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

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ENCURAGE Have this congregation's leaders encouraged you to find and use your gifts and skills here?   1) Yes, to a great extent   2) Yes, to some extent   3) Yes, to a small extent   4) Not at all   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, to a great extent	4305	40.9%	40.9%	-.89
Yes, to some extent	3481	33%	73.9%	-.05
Yes, to a small extent	1348	12.8%	86.7%	.79
Not at all	648	6.1%	92.8%	1.63
Don't know	756	7.2%	100%	2.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	41.9% 2541	39.4% 1604	40.9% 4145
Yes, to some extent	31.8% 1930	34.7% 1410	33.0% 3340
Yes, to a small extent	12.8% 776	12.9% 524	12.8% 1300
Not at all	6.0% 366	6.3% 256	6.1% 622
Don't know	7.4% 448	6.7% 273	7.1% 721
TOTAL	100.0% 6061	100.0% 4067	10128

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	40.8% 1015	43.8% 1263	40.8% 915	39.2% 399	37.3% 317	41.2% 3909
Yes, to some extent	31.8% 792	32.5% 937	33.4% 750	36.0% 366	33.8% 287	33.0% 3132
Yes, to a small extent	11.9% 295	12.2% 353	14.2% 319	13.7% 139	14.0% 119	12.9% 1225
Not at all	6.6% 163	5.5% 160	5.3% 120	6.1% 62	7.3% 62	6.0% 567
Don't know	9.0% 223	5.9% 171	6.2% 139	5.0% 51	7.5% 64	6.8% 648
TOTAL	100.0% 2488	100.0% 2884	100.0% 2243	100.0% 1017	100.0% 849	9481

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	40.7% 629	41.5% 1868	39.6% 660	37.8% 687	47.5% 405	40.9% 4249
Yes, to some extent	32.3% 500	33.6% 1510	31.1% 517	35.5% 646	30.8% 262	33.1% 3435
Yes, to a small extent	11.8% 182	12.0% 539	14.4% 239	14.7% 268	12.1% 103	12.8% 1331
Not at all	5.8% 89	5.8% 263	7.6% 126	5.8% 106	4.8% 41	6.0% 625
Don't know	9.4% 146	7.1% 319	7.4% 123	6.1% 111	4.8% 41	7.1% 740
TOTAL	100.0% 1546	100.0% 4499	100.0% 1665	100.0% 1818	100.0% 852	10380

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	36.3% 539	42.0% 3087	28.9% 48	39.4% 245	42.7% 341	40.9% 4260
Yes, to some extent	32.6% 484	33.2% 2438	36.1% 60	31.0% 193	34.5% 275	33.1% 3450
Yes, to a small extent	13.7% 204	13.1% 960	10.8% 18	11.7% 73	9.9% 79	12.8% 1334
Not at all	5.7% 85	5.8% 426	7.8% 13	8.2% 51	6.8% 54	6.0% 629
Don't know	11.6% 172	5.9% 437	16.3% 27	9.6% 60	6.1% 49	7.2% 745
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 7348	100.0% 166	100.0% 622	100.0% 798	10418

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	35.1% 459	39.6% 1275	42.0% 793	45.0% 711	42.7% 1011	41.0% 4249
Yes, to some extent	33.6% 439	31.4% 1010	33.9% 641	32.1% 507	35.1% 829	33.1% 3426
Yes, to a small extent	13.9% 181	14.5% 466	12.6% 238	11.8% 186	10.5% 248	12.7% 1319
Not at all	5.3% 69	6.0% 192	6.6% 124	6.5% 102	5.9% 139	6.0% 626
Don't know	12.1% 158	8.6% 277	5.0% 94	4.7% 75	5.8% 138	7.2% 742
TOTAL	100.0% 1306	100.0% 3220	100.0% 1890	100.0% 1581	100.0% 2365	10362