American Congregational Giving Study, Congregational Profiles, 1993

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GIVENC (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your program to encourage giving, which had the greater emphasis? (check only one.)   1) Giving a certain percentage of income   2) Supporting the programs of the church   3) Half and half   4) No such program

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Giving a certain percentage of income	238	38.4%	38.4%
Supporting the programs of the church	186	30%	68.4%
Half and half	138	22.3%	90.7%
No such program	58	9.4%	100.1%
Missing	4	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Religious preference Region Year founded Church membership Place of residence

Religious preference (I-DENOM)

	Assemblies of God	Southern Baptist	Catholic	ELCA	Presbyterian (U.S.A.)	TOTAL
Giving a certain percentage of income	66.1% 82	45.6% 57	18.5% 23	39.5% 49	22.4% 28	38.4% 239
Supporting the programs of the church	11.3% 14	20.0% 25	47.6% 59	29.8% 37	40.8% 51	29.9% 186
Half and half	14.5% 18	24.8% 31	18.5% 23	24.2% 30	28.8% 36	22.2% 138
No such program	8.1% 10	9.6% 12	15.3% 19	6.5% 8	8.0% 10	9.5% 59
Missing	2	0	0	3	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 125	100.0% 124	100.0% 124	100.0% 125	622

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Giving a certain percentage of income	36.3% 37	34.9% 65	39.5% 98	45.2% 38	0	38.4% 238
Supporting the programs of the church	34.3% 35	33.3% 62	26.6% 66	26.2% 22	2	29.8% 185
Half and half	17.6% 18	20.4% 38	25.0% 62	23.8% 20	0	22.3% 138
No such program	11.8% 12	11.3% 21	8.9% 22	4.8% 4	0	9.5% 59
Missing	3	2	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 186	100.0% 248	100.0% 84	2	620

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1770-1865	1866-1918	1919-1945	1946-1965	1966 & later	Missing	TOTAL
Giving a certain percentage of income	27.3% 30	23.2% 38	53.9% 48	43.7% 59	51.6% 63	0	38.4% 238
Supporting the programs of the church	36.4% 40	42.1% 69	19.1% 17	28.9% 39	15.6% 19	2	29.7% 184
Half and half	23.6% 26	23.2% 38	19.1% 17	20.7% 28	24.6% 30	1	22.4% 139
No such program	12.7% 14	11.6% 19	7.9% 7	6.7% 9	8.2% 10	0	9.5% 59
Missing	0	3	2	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 164	100.0% 89	100.0% 135	100.0% 122	3	620

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	100 & less	101-200	201-500	501-1000	Over 1000	Missing	TOTAL
Giving a certain percentage of income	35.7% 41	42.9% 66	47.4% 81	35.2% 25	22.9% 24	2	38.5% 237
Supporting the programs of the church	27.0% 31	26.0% 40	28.1% 48	26.8% 19	44.8% 47	2	30.0% 185
Half and half	22.6% 26	22.7% 35	19.3% 33	26.8% 19	21.9% 23	3	22.1% 136
No such program	14.8% 17	8.4% 13	5.3% 9	11.3% 8	10.5% 11	1	9.4% 58
Missing	3	0	1	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 154	100.0% 171	100.0% 71	100.0% 105	8	616

(I-#ATTEND)

	100 & less	101-200	201-350	Over 350	Missing	TOTAL
Giving a certain percentage of income	39.6% 101	41.7% 60	47.9% 35	27.4% 37	5	38.4% 233
Supporting the programs of the church	25.9% 66	31.3% 45	21.9% 16	39.3% 53	6	29.7% 180
Half and half	23.5% 60	21.5% 31	21.9% 16	22.2% 30	2	22.6% 137
No such program	11.0% 28	5.6% 8	8.2% 6	11.1% 15	1	9.4% 57
Missing	3	1	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 144	100.0% 73	100.0% 135	14	607

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	LgCty/Sub	MdCty/Sub	Small city	Town	Rural	Missing	TOTAL
Giving a certain percentage of income	40.6% 73	51.7% 46	33.0% 33	30.2% 49	42.2% 38	0	38.5% 239
Supporting the programs of the church	31.1% 56	22.5% 20	32.0% 32	35.8% 58	22.2% 20	0	30.0% 186
Half and half	21.1% 38	23.6% 21	27.0% 27	22.2% 36	17.8% 16	0	22.2% 138
No such program	7.2% 13	2.2% 2	8.0% 8	11.7% 19	17.8% 16	1	9.3% 58
Missing	3	0	1	1	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 89	100.0% 100	100.0% 162	100.0% 90	1	621