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English Church Census, 1989

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C_AID_3

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 3, 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	1	0%	0%	-6.08
Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	1	0%	.1%	-4.77
Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	142	3.7%	3.7%	-3.46
Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	205	5.3%	9%	-2.15
Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	574	14.8%	23.9%	-.84
Evangelism and other missionary work	2915	75.3%	99.2%	.47
Other (please specify)	29	.7%	99.9%	1.78
We prefer not to give support to this type of work	3	.1%	100%	3.09

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% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	5.2% 39	4.2% 32	2.5% 25	2.2% 17	4.7% 18	7.3% 9	3.7% 140
Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	4.8% 36	5.8% 44	5.5% 55	4.9% 38	4.4% 17	7.3% 9	5.2% 199
Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	16.9% 126	14.7% 111	13.8% 139	13.7% 107	14.7% 57	22.0% 27	14.9% 567
Evangelism and other missionary work	72.0% 537	74.3% 561	77.4% 779	78.3% 613	75.5% 292	63.4% 78	75.3% 2860
Other (please specify)	0.9% 7	0.8% 6	0.8% 8	0.8% 6	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 29
We prefer not to give support to this type of work	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 746	100.0% 755	100.0% 1006	100.0% 783	100.0% 387	100.0% 123	3800

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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	4.1% 13	2.1% 4	3.5% 37	3.2% 17	1.1% 2	4.4% 66	3.7% 139
Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	4.7% 15	2.6% 5	5.4% 58	4.4% 23	4.0% 7	6.1% 92	5.3% 200
Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	12.6% 40	14.1% 27	13.9% 149	14.9% 78	13.1% 23	16.0% 241	14.7% 558
Evangelism and other missionary work	77.0% 245	80.2% 154	76.7% 821	76.7% 402	81.1% 142	72.5% 1091	75.4% 2855
Other (please specify)	1.6% 5	1.0% 2	0.5% 5	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 13	0.7% 28
We prefer not to give support to this type of work	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 192	100.0% 1071	100.0% 524	100.0% 175	100.0% 1505	3785