American Mosaic Project - A National Survey on Diversity - Analysis
V147A (Weighted by FINALWT)
How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Please say whether you strongly agree, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or strongly disagree. Being a church member is an important way to become established in a community.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
1) Strongly agree | 757 | 36.4% | 36.4% |
2) Somewhat agree | 865 | 41.6% | 78.0% |
3) Somewhat disagree | 266 | 12.8% | 90.7% |
4) Strongly disagree | 173 | 8.3% | 99.0% |
8) Don't know | 18 | 0.8% | 99.9% |
9) Refused | 2 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
Age (I-AGE)
18-29 years | 30-44 years | 45-54 years | 55 or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 25.7%117 | 32.1%204 | 36.2%133 | 48.9%294 | 12 | 36.3%748 |
Somewhat agree | 45.8%209 | 43.2%275 | 45.5%167 | 34.6%208 | 6 | 41.7%859 |
Somewhat disagree | 16.7%76 | 13.5%86 | 9.5%35 | 10.5%63 | 7 | 12.6%260 |
Strongly disagree | 11.8%54 | 9.9%63 | 6.3%23 | 5.5%33 | 1 | 8.4%173 |
Don't know | 0.0%0 | 1.1%7 | 2.5%9 | 0.3%2 | 0 | 0.9%18 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 2 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Total | 100%456 | 100%636 | 100%367 | 100%601 | 2060 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 31.8%320 | 40.8%437 | 0 | 36.4%757 |
Somewhat agree | 43.2%435 | 40.1%430 | 0 | 41.6%865 |
Somewhat disagree | 16.1%162 | 9.6%103 | 0 | 12.7%265 |
Strongly disagree | 7.5%76 | 9.0%97 | 0 | 8.3%173 |
Don't know | 1.3%13 | 0.4%4 | 0 | 0.8%17 |
Refused | 0.1%1 | 0.1%1 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%1007 | 100%1072 | 2079 |
Race (I-RACE)
African American (Black) | Asian American | Hispanic/Latino | Native American | White | Other or multiracial | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 47.0%85 | 28.1%9 | 43.0%65 | 52.2%12 | 34.8%543 | 32.8%40 | 2 | 36.4%754 |
Somewhat agree | 33.1%60 | 59.4%19 | 37.1%56 | 39.1%9 | 43.5%679 | 29.5%36 | 7 | 41.5%859 |
Somewhat disagree | 10.5%19 | 3.1%1 | 11.9%18 | 0.0%0 | 12.7%199 | 22.1%27 | 1 | 12.8%264 |
Strongly disagree | 8.8%16 | 9.4%3 | 6.6%10 | 8.7%2 | 7.9%123 | 15.6%19 | 2 | 8.4%173 |
Don't know | 0.6%1 | 0.0%0 | 1.3%2 | 0.0%0 | 1.0%15 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.9%18 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.1%2 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Total | 100%181 | 100%32 | 100%151 | 100%23 | 100%1561 | 100%122 | 2070 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Some high school or less | High school graduate or GED | Technical degree | Some college | College graduate | Post-graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 49.2%59 | 37.5%201 | 25.8%23 | 36.5%197 | 36.3%181 | 32.4%97 | 0 | 36.4%758 |
Somewhat agree | 26.7%32 | 40.3%216 | 44.9%40 | 44.3%239 | 43.4%216 | 41.1%123 | 1 | 41.6%866 |
Somewhat disagree | 7.5%9 | 13.6%73 | 18.0%16 | 10.6%57 | 12.7%63 | 16.1%48 | 0 | 12.8%266 |
Strongly disagree | 15.8%19 | 7.5%40 | 11.2%10 | 8.0%43 | 5.8%29 | 10.4%31 | 0 | 8.3%172 |
Don't know | 0.8%1 | 0.9%5 | 0.0%0 | 0.6%3 | 1.8%9 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.9%18 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 100%120 | 100%536 | 100%89 | 100%540 | 100%498 | 100%299 | 2082 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Hardly ever, except holidays | Less than once a month | About once a month | Two to three times a month | Once a week or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 14.7%50 | 18.7%75 | 30.7%35 | 34.8%65 | 37.9%103 | 56.1%427 | 3 | 36.4%755 |
Somewhat agree | 42.2%143 | 53.1%213 | 48.2%55 | 50.8%95 | 48.9%133 | 29.4%224 | 5 | 41.6%863 |
Somewhat disagree | 20.4%69 | 19.7%79 | 14.0%16 | 11.8%22 | 7.7%21 | 7.6%58 | 1 | 12.8%265 |
Strongly disagree | 22.1%75 | 7.5%30 | 6.1%7 | 2.1%4 | 5.5%15 | 5.4%41 | 2 | 8.3%172 |
Don't know | 0.6%2 | 0.7%3 | 0.9%1 | 0.5%1 | 0.0%0 | 1.3%10 | 0 | 0.8%17 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.1%1 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 100%339 | 100%401 | 100%114 | 100%187 | 100%272 | 100%761 | 2074 |
Region (I-REGION)
Northwest | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 34.9%138 | 37.2%206 | 41.8%276 | 29.1%137 | 0 | 36.4%757 |
Somewhat agree | 47.8%189 | 43.1%239 | 38.6%255 | 38.6%182 | 0 | 41.6%865 |
Somewhat disagree | 10.4%41 | 8.8%49 | 11.6%77 | 21.0%99 | 0 | 12.8%266 |
Strongly disagree | 6.6%26 | 9.2%51 | 7.6%50 | 9.8%46 | 0 | 8.3%173 |
Don't know | 0.0%0 | 1.6%9 | 0.5%3 | 1.3%6 | 0 | 0.9%18 |
Refused | 0.3%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.2%1 | 0 | 0.1%2 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%395 | 100%554 | 100%661 | 100%471 | 2081 |