Belonging to Church Related Groups

• Introduction
• Patterns

Belonging to Church Related Groups (Demographic Patterns)

[ASKED ONLY OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY BELONG TO CHURCH-AFFILIATED GROUPS] Besides belonging to a congregation or religion, do you belong to any church-related groups such as a fellowship or study group, a choir, board, or committee?

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Belonging to Church Related Groups by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
YES	45.0% 81	56.4% 158	52.0% 239
NO	53.9% 97	42.1% 118	46.7% 215
DONT KNOW	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1
NO ANSWER	1.1% 2	1.1% 3	1.1% 5
Missing	1100	1252	2352
TOTAL	100% 180	100% 280	460

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Belonging to Church Related Groups by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
YES	52.4% 182	55.6% 50	30.4% 7	52.0% 239
NO	46.7% 162	44.4% 40	56.5% 13	46.7% 215
DONT KNOW	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
NO ANSWER	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	1.1% 5
Missing	1887	287	178	2352
TOTAL	100% 347	100% 90	100% 23	460

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Belonging to Church Related Groups by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
YES	58.7% 182	34.0% 32	48.8% 21	30.0% 3	1	52.1% 238
NO	41.0% 127	61.7% 58	51.2% 22	70.0% 7	1	46.8% 214
DONT KNOW	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
NO ANSWER	0.3% 1	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.9% 4
Missing	1173	562	215	393	9	2352
TOTAL	100% 310	100% 94	100% 43	100% 10	12	457

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Belonging to Church Related Groups by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
YES	48.7% 38	50.0% 66	55.8% 96	49.4% 38	1	51.9% 238
NO	50.0% 39	47.7% 63	43.0% 74	50.6% 39	0	46.8% 215
DONT KNOW	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
NO ANSWER	1.3% 1	2.3% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 5
Missing	518	678	795	353	8	2352
TOTAL	100% 78	100% 132	100% 172	100% 77	9	459

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Belonging to Church Related Groups by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
YES	20.0% 1	17.9% 10	42.2% 65	66.4% 162	1	51.9% 238
NO	80.0% 4	82.1% 46	56.5% 87	32.0% 78	0	46.8% 215
DONT KNOW	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.2% 1
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	1.2% 3	0	1.1% 5
Missing	466	909	461	506	10	2352
TOTAL	100% 5	100% 56	100% 154	100% 244	11	459

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Belonging to Church Related Groups by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
YES	33.3% 13	54.5% 122	46.9% 15	51.4% 54	58.3% 35	0	52.0% 239
NO	61.5% 24	44.6% 100	53.1% 17	46.7% 49	41.7% 25	0	46.7% 215
DONT KNOW	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
NO ANSWER	5.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 5
Missing	325	1211	192	402	221	1	2352
TOTAL	100% 39	100% 224	100% 32	100% 105	100% 60	1	460

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2004: General Social Survey: Since 1972, the National Opinion Research Center has conducted a nationwide survey of a random sample of U.S. citizens on a near-yearly basis—the General Social Survey (GSS). In addition to gathering detailed demographic information on respondents, the GSS gathers opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the role of government in public life, controversial issues such as abortion, confidence in public institutions and a host of others. Of course, respondents are unlikely to spend five hours completing a survey so in order to gather data on a broad range of issues the GSS has adopted the practice of rotating groups of questions into and out of the survey in different years.