Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

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


ADVICE (Weighted by WEIGHT)

How often does the [sermon/homily/lesson] in your worship focus on: Practical advice for daily living
  0) Missing
  1) Never
  2) Seldom
  3) Sometimes
  4) Often
  5) Always

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Missing 67 .5% .5%
Never 15 .1% .6%
Seldom 253 1.9% 2.5%
Sometimes 2351 18% 20.5%
Often 6566 50.3% 70.8%
Always 3792 29.1% 99.9%
Missing 1257 % %

Variable Comparisons

Religion (I-RELIGION)

Liberal Protestant Moderate Protestant Evangelical Protestant Historically Black Catholic and Orthodox Other TOTAL
Missing 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
8.5%
65
0.5%
66
Never 0.4%
5
0.1%
2
0.1%
6
0.1%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.1%
15
Seldom 5.2%
73
2.1%
66
1.3%
73
0.7%
13
2.5%
2
3.5%
27
1.9%
254
Sometimes 31.3%
436
22.3%
715
14.6%
845
6.5%
118
23.5%
19
28.5%
218
18.0%
2351
Often 47.8%
666
53.3%
1710
56.4%
3268
26.6%
479
50.6%
41
52.6%
403
50.3%
6567
Always 15.2%
212
22.4%
718
27.6%
1598
66.1%
1192
23.5%
19
6.9%
53
29.1%
3792
Missing 26 26 71 3 1061 71 1258
TOTAL 100.0%
1392
100.0%
3211
100.0%
5791
100.0%
1804
100.0%
81
100.0%
766

13045


Region (I-REGION)

North east South North central West Missing TOTAL
Missing 0.4%
7
0.3%
17
0.4%
14
1.1%
28

1
0.5%
66
Never 0.3%
4
0.1%
6
0.1%
4
0.1%
2

0
0.1%
16
Seldom 2.3%
36
1.7%
87
2.0%
73
2.2%
55

2
2.0%
251
Sometimes 23.1%
364
15.3%
770
19.3%
718
18.6%
469

29
18.1%
2321
Often 49.4%
778
50.7%
2551
50.0%
1863
51.1%
1285

91
50.4%
6477
Always 24.6%
387
31.9%
1605
28.3%
1055
26.9%
676

69
29.0%
3723
Missing 313 237 448 217 0 1215
TOTAL 100.0%
1576
100.0%
5036
100.0%
3727
100.0%
2515

192

12854