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Kent County Congregations Study, 2007

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Q73

During the past year, how often have the people in your congregation made too many demands on you?

	1) Very often
	2) Fairly often
	3) Once in a while
	4) Never

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	57	9.9%	9.9%	-2.13
Fairly often	96	16.8%	26.7%	-.97
Once in a while	299	52.2%	78.9%	.18
Never	121	21.1%	100%	1.33

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Respondent was 25 years old or younger	Respondent was between 26 and 40 years old	Respondent was between 41 and 55 years old	Respondent was between 56 and 65 years old	Respondent was 66 years old or older	TOTAL
Very often	14.3% 1	13.1% 14	9.9% 27	6.0% 8	10.4% 5	9.7% 55
Fairly often	42.9% 3	18.7% 20	18.2% 50	12.8% 17	10.4% 5	16.7% 95
Once in a while	28.6% 2	52.3% 56	54.4% 149	54.9% 73	39.6% 19	52.5% 299
Never	14.3% 1	15.9% 17	17.5% 48	26.3% 35	39.6% 19	21.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 107	100.0% 274	100.0% 133	100.0% 48	569

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school diploma or less	Some college education, but less than a B.A or B.S.	Bachelor's degree (B.A.,B.S.)	Professional degree beyond B.A./B.S. (M.A, M.S, M.D., D.D.S.,J.D./LL.B., etc.)	Other, specify	TOTAL
Very often	1.7% 1	14.6% 7	11.5% 12	9.8% 33	14.8% 4	9.9% 57
Fairly often	13.8% 8	16.7% 8	14.4% 15	17.6% 59	22.2% 6	16.8% 96
Once in a while	48.3% 28	39.6% 19	53.8% 56	55.1% 185	40.7% 11	52.2% 299
Never	36.2% 21	29.2% 14	20.2% 21	17.6% 59	22.2% 6	21.1% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 48	100.0% 104	100.0% 336	100.0% 27	573

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Hispanic/Latino	Asian/Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Very often	6.4% 26	26.0% 20	10.2% 6	10.0% 1	25.0% 4	10.0% 57
Fairly often	14.7% 60	19.5% 15	30.5% 18	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	16.7% 95
Once in a while	59.3% 242	39.0% 30	32.2% 19	30.0% 3	25.0% 4	52.3% 298
Never	19.6% 80	15.6% 12	27.1% 16	40.0% 4	50.0% 8	21.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 77	100.0% 59	100.0% 10	100.0% 16	570

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Congregation earned $50,000 or less last year	Congregation earned between $50,001 and $100,000 last year	Congregation earned between $100,001 and $250,000 last year	Congregation earned between $250,001 and $500,000 last year	Congregation earned $500,001 or more last year	TOTAL
Very often	12.2% 12	9.2% 7	9.4% 12	10.0% 9	9.7% 11	10.1% 51
Fairly often	20.4% 20	11.8% 9	15.7% 20	14.4% 13	18.6% 21	16.5% 83
Once in a while	37.8% 37	48.7% 37	58.3% 74	61.1% 55	60.2% 68	53.8% 271
Never	29.6% 29	30.3% 23	16.5% 21	14.4% 13	11.5% 13	19.6% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 76	100.0% 127	100.0% 90	100.0% 113	504