Income and church attendance: High-income people pooh-pooh religion, right? It's food for peasants. The GSS asks about income and church attendance. Those who never attend were scored as 1, and the most frequent attenders--more than weekly--were given an 8. Here are mean scores by personal, annual income (N = 7,062):
Church attendance by annual income category (in thousands)
10-12.5 3.53
20-22.5 3.48
30-35 3.60
40-50 3.54
50-60 3.54
60-75 3.58
75-90 3.38
90-110 3.41
110+ 3.64
The GSS cannot isolate really rich people, but there is no evidence here that church is only for Joe Six Pack.
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that's a common finding in a lot of societies. it seems that higher status people are more embedded in institutions. it is even stronger in some european nations where lower classes tend to be anti-clerical.
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