American Congregational Giving Study, Congregational Profiles, 1993

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CSORG8 (Weighted by WEIGHT) What organized groups did your congregation sponsor last year? -- Women's group   1) Regular   2) Infrequent   3) Did not sponsor

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Regular	537	86.1%	86.1%
Infrequent	31	5%	91.1%
Did not sponsor	56	9%	100.1%
Missing	1	%	%

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
Regular	83.3% 105	82.4% 103	80.8% 101	90.3% 112	92.8% 116	85.9% 537
Infrequent	8.7% 11	4.0% 5	5.6% 7	4.0% 5	2.4% 3	5.0% 31
Did not sponsor	7.9% 10	13.6% 17	13.6% 17	5.6% 7	4.8% 6	9.1% 57
Missing	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 124	100.0% 125	625

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Regular	85.6% 89	85.1% 160	85.5% 212	90.4% 75	2	86.0% 536
Infrequent	5.8% 6	5.9% 11	3.2% 8	6.0% 5	0	4.8% 30
Did not sponsor	8.7% 9	9.0% 17	11.3% 28	3.6% 3	0	9.1% 57
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 188	100.0% 248	100.0% 83	2	623

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1770-1865	1866-1918	1919-1945	1946-1965	1966 & later	Missing	TOTAL
Regular	89.9% 98	89.7% 148	87.8% 79	83.7% 113	79.5% 97	2	86.2% 535
Infrequent	3.7% 4	3.0% 5	5.6% 5	6.7% 9	5.7% 7	0	4.8% 30
Did not sponsor	6.4% 7	7.3% 12	6.7% 6	9.6% 13	14.8% 18	1	9.0% 56
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 165	100.0% 90	100.0% 135	100.0% 122	3	621

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	100 & less	101-200	201-500	501-1000	Over 1000	Missing	TOTAL
Regular	78.6% 92	82.4% 126	92.4% 158	90.1% 64	86.7% 91	6	86.1% 531
Infrequent	7.7% 9	5.9% 9	2.9% 5	2.8% 2	4.8% 5	1	4.9% 30
Did not sponsor	13.7% 16	11.8% 18	4.7% 8	7.0% 5	8.6% 9	0	9.1% 56
Missing	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 153	100.0% 171	100.0% 71	100.0% 105	7	617

(I-#ATTEND)

	100 & less	101-200	201-350	Over 350	Missing	TOTAL
Regular	80.9% 208	91.0% 131	90.4% 66	87.5% 119	13	85.9% 524
Infrequent	7.0% 18	3.5% 5	4.1% 3	3.7% 5	0	5.1% 31
Did not sponsor	12.1% 31	5.6% 8	5.5% 4	8.8% 12	1	9.0% 55
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 257	100.0% 144	100.0% 73	100.0% 136	14	610

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	LgCty/Sub	MdCty/Sub	Small city	Town	Rural	Missing	TOTAL
Regular	85.7% 156	91.0% 81	89.1% 90	83.3% 135	82.2% 74	1	85.9% 536
Infrequent	5.5% 10	0.0% 0	3.0% 3	7.4% 12	6.7% 6	0	5.0% 31
Did not sponsor	8.8% 16	9.0% 8	7.9% 8	9.3% 15	11.1% 10	0	9.1% 57
Missing	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 89	100.0% 101	100.0% 162	100.0% 90	1	624