%
1262
TOTAL 100.0%
991
100.0%
1592

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(I-INCMLY)

Lt 25K 25K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K & up TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.5%
1
0.4%
2
0.6%
3
0.0%
0
0.4%
6
Several times a week 2.1%
4
1.1%
5
0.4%
2
0.5%
1
0.9%
12
Weekly 8.8%
17
6.3%
30
5.4%
29
4.9%
9
6.1%
85
Several times a month 2.6%
5
2.3%
11
2.1%
11
4.3%
8
2.5%
35
Once a month 4.6%
9
1.5%
7
2.8%
15
1.6%
3
2.4%
34
Several times a year 8.8%
17
9.9%
47
8.8%
47
8.6%
16
9.1%
127
Once a year or less 16.5%
32
13.9%
66
15.7%
84
17.8%
33
15.5%
215
Never 56.2%
109
64.6%
306
64.3%
344
62.2%
115
63.0%
874
TOTAL 100.0%
194
100.0%
474
100.0%
535
100.0%
185

1388


(I-INCMCL)

Lt 25K 25K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K & up TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.0%
0
1.9%
11
0.5%
2
1.8%
1
1.3%
14
Several times a week 3.8%
3
2.3%
13
1.9%
8
1.8%
1
2.2%
25
Weekly 13.8%
11
18.9%
108
17.7%
73
16.1%
9
17.9%
201
Several times a month 6.3%
5
6.8%
39
6.5%
27
5.4%
3
6.6%
74
Once a month 5.0%
4
7.0%
40
3.4%
14
1.8%
1
5.3%
59
Several times a year 13.8%
11
15.2%
87
18.2%
75
10.7%
6
16.0%
179
Once a year or less 20.0%
16
19.3%
110
18.9%
78
25.0%
14
19.5%
218
Never 37.5%
30
28.5%
163
32.9%
136
37.5%
21
31.3%
350
TOTAL 100.0%
80
100.0%
571
100.0%
413
100.0%
56

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(I-EDUCLY)

HS or less Some coll. Coll. degr Some grad. Grad degr TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.0%
0
1.0%
3
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.8%
3
0.5%
7
Several times a week 0.9%
2
1.0%
3
0.5%
2
1.6%
3
1.1%
4
1.0%
14
Weekly 6.3%
14
5.4%
16
3.6%
13
8.9%
17
7.5%
28
6.1%
88
Several times a month 3.6%
8
3.4%
10
2.2%
8
1.6%
3
3.0%
11
2.8%
40
Once a month 2.7%
6
1.3%
4
2.7%
10
3.7%
7
2.7%
10
2.6%
37
Several times a year 9.5%
21
7.1%
21
8.2%
30
12.6%
24
9.1%
34
9.0%
130
Once a year or less 12.6%
28
17.5%
52
15.1%
55
18.3%
35
14.5%
54
15.5%
224
Never 64.4%
143
63.3%
188
67.3%
245
53.4%
102
61.3%
228
62.7%
906
TOTAL 100.0%
222
100.0%
297
100.0%
364
100.0%
191
100.0%
372

1446


(I-EDUCCL)

Coll.&less Some grad. Grad degr TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.9%
6
2.1%
5
1.9%
4
1.3%
15
Several times a week 1.9%
13
2.5%
6
2.9%
6
2.2%
25
Weekly 19.0%
128
12.6%
30
20.0%
42
17.8%
200
Several times a month 6.5%
44
7.1%
17
6.7%
14
6.7%
75
Once a month 5.8%
39
4.6%
11
4.3%
9
5.3%
59
Several times a year 16.2%
109
14.3%
34
17.1%
36
16.0%
179
Once a year or less 19.3%
130
18.9%
45
20.5%
43
19.4%
218
Never 30.4%
205
37.8%
90
26.7%
56
31.3%
351
TOTAL 100.0%
674
100.0%
238
100.0%
210

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Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

Members Elders Pastors Specialized Clergy TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.1%
1
0.8%
6
1.2%
9
1.5%
6
0.8%
22
Several times a week 0.4%
3
1.5%
11
3.1%
23
1.0%
4
1.6%
41
Weekly 4.4%
32
7.9%
60
21.3%
156
11.6%
46
11.3%
294
Several times a month 2.4%
17
3.4%
26
7.4%
54
5.3%
21
4.5%
118
Once a month 1.5%
11
3.4%
26
5.5%
40
4.8%
19
3.7%
96
Several times a year 7.2%
52
11.1%
84
17.7%
130
12.3%
49
12.1%
315
Once a year or less 14.4%
104
16.5%
125
16.6%
122
24.2%
96
17.1%
447
Never 69.5%
501
55.4%
420
27.1%
199
39.3%
156
48.9%
1276
TOTAL 100.0%
721
100.0%
758
100.0%
733
100.0%
397

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