U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, United Methodist 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	4146	30.7%	30.7%	-1.04
Yes, to some extent	4968	36.8%	67.6%	-.22
Yes, to a small extent	2140	15.9%	83.4%	.6
Not at all	1083	8%	91.5%	1.42
Don't know	1151	8.5%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	31.8% 2579	29.2% 1435	30.8% 4014
Yes, to some extent	35.8% 2901	38.6% 1895	36.9% 4796
Yes, to a small extent	15.7% 1269	16.0% 785	15.8% 2054
Not at all	7.9% 638	8.3% 407	8.0% 1045
Don't know	8.9% 719	7.9% 386	8.5% 1105
TOTAL	100.0% 8106	100.0% 4908	13014

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	31.0% 918	31.9% 1048	32.7% 853	30.6% 454	29.0% 493	31.3% 3766
Yes, to some extent	36.5% 1083	37.0% 1216	36.6% 956	38.0% 565	36.4% 618	36.8% 4438
Yes, to a small extent	14.4% 428	15.6% 512	16.4% 428	17.1% 254	17.6% 299	15.9% 1921
Not at all	7.4% 219	7.6% 251	7.5% 196	7.9% 118	9.2% 157	7.8% 941
Don't know	10.7% 318	7.9% 259	6.8% 178	6.3% 94	7.8% 132	8.1% 981
TOTAL	100.0% 2966	100.0% 3286	100.0% 2611	100.0% 1485	100.0% 1699	12047

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS Grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	28.9% 338	29.1% 1423	31.1% 651	31.2% 1028	35.4% 675	30.8% 4115
Yes, to some extent	35.5% 415	37.9% 1858	35.8% 750	36.3% 1197	36.6% 699	36.8% 4919
Yes, to a small extent	14.4% 168	15.6% 765	16.5% 345	17.1% 564	14.6% 279	15.9% 2121
Not at all	6.8% 79	8.4% 413	8.3% 173	7.8% 256	7.8% 148	8.0% 1069
Don't know	14.5% 169	8.9% 437	8.4% 176	7.6% 249	5.6% 107	8.5% 1138
TOTAL	100.0% 1169	100.0% 4896	100.0% 2095	100.0% 3294	100.0% 1908	13362

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	27.5% 361	31.5% 3017	29.6% 61	30.8% 233	29.3% 450	30.8% 4122
Yes, to some extent	35.6% 468	36.9% 3529	35.0% 72	34.7% 262	39.0% 599	36.8% 4930
Yes, to a small extent	15.3% 201	16.4% 1568	10.2% 21	15.2% 115	14.3% 220	15.9% 2125
Not at all	7.0% 92	7.9% 755	8.3% 17	10.7% 81	8.2% 126	8.0% 1071
Don't know	14.7% 193	7.3% 702	17.0% 35	8.6% 65	9.2% 142	8.5% 1137
TOTAL	100.0% 1315	100.0% 9571	100.0% 206	100.0% 756	100.0% 1537	13385

Age (I-AGE)

	<25	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, to a great extent	24.8% 236	28.3% 844	34.5% 810	35.1% 693	30.0% 1394	30.8% 3977
Yes, to some extent	34.7% 330	35.2% 1051	35.7% 839	36.3% 717	39.0% 1813	36.8% 4750
Yes, to a small extent	16.9% 161	17.1% 510	15.9% 373	14.4% 284	15.6% 723	15.9% 2051
Not at all	5.8% 55	9.2% 275	7.6% 179	8.1% 160	7.7% 359	8.0% 1028
Don't know	17.7% 168	10.2% 303	6.3% 148	6.1% 121	7.7% 358	8.5% 1098
TOTAL	100.0% 950	100.0% 2983	100.0% 2349	100.0% 1975	100.0% 4647	12904