American Congregational Giving Study, Congregational Profiles, 1993

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I-REGION (Weighted by WEIGHT) Location of congregation--Nine U.S. census regions are represented (recoded for use with on-line analysis)   0) Northeast   1) Midwest   2) South   3) West

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Northeast	104	16.7%	16.7%
Midwest	188	30.2%	46.9%
South	248	39.8%	86.7%
West	83	13.3%	100%
Missing	2	%	%

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
Northeast	12.2% 15	0.0% 0	28.8% 36	21.8% 27	20.2% 25	16.6% 103
Midwest	23.6% 29	14.3% 18	32.8% 41	50.8% 63	29.8% 37	30.2% 188
South	43.9% 54	79.4% 100	20.8% 26	16.1% 20	39.5% 49	40.0% 249
West	20.3% 25	6.3% 8	17.6% 22	11.3% 14	10.5% 13	13.2% 82
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 126	100.0% 125	100.0% 124	100.0% 124	622

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Northeast	100.0% 104	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 104
Midwest	0.0% 0	100.0% 188	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.2% 188
South	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 248	0.0% 0	39.8% 248
West	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 83	13.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 188	100.0% 248	100.0% 83	623

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1770-1865	1866-1918	1919-1945	1946-1965	1966 & later	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	23.6% 26	19.4% 32	14.4% 13	12.6% 17	12.5% 15	0	16.6% 103
Midwest	37.3% 41	33.9% 56	23.3% 21	28.1% 38	24.2% 29	3	29.8% 185
South	39.1% 43	37.6% 62	46.7% 42	32.6% 44	48.3% 58	0	40.2% 249
West	0.0% 0	9.1% 15	15.6% 14	26.7% 36	15.0% 18	0	13.4% 83
Missing	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 165	100.0% 90	100.0% 135	100.0% 120	3	620

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	100 & less	101-200	201-500	501-1000	Over 1000	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	12.2% 14	13.7% 21	16.4% 28	17.4% 12	26.7% 28	0	16.8% 103
Midwest	31.3% 36	34.6% 53	26.9% 46	29.0% 20	30.5% 32	0	30.5% 187
South	49.6% 57	44.4% 68	45.0% 77	36.2% 25	19.0% 20	0	40.3% 247
West	7.0% 8	7.2% 11	11.7% 20	17.4% 12	23.8% 25	7	12.4% 76
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 153	100.0% 171	100.0% 69	100.0% 105	7	613

(I-#ATTEND)

	100 & less	101-200	201-350	Over 350	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	14.5% 37	13.8% 20	16.4% 12	25.7% 35	0	17.1% 104
Midwest	31.0% 79	30.3% 44	27.4% 20	27.9% 38	7	29.7% 181
South	47.1% 120	45.5% 66	41.1% 30	22.1% 30	2	40.4% 246
West	7.5% 19	10.3% 15	15.1% 11	24.3% 33	5	12.8% 78
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 145	100.0% 73	100.0% 136	14	609

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	LgCty/Sub	MdCty/Sub	Small city	Town	Rural	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	23.2% 42	4.5% 4	21.0% 21	17.9% 29	7.8% 7	0	16.6% 103
Midwest	12.7% 23	46.1% 41	28.0% 28	43.2% 70	27.8% 25	1	30.1% 187
South	37.6% 68	29.2% 26	44.0% 44	33.3% 54	63.3% 57	0	40.0% 249
West	26.5% 48	20.2% 18	7.0% 7	5.6% 9	1.1% 1	0	13.3% 83
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 89	100.0% 100	100.0% 162	100.0% 90	1	622