From Belief To Commitment: the Community Service Activities and Finances of Religious Congregations in the United States, 1992

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NOPROFIT (Weighted by WGT) What do you believe should be the most important criteria for non-profit tax exemption? Please indicate the importance of the following criteria -- No 'profits' (that is, money left over after expenses cannot be distributed to individuals, including owners).   1) Absolutely important   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not very important   5) Not at all important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Absolutely important	174178	69.5%	69.5%
Very important	41198	16.4%	85.9%
Somewhat important	17975	7.2%	93.1%
Not very important	5642	2.3%	95.4%
Not at all important	11545	4.6%	100%
Missing	7110	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Region Number of Members Church location Year founded

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Absolutely important	69.0% 24422	71.9% 52766	71.8% 72486	60.0% 24504	69.5% 174178
Very important	15.8% 5590	14.5% 10648	13.3% 13424	28.2% 11535	16.4% 41197
Somewhat important	7.1% 2509	6.6% 4826	8.3% 8360	5.6% 2280	7.2% 17975
Not very important	2.2% 769	2.6% 1919	2.1% 2142	2.0% 811	2.3% 5641
Not at all important	5.9% 2102	4.4% 3207	4.5% 4521	4.2% 1715	4.6% 11545
Missing	981	1028	4545	557	7111
TOTAL	100.0% 35392	100.0% 73366	100.0% 100933	100.0% 40845	250536

Number of Members (I-MEMBERS)

	<100	100-299	300-499	500-999	1K & over	TOTAL
Absolutely important	64.5% 43586	70.6% 63480	68.8% 26351	74.0% 23153	75.2% 17608	69.5% 174178
Very important	16.7% 11299	17.1% 15381	19.2% 7361	15.4% 4825	10.0% 2333	16.4% 41199
Somewhat important	7.2% 4892	6.8% 6097	5.9% 2271	8.6% 2690	8.6% 2024	7.2% 17974
Not very important	4.6% 3122	2.1% 1899	0.0% 0	2.0% 620	0.0% 0	2.3% 5641
Not at all important	7.0% 4698	3.4% 3084	6.0% 2304	0.0% 0	6.2% 1458	4.6% 11544
Missing	1958	2585	1285	537	745	7110
TOTAL	100.0% 67597	100.0% 89941	100.0% 38287	100.0% 31288	100.0% 23423	250536

Church location (I-COMMSIZE)

	Large city	Small city	Town	Suburb	Cntry/farm	Missing	TOTAL
Absolutely important	63.4% 26716	72.5% 41468	71.1% 51236	66.4% 28373	73.0% 26028	357	69.6% 173821
Very important	20.4% 8594	16.1% 9188	16.3% 11713	16.5% 7066	11.8% 4213	424	16.3% 40774
Somewhat important	6.0% 2508	5.8% 3335	6.0% 4304	11.6% 4978	8.0% 2849	0	7.2% 17974
Not very important	1.1% 459	2.6% 1470	1.6% 1146	3.6% 1533	2.9% 1034	0	2.3% 5642
Not at all important	9.1% 3833	3.0% 1700	5.1% 3666	1.9% 794	4.4% 1552	0	4.6% 11545
Missing	1796	1088	2731	1206	290	0	7111
TOTAL	100.0% 42110	100.0% 57161	100.0% 72065	100.0% 42744	100.0% 35676	781	249756

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1689-1865	1866-1914	1915-1945	1946-1970	1971-1992	Missing	TOTAL
Absolutely important	75.8% 27733	72.3% 45188	62.3% 19640	70.9% 45490	63.6% 32539	3588	69.3% 170590
Very important	11.5% 4205	14.5% 9084	15.6% 4925	18.9% 12119	20.9% 10712	153	16.7% 41045
Somewhat important	7.2% 2620	7.6% 4754	12.4% 3908	5.0% 3224	6.8% 3469	0	7.3% 17975
Not very important	3.5% 1264	1.9% 1210	1.6% 489	1.1% 688	3.9% 1991	0	2.3% 5642
Not at all important	2.2% 788	3.7% 2282	8.2% 2583	4.1% 2637	4.8% 2464	789	4.4% 10754
Missing	1037	1683	1875	1827	688	0	7110
TOTAL	100.0% 36610	100.0% 62518	100.0% 31545	100.0% 64158	100.0% 51175	4530	246006