U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Southern Baptist Attenders

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PARTYEAR Compared to 2 years ago, do you think you participate in activities of the congregation more, less, or about the same amount as you did then?   1) Participate more   2) About the same participation   3) Participate less   4) Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Participate more	3218	35.7%	35.7%	-1.04
About the same participation	3945	43.8%	79.5%	.08
Participate less	1100	12.2%	91.8%	1.19
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	742	8.2%	100%	2.31

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Participate more	35.1% 1818	36.8% 1265	35.8% 3083
About the same participation	43.2% 2236	44.5% 1529	43.7% 3765
Participate less	13.1% 679	10.9% 373	12.2% 1052
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	8.6% 445	7.8% 268	8.3% 713
TOTAL	100.0% 5178	100.0% 3435	8613

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
Participate more	33.0% 719	38.0% 935	37.8% 708	33.4% 281	37.1% 273	36.0% 2916
About the same participation	45.4% 990	43.8% 1077	42.5% 797	45.5% 383	40.9% 301	43.9% 3548
Participate less	12.0% 261	10.8% 266	11.4% 213	13.9% 117	14.9% 110	12.0% 967
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	9.7% 212	7.3% 180	8.3% 156	7.1% 60	7.1% 52	8.2% 660
TOTAL	100.0% 2182	100.0% 2458	100.0% 1874	100.0% 841	100.0% 736	8091

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
Participate more	42.4% 555	33.2% 1284	38.4% 547	35.1% 533	35.5% 248	35.9% 3167
About the same participation	38.1% 499	46.4% 1797	39.6% 564	44.4% 673	47.4% 331	43.8% 3864
Participate less	11.0% 144	12.4% 479	13.3% 189	11.9% 180	10.7% 75	12.1% 1067
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	8.5% 111	8.0% 309	8.8% 126	8.6% 131	6.4% 45	8.2% 722
TOTAL	100.0% 1309	100.0% 3869	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1517	100.0% 699	8820

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
Participate more	43.9% 548	35.1% 2194	25.2% 34	39.6% 204	26.5% 190	35.7% 3170
About the same participation	30.6% 382	46.4% 2901	29.6% 40	31.3% 161	56.9% 408	43.9% 3892
Participate less	14.4% 180	11.3% 706	23.0% 31	13.8% 71	12.4% 89	12.1% 1077
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	11.0% 137	7.3% 456	22.2% 30	15.3% 79	4.2% 30	8.3% 732
TOTAL	100.0% 1247	100.0% 6257	100.0% 135	100.0% 515	100.0% 717	8871

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Participate more	45.7% 505	43.1% 1146	33.0% 514	34.3% 471	25.0% 528	35.9% 3164
About the same participation	26.2% 289	34.3% 912	44.5% 693	50.4% 692	60.0% 1267	43.7% 3853
Participate less	16.1% 178	10.7% 285	13.7% 214	10.6% 145	11.5% 242	12.1% 1064
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	12.0% 133	12.0% 318	8.7% 136	4.7% 65	3.5% 74	8.2% 726
TOTAL	100.0% 1105	100.0% 2661	100.0% 1557	100.0% 1373	100.0% 2111	8807