Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > Religious Groups > Congregations/Other Organizations > Faith Communities Today > Analysis


PURPOSE (Weighted by WEIGHT)

How well does each of the following statements describe your congregation? Our congregation has a clear sense of mission and purpose.
  0) Missing
  1) Not at all
  2) Slightly
  3) Somewhat
  4) Quite well
  5) Very well

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Missing 5 0% 0%
Not at all 229 1.9% 1.9%
Slightly 1152 9.3% 11.2%
Somewhat 3888 31.6% 42.8%
Quite well 4596 37.3% 80.1%
Very well 2451 19.9% 100%
Missing 1981 % %

Variable Comparisons

Religion (I-RELIGION)

Liberal Protestant Moderate Protestant Evangelical Protestant Historically Black Catholic and Orthodox Other TOTAL
Missing 0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.3%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
5
Not at all 1.9%
26
3.3%
105
1.5%
84
0.0%
0
0.7%
8
0.8%
7
1.9%
230
Slightly 9.9%
138
13.1%
421
8.1%
465
0.0%
0
8.5%
96
3.8%
32
9.3%
1152
Somewhat 34.6%
481
38.1%
1223
27.8%
1604
0.0%
0
33.3%
374
24.8%
206
31.6%
3888
Quite well 37.7%
524
33.2%
1065
36.6%
2109
0.0%
0
43.5%
489
49.2%
409
37.3%
4596
Very well 15.8%
220
12.4%
397
26.1%
1503
0.0%
0
13.6%
153
21.4%
178
19.9%
2451
Missing 30 26 96 1805 19 4 1980
TOTAL 100.0%
1389
100.0%
3212
100.0%
5766
100.0%
0
100.0%
1123
100.0%
832

12322


Region (I-REGION)

North east South North central West Missing TOTAL
Missing 0.1%
2
0.0%
2
0.0%
1
0.0%
1

0
0.0%
6
Not at all 2.3%
38
2.0%
86
2.1%
77
0.9%
23

5
1.8%
224
Slightly 9.5%
160
9.2%
397
11.0%
402
7.5%
187

5
9.4%
1146
Somewhat 34.6%
584
31.0%
1344
33.7%
1236
27.5%
685

39
31.6%
3849
Quite well 36.6%
617
36.7%
1591
34.9%
1279
41.3%
1028

82
37.1%
4515
Very well 16.9%
285
21.0%
910
18.2%
668
22.6%
563

24
19.9%
2426
Missing 203 944 512 244 0 1903
TOTAL 100.0%
1686
100.0%
4330
100.0%
3663
100.0%
2487

155

12166