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

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GIVE About how much do you give financially to this congregation?   1) I give 10% or more of net income regularly.   2) I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.   3) I give less than 5% of net income regularly.   4) I give a small amount whenever I am here.   5) I do not contribute financially here.

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	5485	51%	51%	-.79
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	2289	21.3%	72.3%	0
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	1160	10.8%	83.1%	.8
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	1180	11%	94%	1.59
I do not contribute financially here.	640	6%	100%	2.38

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	51.6% 3194	49.8% 2058	50.9% 5252
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	20.8% 1285	21.7% 898	21.2% 2183
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	10.3% 637	11.7% 484	10.9% 1121
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	11.5% 713	10.3% 427	11.0% 1140
I do not contribute financially here.	5.7% 355	6.5% 267	6.0% 622
TOTAL	100.0% 6184	100.0% 4134	10318

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	49.2% 1305	55.0% 1646	50.0% 1152	46.4% 482	52.1% 448	51.1% 5033
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	20.2% 537	20.4% 610	23.3% 537	26.8% 278	23.4% 201	22.0% 2163
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	9.1% 241	10.1% 302	12.0% 277	14.2% 148	14.3% 123	11.1% 1091
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	13.6% 362	10.4% 310	9.6% 221	7.2% 75	7.1% 61	10.4% 1029
I do not contribute financially here.	7.8% 208	4.2% 125	5.1% 118	5.4% 56	3.1% 27	5.4% 534
TOTAL	100.0% 2653	100.0% 2993	100.0% 2305	100.0% 1039	100.0% 860	9850

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	42.8% 695	53.6% 2473	49.3% 832	50.5% 923	56.9% 488	51.0% 5411
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	16.9% 275	21.1% 975	23.6% 398	23.4% 427	22.4% 192	21.4% 2267
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	7.6% 124	10.1% 466	12.4% 210	13.1% 240	12.1% 104	10.8% 1144
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	18.3% 298	10.5% 485	10.8% 182	8.3% 151	5.5% 47	11.0% 1163
I do not contribute financially here.	14.3% 233	4.7% 217	3.9% 65	4.8% 87	3.1% 27	5.9% 629
TOTAL	100.0% 1625	100.0% 4616	100.0% 1687	100.0% 1828	100.0% 858	10614

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	31.7% 469	55.0% 4137	38.6% 64	37.9% 239	60.6% 530	51.0% 5439
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	12.0% 178	22.7% 1707	16.3% 27	22.2% 140	25.1% 219	21.3% 2271
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	9.9% 147	11.2% 845	7.8% 13	15.7% 99	5.8% 51	10.8% 1155
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	22.2% 328	8.4% 633	18.7% 31	18.4% 116	6.9% 60	10.9% 1168
I do not contribute financially here.	24.1% 356	2.6% 197	18.7% 31	5.9% 37	1.6% 14	6.0% 635
TOTAL	100.0% 1478	100.0% 7519	100.0% 166	100.0% 631	100.0% 874	10668

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	30.1% 388	42.3% 1362	50.8% 980	61.6% 1000	65.9% 1670	50.9% 5400
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	10.6% 137	24.1% 777	24.3% 468	20.4% 331	21.6% 546	21.3% 2259
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	8.5% 110	15.8% 509	12.5% 241	8.5% 138	5.7% 145	10.8% 1143
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	24.5% 316	13.0% 419	9.3% 180	7.2% 117	5.2% 132	11.0% 1164
I do not contribute financially here.	26.3% 340	4.8% 155	3.1% 60	2.3% 38	1.6% 40	6.0% 633
TOTAL	100.0% 1291	100.0% 3222	100.0% 1929	100.0% 1624	100.0% 2533	10599