Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

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SPIRGROW (Weighted by WEIGHT) How often does the [sermon/homily/lesson] in your worship focus on: Personal spiritual growth   0) Missing   1) Never   2) Seldom   3) Sometimes   4) Often   5) Always

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Missing	66	.5%	.5%
Never	5	0%	.5%
Seldom	91	.7%	1.2%
Sometimes	1138	8.7%	9.9%
Often	6928	53.1%	63%
Always	4812	36.9%	99.9%
Missing	1260	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Religion Region

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	0.3% 4	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 5
Seldom	1.3% 18	0.3% 9	0.6% 37	1.2% 21	1.2% 1	0.5% 4	0.7% 90
Sometimes	18.3% 256	9.7% 311	7.5% 436	3.9% 71	13.6% 11	7.1% 54	8.7% 1139
Often	60.4% 844	58.3% 1864	57.0% 3301	21.0% 380	53.1% 43	64.9% 496	53.1% 6928
Always	19.7% 275	31.7% 1012	34.9% 2020	73.9% 1334	32.1% 26	19.0% 145	36.9% 4812
Missing	22	39	66	0	1061	71	1259
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 3197	100.0% 5795	100.0% 1806	100.0% 81	100.0% 764	13040

Region (I-REGION)

	North east	South	North central	West	Missing	TOTAL
Missing	0.4% 7	0.3% 17	0.4% 15	1.1% 28	1	0.5% 67
Never	0.1% 2	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0	0.0% 6
Seldom	0.6% 9	0.5% 27	0.9% 34	0.8% 20	0	0.7% 90
Sometimes	12.3% 193	7.6% 382	9.8% 364	7.1% 180	19	8.7% 1119
Often	53.5% 838	51.4% 2592	53.9% 2008	56.1% 1413	77	53.3% 6851
Always	33.0% 516	40.1% 2021	35.0% 1303	34.8% 876	95	36.7% 4716
Missing	323	231	450	214	0	1218
TOTAL	100.0% 1565	100.0% 5042	100.0% 3724	100.0% 2518	192	12849