U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Random Attenders

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DESINVLV Which best describes your involvement in the making of important decisions in this congregation?   1) I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.   2) I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.   3) I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.   4) I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.   5) I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	13146	12.3%	12.3%	-1.8
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	19899	18.6%	30.8%	-.87
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	40157	37.5%	68.3%	.05
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	27525	25.7%	94%	.97
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	6440	6%	100%	1.9

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	11.3% 6989	13.6% 5476	12.2% 12465
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	19.5% 11993	17.4% 7019	18.7% 19012
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	38.6% 23761	36.1% 14545	37.6% 38306
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	24.9% 15320	26.8% 10786	25.6% 26106
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	5.8% 3552	6.1% 2452	5.9% 6004
TOTAL	100.0% 61615	100.0% 40278	101893

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less 10K	10K-24,999	25K-49,999	50K-74,999	75K-99,999	100K plus	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	10.3% 845	11.2% 1760	12.5% 3115	13.4% 2726	13.7% 1564	13.0% 1939	12.5% 11949
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	14.0% 1153	17.1% 2695	19.3% 4801	20.5% 4168	19.9% 2275	19.3% 2888	18.8% 17980
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	32.4% 2664	37.4% 5893	37.4% 9336	37.9% 7712	39.3% 4495	40.1% 5993	37.8% 36093
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	35.0% 2879	27.9% 4395	25.4% 6337	22.7% 4618	22.0% 2515	21.8% 3254	25.1% 23998
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	8.2% 676	6.4% 1007	5.4% 1348	5.5% 1112	5.1% 587	5.7% 853	5.8% 5583
TOTAL	100.0% 8217	100.0% 15750	100.0% 24937	100.0% 20336	100.0% 11436	100.0% 14927	95603

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Trade certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Graduate degree	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	10.6% 1338	11.4% 3880	11.6% 761	11.6% 1311	12.4% 3117	16.1% 2468	12.3% 12875
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	15.1% 1914	17.5% 5935	18.8% 1236	19.7% 2227	19.9% 5007	21.0% 3208	18.6% 19527
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	31.6% 4012	38.7% 13125	37.0% 2432	37.2% 4205	38.5% 9683	39.1% 5972	37.6% 39429
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	34.9% 4422	26.8% 9107	26.1% 1719	25.0% 2824	23.8% 5976	18.3% 2791	25.6% 26839
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	7.8% 994	5.5% 1875	6.5% 430	6.4% 723	5.4% 1360	5.5% 844	5.9% 6226
TOTAL	100.0% 12680	100.0% 33922	100.0% 6578	100.0% 11290	100.0% 25143	100.0% 15283	104896

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Committed relationship	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	8.6% 1469	13.5% 9344	8.8% 202	10.1% 137	10.6% 729	12.5% 1002	12.3% 12883
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	13.8% 2366	20.1% 13943	15.6% 357	14.8% 200	16.8% 1157	18.8% 1506	18.6% 19529
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	33.7% 5760	38.4% 26602	36.2% 828	35.2% 476	38.4% 2638	39.3% 3140	37.6% 39444
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	36.8% 6297	22.5% 15624	32.7% 747	32.3% 437	27.4% 1886	23.7% 1893	25.6% 26884
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	7.1% 1211	5.5% 3831	6.6% 152	7.6% 103	6.8% 464	5.7% 459	5.9% 6220
TOTAL	100.0% 17103	100.0% 69344	100.0% 2286	100.0% 1353	100.0% 6874	100.0% 8000	104960

Age (I-AGE)

	Less 25	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
I have been given the opportunity and often participate in decision-making.	7.6% 768	9.7% 3057	14.4% 3022	15.1% 2420	13.8% 3382	12.2% 12649
I have been given the opportunity and occasionally get involved in decision-making.	13.2% 1340	16.9% 5333	20.5% 4309	20.0% 3211	20.3% 4997	18.6% 19190
I have been given the opportunity but don't usually get involved in decision-making.	30.2% 3071	39.8% 12555	38.8% 8159	36.9% 5914	37.3% 9175	37.6% 38874
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and this is fine with me.	41.7% 4234	28.1% 8851	20.5% 4318	22.1% 3542	22.7% 5568	25.7% 26513
I have not been given an opportunity to be involved and I am not happy about this.	7.4% 750	5.5% 1745	5.8% 1218	6.0% 960	5.9% 1443	5.9% 6116
TOTAL	100.0% 10163	100.0% 31541	100.0% 21026	100.0% 16047	100.0% 24565	103342