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

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VACANCY2 (Weighted by WGT) During the past three years, has your organization made any of the following changes in staffing? -- Staff vacancies left unfilled for budgetary reasons   1) Substantially increased (more than 10 percent)   2) Moderately increased (less than 10 percent)   3) Stayed constant   4) Moderately decreased (less than 10 percent)   5) Substantially decreased (more than 10 percent)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Substantially increased (more than 10 percent)	2955	1.9%	1.9%
Moderately increased (less than 10 percent)	8251	5.3%	7.2%
Stayed constant	133613	85.3%	92.5%
Moderately decreased (less than 10 percent)	6827	4.4%	96.9%
Substantially decreased (more than 10 percent)	4907	3.1%	100%
Missing	101092	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Region Number of Members Church location Year founded

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Substantially increased (more than 10 percent)	4.0% 847	1.1% 520	2.2% 1436	0.6% 153	1.9% 2956
Moderately increased (less than 10 percent)	3.7% 801	4.9% 2343	4.9% 3138	8.2% 1969	5.3% 8251
Stayed constant	88.4% 18947	87.1% 41287	86.1% 54958	77.2% 18421	85.3% 133613
Moderately decreased (less than 10 percent)	2.0% 423	3.0% 1413	5.5% 3497	6.3% 1494	4.4% 6827
Substantially decreased (more than 10 percent)	2.0% 423	3.9% 1854	1.3% 798	7.7% 1832	3.1% 4907
Missing	14932	26976	41652	17532	101092
TOTAL	100.0% 21441	100.0% 47417	100.0% 63827	100.0% 23869	156554

Number of Members (I-MEMBERS)

	<100	100-299	300-499	500-999	1K & over	TOTAL
Substantially increased (more than 10 percent)	0.4% 153	1.3% 729	2.6% 672	6.0% 979	2.2% 423	1.9% 2956
Moderately increased (less than 10 percent)	4.6% 1823	3.8% 2091	3.8% 995	4.0% 651	14.2% 2691	5.3% 8251
Stayed constant	87.5% 34442	89.8% 49940	84.6% 22132	82.2% 13517	71.7% 13581	85.3% 133612
Moderately decreased (less than 10 percent)	2.8% 1112	3.1% 1696	5.6% 1454	5.8% 959	8.5% 1606	4.4% 6827
Substantially decreased (more than 10 percent)	4.7% 1852	2.0% 1136	3.5% 922	2.1% 346	3.4% 653	3.1% 4909
Missing	30173	36934	13398	15373	5214	101092
TOTAL	100.0% 39382	100.0% 55592	100.0% 26175	100.0% 16452	100.0% 18954	156555

Church location (I-COMMSIZE)

	Large city	Small city	Town	Suburb	Cntry/farm	Missing	TOTAL
Substantially increased (more than 10 percent)	2.3% 654	1.2% 402	3.1% 1476	1.6% 423	0.0% 0	0	1.9% 2955
Moderately increased (less than 10 percent)	8.4% 2373	9.6% 3156	1.3% 595	5.4% 1398	3.4% 729	0	5.3% 8251
Stayed constant	76.1% 21443	81.4% 26743	91.4% 43218	83.6% 21652	91.8% 19922	636	85.3% 132978
Moderately decreased (less than 10 percent)	6.7% 1880	7.5% 2447	1.1% 499	5.8% 1494	2.3% 508	0	4.4% 6828
Substantially decreased (more than 10 percent)	6.5% 1822	0.3% 97	3.2% 1521	3.6% 920	2.5% 548	0	3.1% 4908
Missing	15735	25404	27488	18062	14259	0	100948
TOTAL	100.0% 28172	100.0% 32845	100.0% 47309	100.0% 25887	100.0% 21707	636	155920

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1689-1865	1866-1914	1915-1945	1946-1970	1971-1992	Missing	TOTAL
Substantially increased (more than 10 percent)	1.8% 423	2.4% 938	4.0% 825	1.2% 520	0.9% 248	0	1.9% 2954
Moderately increased (less than 10 percent)	3.2% 729	2.9% 1122	5.3% 1098	8.5% 3536	5.5% 1613	153	5.3% 8098
Stayed constant	85.1% 19514	88.8% 34449	81.6% 17013	83.7% 34962	87.6% 25481	2192	85.7% 131419
Moderately decreased (less than 10 percent)	5.6% 1277	2.9% 1130	5.9% 1225	5.0% 2107	3.7% 1087	0	4.4% 6826
Substantially decreased (more than 10 percent)	4.3% 981	3.0% 1154	3.3% 691	1.5% 643	2.2% 653	786	2.7% 4122
Missing	14723	25407	12568	24217	22781	0	99696
TOTAL	100.0% 22924	100.0% 38793	100.0% 20852	100.0% 41768	100.0% 29082	3131	153419