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

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OTHCONG Before you started coming to this congregation, were you participating in another congregation?   1) No, I've come here for most/all of my life.   2) No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.   3) No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.   4) Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, I've come here for most/all of my life.	1719	15.9%	15.9%	-1.83
No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.	1630	15.1%	31%	-.99
No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.	647	6%	36.9%	-.14
Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.	6820	63.1%	100%	.71

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No, I've come here for most/all of my life.	16.4% 1020	14.4% 590	15.6% 1610
No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.	14.0% 870	16.6% 682	15.0% 1552
No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.	5.6% 351	6.6% 270	6.0% 621
Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.	63.9% 3973	62.5% 2567	63.4% 6540
TOTAL	100.0% 6214	100.0% 4109	10323

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
No, I've come here for most/all of my life.	18.2% 470	14.7% 433	14.5% 328	12.3% 126	11.2% 96	15.0% 1453
No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.	14.6% 376	15.6% 460	16.2% 367	15.6% 160	14.7% 126	15.4% 1489
No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.	6.8% 175	6.3% 184	5.3% 119	4.5% 46	4.6% 39	5.8% 563
Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.	60.4% 1555	63.4% 1864	64.0% 1445	67.6% 694	69.5% 596	63.7% 6154
TOTAL	100.0% 2576	100.0% 2941	100.0% 2259	100.0% 1026	100.0% 857	9659

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
No, I've come here for most/all of my life.	25.3% 406	17.3% 799	12.1% 203	9.9% 181	8.6% 74	15.7% 1663
No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.	15.1% 242	15.9% 735	16.3% 275	14.6% 265	8.8% 76	15.0% 1593
No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.	8.4% 135	6.2% 286	7.5% 127	4.0% 73	2.0% 17	6.0% 638
Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.	51.2% 821	60.6% 2804	64.1% 1079	71.5% 1301	80.7% 697	63.3% 6702
TOTAL	100.0% 1604	100.0% 4624	100.0% 1684	100.0% 1820	100.0% 864	10596

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
No, I've come here for most/all of my life.	29.4% 425	13.2% 992	16.1% 27	11.7% 73	19.1% 168	15.8% 1685
No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.	12.0% 173	15.4% 1158	15.5% 26	22.5% 141	11.3% 99	15.0% 1597
No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.	7.7% 111	5.6% 421	6.0% 10	8.0% 50	5.0% 44	6.0% 636
Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.	51.0% 737	65.9% 4959	62.5% 105	57.8% 362	64.6% 567	63.2% 6730
TOTAL	100.0% 1446	100.0% 7530	100.0% 168	100.0% 626	100.0% 878	10648

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
No, I've come here for most/all of my life.	29.4% 373	11.3% 360	12.3% 236	14.9% 242	18.2% 470	15.9% 1681
No, before coming here I had not been attending any congregation for several years.	11.3% 143	20.4% 651	17.1% 327	14.3% 233	9.4% 243	15.1% 1597
No, before coming here I had never regularly attended.	7.6% 96	8.5% 271	4.3% 83	4.7% 77	4.3% 110	6.0% 637
Yes, immediately prior to coming here, I was participating in another congregation.	51.7% 655	59.9% 1914	66.3% 1271	66.1% 1076	68.1% 1755	63.0% 6671
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 3196	100.0% 1917	100.0% 1628	100.0% 2578	10586