Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2010, Presbyterian Church (USA)

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QF3A How would you describe your congregation's financial health today and five years ago? Today   1) In serious difficulty   2) In some difficulty   3) Tight, but we manage   4) Good   5) Excellent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
In serious difficulty	53	7.8%	7.8%	-2.05
In some difficulty	106	15.5%	23.3%	-1.06
Tight, but we manage	318	46.6%	69.9%	-.08
Good	144	21.1%	91.1%	.91
Excellent	61	8.9%	100%	1.89

Variable Comparisons

Age Size of place Theology

Age (I-AGE)

	1650-1800	1801-1900	1901-1950	1951-1975	1976-2000	After 2000	TOTAL
In serious difficulty	9.1% 4	7.4% 23	3.7% 5	8.8% 10	15.8% 6	28.6% 2	7.7% 50
In some difficulty	11.4% 5	15.1% 47	16.3% 22	18.4% 21	10.5% 4	28.6% 2	15.5% 101
Tight, but we manage	59.1% 26	44.2% 138	48.9% 66	44.7% 51	50.0% 19	28.6% 2	46.5% 302
Good	20.5% 9	23.4% 73	19.3% 26	20.2% 23	15.8% 6	14.3% 1	21.2% 138
Excellent	0.0% 0	9.9% 31	11.9% 16	7.9% 9	7.9% 3	0.0% 0	9.1% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 312	100.0% 135	100.0% 114	100.0% 38	100.0% 7	650

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	1-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	More than 500	TOTAL
In serious difficulty	9.3% 25	11.8% 19	3.1% 5	7.1% 4	0.0% 0	7.9% 53
In some difficulty	17.9% 48	18.6% 30	11.0% 18	8.9% 5	9.5% 2	15.4% 103
Tight, but we manage	45.1% 121	42.9% 69	56.4% 92	32.1% 18	47.6% 10	46.3% 310
Good	20.9% 56	19.9% 32	20.2% 33	26.8% 15	33.3% 7	21.4% 143
Excellent	6.7% 18	6.8% 11	9.2% 15	25.0% 14	9.5% 2	9.0% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 161	100.0% 163	100.0% 56	100.0% 21	669

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Moderate	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	TOTAL
In serious difficulty	13.3% 2	8.2% 8	9.6% 25	5.0% 12	8.3% 5	7.7% 52
In some difficulty	20.0% 3	16.5% 16	14.9% 39	15.8% 38	16.7% 10	15.8% 106
Tight, but we manage	40.0% 6	54.6% 53	45.2% 118	47.1% 113	36.7% 22	46.4% 312
Good	20.0% 3	15.5% 15	19.9% 52	22.5% 54	31.7% 19	21.2% 143
Excellent	6.7% 1	5.2% 5	10.3% 27	9.6% 23	6.7% 4	8.9% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 97	100.0% 261	100.0% 240	100.0% 60	673