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

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DESINVLV Which best describes your involvement in the making of important decisions in this congregation?   1) I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.   2) I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.   3) I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.   4) I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.   5) I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	3239	30.7%	30.7%	-1.16
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	2721	25.8%	56.5%	-.3
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	2616	24.8%	81.3%	.56
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	1597	15.1%	96.4%	1.41
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	377	3.6%	100%	2.27

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	28.5% 1709	34.2% 1392	30.8% 3101
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	27.0% 1620	24.1% 980	25.9% 2600
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	25.9% 1551	22.4% 913	24.5% 2464
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	15.1% 907	15.4% 627	15.3% 1534
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	3.4% 202	3.9% 157	3.6% 359
TOTAL	100.0% 5989	100.0% 4069	10058

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	26.4% 663	34.4% 997	33.6% 748	30.2% 300	31.1% 256	31.4% 2964
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	25.6% 642	25.9% 752	27.1% 604	26.5% 263	24.8% 204	26.1% 2465
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	28.4% 714	23.2% 673	22.6% 502	23.5% 234	23.7% 195	24.5% 2318
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	16.4% 411	13.2% 383	13.5% 300	15.4% 153	14.9% 123	14.5% 1370
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	3.2% 81	3.2% 93	3.2% 72	4.4% 44	5.5% 45	3.5% 335
TOTAL	100.0% 2511	100.0% 2898	100.0% 2226	100.0% 994	100.0% 823	9452

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	23.0% 363	32.1% 1436	29.3% 481	30.7% 542	42.8% 360	30.9% 3182
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	24.2% 382	26.6% 1189	26.0% 428	26.8% 474	24.6% 207	26.0% 2680
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	28.1% 444	23.9% 1072	25.2% 414	24.5% 433	19.7% 166	24.5% 2529
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	21.2% 335	14.3% 640	14.4% 237	14.4% 254	9.5% 80	15.0% 1546
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	3.5% 56	3.1% 139	5.1% 83	3.7% 65	3.4% 29	3.6% 372
TOTAL	100.0% 1580	100.0% 4476	100.0% 1643	100.0% 1768	100.0% 842	10309

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	16.5% 241	34.6% 2528	21.7% 35	20.2% 123	33.3% 268	30.9% 3195
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	23.7% 346	26.6% 1945	21.7% 35	26.3% 160	23.5% 189	25.8% 2675
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	26.8% 392	22.9% 1677	27.3% 44	31.7% 193	30.4% 245	24.6% 2551
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	28.1% 411	12.6% 920	24.2% 39	17.1% 104	10.7% 86	15.1% 1560
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	4.9% 71	3.4% 246	5.0% 8	4.8% 29	2.1% 17	3.6% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 1461	100.0% 7316	100.0% 161	100.0% 609	100.0% 805	10352

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	15.2% 196	26.8% 838	34.8% 654	37.6% 593	37.2% 899	30.9% 3180
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	22.6% 292	26.3% 822	26.5% 498	27.2% 429	25.8% 623	25.9% 2664
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	26.7% 345	26.3% 821	22.4% 421	24.0% 379	23.8% 576	24.7% 2542
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	30.5% 395	17.2% 537	12.4% 233	8.1% 128	10.4% 252	15.0% 1545
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	5.0% 65	3.5% 109	3.8% 71	3.2% 50	2.8% 68	3.5% 363
TOTAL	100.0% 1293	100.0% 3127	100.0% 1877	100.0% 1579	100.0% 2418	10294