Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

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STORIES (Weighted by WEIGHT) How often does the [sermon/homily/lesson] include a lot of: Personal stories or first-hand experiences   0) Missing   1) Never   2) Seldom   3) Sometimes   4) Often   5) Always

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Missing	78	.7%	.7%
Never	56	.5%	1.2%
Seldom	574	5.1%	6.3%
Sometimes	3421	30.4%	36.7%
Often	5795	51.5%	88.2%
Always	1338	11.9%	100.1%
Missing	3039	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Religion Region

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Liberal Protestant	Moderate Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Historically Black	Catholic and Orthodox	Other	TOTAL
Missing	0.9% 12	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.5% 65	0.7% 79
Never	0.4% 6	0.2% 6	0.7% 42	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 56
Seldom	4.1% 58	4.1% 131	6.3% 362	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	1.6% 12	5.1% 573
Sometimes	27.5% 388	30.8% 989	31.9% 1845	0.0% 0	39.0% 32	22.0% 168	30.4% 3422
Often	53.7% 757	52.7% 1693	49.0% 2836	0.0% 0	40.2% 33	62.2% 476	51.5% 5795
Always	13.4% 189	12.3% 395	12.2% 704	0.0% 0	6.1% 5	5.8% 44	11.9% 1337
Missing	9	22	72	1805	1061	70	3039
TOTAL	100.0% 1410	100.0% 3215	100.0% 5790	100.0% 0	100.0% 82	100.0% 765	11262

Region (I-REGION)

	North east	South	North central	West	Missing	TOTAL
Missing	0.6% 8	0.5% 20	0.6% 21	1.2% 28	1	0.7% 77
Never	0.4% 6	0.5% 20	0.8% 27	0.1% 3	0	0.5% 56
Seldom	5.0% 70	5.1% 210	4.5% 147	6.1% 141	6	5.1% 568
Sometimes	27.0% 377	33.6% 1391	29.2% 960	27.9% 641	52	30.3% 3369
Often	57.2% 797	48.6% 2015	52.3% 1718	52.2% 1200	65	51.5% 5730
Always	9.8% 136	11.8% 489	12.5% 411	12.4% 285	17	11.9% 1321
Missing	494	1130	891	433	0	2948
TOTAL	100.0% 1394	100.0% 4145	100.0% 3284	100.0% 2298	141	11121