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Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2010, Orthodox Parishes

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > Religious Groups > Members or Leaders > Other > Analysis

ECONOMY

How would you assess the impact of the 2008-2009 economic crisis on your parish's income?

		1) Our income declined a lot
		2) Our income declined a little
		3) Our income declined at first, but has since rebounded
		4) No significant change in income
		5) Our income has grown

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Our income declined a lot	49	13.5%	13.5%	-1.44
Our income declined a little	144	39.7%	53.2%	-.62
Our income declined at first, but has since rebounded	52	14.3%	67.5%	.21
No significant change in income	86	23.7%	91.2%	1.03
Our income has grown	32	8.8%	100%	1.86

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	0-50	51-100	101-250	251-400	401-800	TOTAL
Our income declined a lot	15.6% 15	9.6% 8	16.8% 18	4.4% 2	17.4% 4	13.3% 47
Our income declined a little	42.7% 41	41.0% 34	37.4% 40	48.9% 22	26.1% 6	40.4% 143
Our income declined at first, but has since rebounded	8.3% 8	12.0% 10	17.8% 19	24.4% 11	13.0% 3	14.4% 51
No significant change in income	28.1% 27	27.7% 23	15.9% 17	15.6% 7	30.4% 7	22.9% 81
Our income has grown	5.2% 5	9.6% 8	12.1% 13	6.7% 3	13.0% 3	9.0% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 96	100.0% 83	100.0% 107	100.0% 45	100.0% 23	354

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	Rural area or open country	Village or town with a population of less than 10,000	Small city or large town with a population of 10,000 to 50,000	Downtown or central area of a large city with a population of 10,000 to 50,000	Older residential area of a large city with a population of 50,000 or more	Suburb around a large city with a population of 50,000 or more	TOTAL
Our income declined a lot	5.6% 1	13.3% 4	10.6% 9	14.3% 9	11.1% 8	19.1% 18	13.5% 49
Our income declined a little	50.0% 9	46.7% 14	41.2% 35	39.7% 25	40.3% 29	33.0% 31	39.5% 143
Our income declined at first, but has since rebounded	11.1% 2	10.0% 3	17.6% 15	4.8% 3	19.4% 14	16.0% 15	14.4% 52
No significant change in income	11.1% 2	30.0% 9	27.1% 23	31.7% 20	20.8% 15	18.1% 17	23.8% 86
Our income has grown	22.2% 4	0.0% 0	3.5% 3	9.5% 6	8.3% 6	13.8% 13	8.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 30	100.0% 85	100.0% 63	100.0% 72	100.0% 94	362

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Moderate	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	TOTAL
Our income declined a lot	33.3% 1	36.4% 4	17.8% 16	9.4% 17	9.7% 6	12.7% 44
Our income declined a little	33.3% 1	27.3% 3	36.7% 33	38.7% 70	50.0% 31	39.8% 138
Our income declined at first, but has since rebounded	0.0% 0	18.2% 2	14.4% 13	14.4% 26	14.5% 9	14.4% 50
No significant change in income	33.3% 1	18.2% 2	22.2% 20	27.6% 50	19.4% 12	24.5% 85
Our income has grown	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.9% 8	9.9% 18	6.5% 4	8.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 11	100.0% 90	100.0% 181	100.0% 62	347