U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, United Methodist 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.	2812	20.4%	20.4%	-1.32
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	5060	36.7%	57.1%	-.41
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	3438	25%	82.1%	.5
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	1795	13%	95.1%	1.41
I do not contribute financially here.	673	4.9%	100%	2.32

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	21.2% 1757	18.6% 934	20.2% 2691
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	37.1% 3073	36.1% 1811	36.7% 4884
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	23.4% 1939	27.9% 1398	25.1% 3337
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	13.4% 1112	12.4% 619	13.0% 1731
I do not contribute financially here.	4.9% 408	5.0% 250	4.9% 658
TOTAL	100.0% 8289	100.0% 5012	13301

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	24.6% 788	21.7% 743	19.0% 513	14.8% 224	15.8% 276	20.2% 2544
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	35.8% 1144	40.0% 1372	37.1% 1000	37.1% 563	35.3% 616	37.3% 4695
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	17.0% 544	23.1% 792	28.4% 766	34.0% 516	35.3% 617	25.7% 3235
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	17.3% 554	11.6% 398	11.4% 306	9.6% 146	9.7% 170	12.5% 1574
I do not contribute financially here.	5.2% 167	3.6% 123	4.1% 111	4.4% 67	3.8% 67	4.3% 535
TOTAL	100.0% 3197	100.0% 3428	100.0% 2696	100.0% 1516	100.0% 1746	12583

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS Grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	20.3% 249	22.6% 1133	19.9% 426	17.5% 588	19.3% 373	20.3% 2769
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	22.3% 274	40.2% 2015	36.5% 779	36.5% 1229	38.0% 734	36.8% 5031
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	12.6% 154	20.3% 1015	28.3% 604	31.4% 1058	30.7% 593	25.0% 3424
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	25.8% 316	13.4% 672	12.2% 261	10.7% 359	8.7% 169	13.0% 1777
I do not contribute financially here.	19.0% 233	3.5% 173	3.1% 67	3.9% 131	3.3% 64	4.9% 668
TOTAL	100.0% 1226	100.0% 5008	100.0% 2137	100.0% 3365	100.0% 1933	13669

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	15.7% 206	20.5% 1986	16.4% 35	15.8% 125	26.4% 440	20.4% 2792
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	14.5% 191	39.3% 3810	29.0% 62	31.8% 251	43.3% 721	36.8% 5035
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	13.0% 171	27.6% 2676	21.0% 45	27.2% 215	18.5% 309	25.0% 3416
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	31.0% 407	10.1% 984	25.7% 55	20.6% 163	10.4% 174	13.0% 1783
I do not contribute financially here.	25.7% 338	2.6% 249	7.9% 17	4.6% 36	1.4% 23	4.8% 663
TOTAL	100.0% 1313	100.0% 9705	100.0% 214	100.0% 790	100.0% 1667	13689

Age (I-AGE)

	<25	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
I give 10% or more of net income regularly.	10.9% 103	14.7% 440	18.1% 430	23.2% 468	25.6% 1252	20.4% 2693
I give about 5% to 9% of net income regularly.	8.7% 82	31.3% 936	35.8% 850	38.0% 768	45.1% 2201	36.6% 4837
I give less than 5% of net income regularly.	9.7% 92	31.7% 947	32.4% 768	26.3% 532	19.8% 968	25.0% 3307
I give a small amount whenever I am here.	37.0% 349	17.2% 514	11.2% 266	9.3% 187	8.4% 409	13.1% 1725
I do not contribute financially here.	33.7% 318	5.1% 153	2.5% 59	3.2% 65	1.1% 52	4.9% 647
TOTAL	100.0% 944	100.0% 2990	100.0% 2373	100.0% 2020	100.0% 4882	13209