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English Church Census, 1989

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C_AID_2

Which of the following types of third world community aid do you think your church would most wish to support? Please tick those one or two items which would most closely represent your congregation's preferences (choice 2, see online summary)

	1) Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc
	2) Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest
	3) Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups
	4) Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children
	5) Aid to be administered through local churches overseas
	6) Evangelism and other missionary work
	7) Other (please specify)
	8) We prefer not to give support to this type of work

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc	3	0%	0%	-2.96
Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	1546	9.5%	9.5%	-2.21
Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	1230	7.5%	17%	-1.45
Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	1831	11.2%	28.2%	-.69
Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	4319	26.4%	54.6%	.06
Evangelism and other missionary work	7287	44.5%	99.1%	.82
Other (please specify)	117	.7%	99.8%	1.57
We prefer not to give support to this type of work	26	.2%	100%	2.33

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	0-25	26-50	51-100	101-200	201-500	501+	TOTAL
Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 3
Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	9.1% 370	9.4% 323	8.9% 356	9.0% 261	11.0% 149	15.6% 59	9.4% 1518
Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	6.8% 276	6.6% 225	7.3% 293	7.2% 209	9.1% 123	19.0% 72	7.4% 1198
Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	10.2% 418	10.5% 358	12.4% 497	12.1% 349	11.6% 157	8.7% 33	11.2% 1812
Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	24.4% 998	24.6% 842	26.8% 1074	29.4% 852	27.8% 376	30.7% 116	26.4% 4258
Evangelism and other missionary work	48.4% 1980	48.1% 1649	43.7% 1751	41.7% 1207	39.4% 532	24.9% 94	44.7% 7213
Other (please specify)	0.7% 29	0.6% 22	0.8% 31	0.6% 16	1.0% 14	1.1% 4	0.7% 116
We prefer not to give support to this type of work	0.4% 15	0.1% 5	0.1% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 4087	100.0% 3425	100.0% 4009	100.0% 2894	100.0% 1351	100.0% 378	16144

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	City centre/inner city	Council estate	Suburban/urban fringe	Separate town	Other built up area	Rural	TOTAL
Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 3
Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	10.0% 136	6.6% 63	10.1% 414	9.2% 195	7.5% 54	9.6% 651	9.4% 1513
Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	7.0% 96	7.2% 69	7.4% 306	7.2% 153	7.6% 55	7.6% 518	7.4% 1197
Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	8.4% 115	12.6% 120	10.7% 440	11.7% 247	12.5% 90	11.5% 780	11.1% 1792
Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	27.5% 375	23.7% 226	28.5% 1174	25.8% 545	24.2% 175	25.8% 1754	26.4% 4249
Evangelism and other missionary work	46.3% 633	49.2% 470	42.3% 1739	45.4% 958	47.4% 342	44.7% 3039	44.7% 7181
Other (please specify)	0.6% 8	0.7% 7	1.0% 40	0.6% 12	0.7% 5	0.6% 44	0.7% 116
We prefer not to give support to this type of work	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.3% 18	0.2% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 1366	100.0% 955	100.0% 4115	100.0% 2112	100.0% 722	100.0% 6806	16076