American Congregational Giving Study, Congregational Profiles, 1993

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CSDCARE2 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Did your congregation sponsor a day-care center or preschool? If YES: Was the day-care center self-supporting, or did it require a subsidy?   1) It was self-supporting.   2) It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:   3) It required a subsidy. Amount:

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
It was self-supporting.	88	72.7%	72.7%
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	18	14.9%	87.6%
It required a subsidy. Amount:	15	12.4%	100%
Missing	503	%	%

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
It was self-supporting.	30.0% 3	83.3% 10	71.4% 30	81.8% 18	77.1% 27	72.7% 88
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	70.0% 7	8.3% 1	7.1% 3	9.1% 2	14.3% 5	14.9% 18
It required a subsidy. Amount:	0.0% 0	8.3% 1	21.4% 9	9.1% 2	8.6% 3	12.4% 15
Missing	114	113	82	103	90	502
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 12	100.0% 42	100.0% 22	100.0% 35	121

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
It was self-supporting.	66.7% 22	85.7% 24	71.8% 28	63.6% 14	72.1% 88
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	18.2% 6	10.7% 3	15.4% 6	13.6% 3	14.8% 18
It required a subsidy. Amount:	15.2% 5	3.6% 1	12.8% 5	22.7% 5	13.1% 16
Missing	71	161	209	61	502
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 28	100.0% 39	100.0% 22	122

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1770-1865	1866-1918	1919-1945	1946-1965	1966 & later	TOTAL
It was self-supporting.	78.9% 15	79.4% 27	62.5% 10	74.3% 26	58.8% 10	72.7% 88
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	10.5% 2	5.9% 2	25.0% 4	11.4% 4	35.3% 6	14.9% 18
It required a subsidy. Amount:	10.5% 2	14.7% 5	12.5% 2	14.3% 5	5.9% 1	12.4% 15
Missing	90	132	73	100	105	500
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	100.0% 16	100.0% 35	100.0% 17	121

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	100 & less	101-200	201-500	501-1000	Over 1000	TOTAL
It was self-supporting.	66.7% 6	68.8% 11	76.7% 23	70.6% 12	72.0% 36	72.1% 88
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	33.3% 3	25.0% 4	16.7% 5	11.8% 2	10.0% 5	15.6% 19
It required a subsidy. Amount:	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	6.7% 2	17.6% 3	18.0% 9	12.3% 15
Missing	109	138	142	53	55	497
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 16	100.0% 30	100.0% 17	100.0% 50	122

(I-#ATTEND)

	100 & less	101-200	201-350	Over 350	Missing	TOTAL
It was self-supporting.	71.4% 15	73.1% 19	76.5% 13	68.4% 39	3	71.1% 86
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	19.0% 4	19.2% 5	17.6% 3	12.3% 7	0	15.7% 19
It required a subsidy. Amount:	9.5% 2	7.7% 2	5.9% 1	19.3% 11	1	13.2% 16
Missing	237	120	57	79	0	493
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 26	100.0% 17	100.0% 57	4	121

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	LgCty/Sub	MdCty/Sub	Small city	Town	Rural	TOTAL
It was self-supporting.	63.6% 35	76.2% 16	84.2% 16	86.4% 19	50.0% 2	72.7% 88
It provided a surplus to the congregation. Amount:	20.0% 11	14.3% 3	5.3% 1	4.5% 1	50.0% 2	14.9% 18
It required a subsidy. Amount:	16.4% 9	9.5% 2	10.5% 2	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	12.4% 15
Missing	127	68	81	140	85	501
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 21	100.0% 19	100.0% 22	100.0% 4	121