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

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I-MEMBERS (Weighted by WGT) Currently, what is the estimated number of members in your congregation, that is, people on your membership rolls or who have made a formal commitment to belong? (recoded for use with on-line analysis)   0) <100   1) 100-299   2) 300-499   3) 500-999   4) 1K & over

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
<100	69555	27%	27%
100-299	92527	35.9%	62.9%
300-499	39572	15.4%	78.3%
500-999	31826	12.4%	90.7%
1K & over	24168	9.4%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Region Number of Members Church location Year founded

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
<100	28.1% 10217	28.0% 20825	23.3% 24623	33.5% 13890	27.0% 69555
100-299	38.3% 13916	34.1% 25371	36.2% 38219	36.3% 15020	35.9% 92526
300-499	17.4% 6345	19.4% 14444	14.1% 14823	9.6% 3960	15.4% 39572
500-999	5.4% 1979	13.0% 9678	14.2% 14964	12.6% 5205	12.4% 31826
1K & over	10.8% 3915	5.5% 4075	12.2% 12849	8.0% 3328	9.4% 24167
TOTAL	100.0% 36372	100.0% 74393	100.0% 105478	100.0% 41403	257646

Number of Members (I-MEMBERS)

	<100	100-299	300-499	500-999	1K & over	TOTAL
<100	100.0% 69555	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.0% 69555
100-299	0.0% 0	100.0% 92527	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	35.9% 92527
300-499	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 39572	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.4% 39572
500-999	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 31826	0.0% 0	12.4% 31826
1K & over	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 24168	9.4% 24168
TOTAL	100.0% 69555	100.0% 92527	100.0% 39572	100.0% 31826	100.0% 24168	257648

Church location (I-COMMSIZE)

	Large city	Small city	Town	Suburb	Cntry/farm	Missing	TOTAL
<100	27.6% 12117	26.1% 15198	28.0% 20927	22.8% 10038	30.8% 11062	212	27.0% 69342
100-299	32.0% 14049	38.4% 22365	36.1% 27011	32.0% 14071	40.2% 14463	568	35.8% 91959
300-499	10.6% 4657	13.6% 7936	17.6% 13153	18.0% 7906	16.5% 5919	0	15.4% 39571
500-999	14.2% 6215	10.3% 5985	13.5% 10064	11.5% 5039	12.6% 4522	0	12.4% 31825
1K & over	15.6% 6867	11.6% 6764	4.9% 3641	15.7% 6895	0.0% 0	0	9.4% 24167
TOTAL	100.0% 43905	100.0% 58248	100.0% 74796	100.0% 43949	100.0% 35966	780	256864

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1689-1865	1866-1914	1915-1945	1946-1970	1971-1992	Missing	TOTAL
<100	10.8% 4080	18.0% 11539	28.7% 9588	17.7% 11687	58.1% 30142	2518	26.5% 67036
100-299	33.5% 12627	47.2% 30317	28.7% 9598	37.1% 24450	26.1% 13524	2011	35.8% 90516
300-499	27.5% 10350	12.8% 8248	15.6% 5199	19.7% 12978	5.4% 2797	0	15.6% 39572
500-999	18.3% 6874	14.5% 9298	14.1% 4717	12.4% 8159	5.4% 2778	0	12.6% 31826
1K & over	9.9% 3717	7.5% 4800	12.9% 4318	13.2% 8711	5.1% 2621	0	9.5% 24167
TOTAL	100.0% 37648	100.0% 64202	100.0% 33420	100.0% 65985	100.0% 51862	4529	253117