U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, United Methodist 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	3497	28.9%	28.9%	-1.17
About the same participation	6001	49.6%	78.5%	-.01
Participate less	1644	13.6%	92.1%	1.16
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	957	7.9%	100%	2.32

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Participate more	28.8% 2098	30.0% 1292	29.2% 3390
About the same participation	48.2% 3515	50.8% 2190	49.2% 5705
Participate less	14.8% 1076	11.6% 501	13.6% 1577
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	8.2% 599	7.6% 328	8.0% 927
TOTAL	100.0% 7288	100.0% 4311	11599

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
Participate more	26.5% 717	29.1% 845	31.8% 734	32.0% 417	31.9% 473	29.7% 3186
About the same participation	52.4% 1420	49.9% 1451	47.4% 1095	46.0% 600	46.6% 691	49.1% 5257
Participate less	13.9% 376	12.9% 375	12.9% 298	14.1% 184	13.4% 198	13.4% 1431
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	7.2% 196	8.1% 237	8.0% 184	8.0% 104	8.1% 120	7.8% 841
TOTAL	100.0% 2709	100.0% 2908	100.0% 2311	100.0% 1305	100.0% 1482	10715

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS Grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
Participate more	36.4% 385	26.4% 1166	30.8% 571	30.2% 877	27.8% 466	29.1% 3465
About the same participation	42.1% 445	53.4% 2355	47.5% 882	47.8% 1387	48.6% 814	49.4% 5883
Participate less	13.0% 137	13.1% 577	14.0% 259	12.9% 374	15.7% 262	13.5% 1609
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	8.5% 90	7.1% 313	7.8% 144	9.1% 264	7.9% 132	7.9% 943
TOTAL	100.0% 1057	100.0% 4411	100.0% 1856	100.0% 2902	100.0% 1674	11900

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
Participate more	38.7% 452	28.9% 2444	23.4% 43	34.0% 227	20.7% 297	29.0% 3463
About the same participation	34.3% 401	51.0% 4317	42.4% 78	42.2% 282	57.2% 822	49.5% 5900
Participate less	15.6% 182	12.8% 1081	16.3% 30	12.3% 82	16.9% 242	13.6% 1617
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	11.4% 133	7.4% 627	17.9% 33	11.5% 77	5.2% 75	7.9% 945
TOTAL	100.0% 1168	100.0% 8469	100.0% 184	100.0% 668	100.0% 1436	11925

Age (I-AGE)

	<25	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Participate more	41.0% 354	37.4% 986	32.6% 695	28.8% 525	20.5% 895	29.2% 3455
About the same participation	30.1% 260	38.2% 1008	45.6% 971	51.7% 941	60.9% 2662	49.4% 5842
Participate less	16.9% 146	11.3% 298	14.0% 298	13.0% 237	14.0% 610	13.4% 1589
Not applicable (been coming less than 2 years)	11.9% 103	13.1% 346	7.8% 167	6.4% 117	4.6% 202	7.9% 935
TOTAL	100.0% 863	100.0% 2638	100.0% 2131	100.0% 1820	100.0% 4369	11821