Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

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NEWSREF (Weighted by WEIGHT) How often does the [sermon/homily/lesson] include a lot of: Illustrations from contemporary media (e.g., magazines, newspapers, television, movies, etc.)   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	78	.7%	.7%
Never	187	1.7%	2.4%
Seldom	1417	12.6%	15%
Sometimes	4195	37.3%	52.3%
Often	4609	41%	93.3%
Always	751	6.7%	100%
Missing	3066	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Religion Region

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Liberal Protestant	Moderate Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Historically Black	Catholic and Orthodox	Other	TOTAL
Missing	0.7% 10	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.5% 65	0.7% 77
Never	0.6% 8	1.0% 32	1.2% 70	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	9.6% 73	1.7% 186
Seldom	7.4% 104	7.3% 234	12.8% 738	0.0% 0	18.5% 15	42.8% 327	12.6% 1418
Sometimes	36.7% 515	36.7% 1174	38.7% 2241	0.0% 0	44.4% 36	30.0% 229	37.3% 4195
Often	47.0% 660	49.1% 1570	39.6% 2289	0.0% 0	29.6% 24	8.6% 66	41.0% 4609
Always	7.7% 108	5.8% 187	7.7% 448	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	0.5% 4	6.7% 750
Missing	13	39	75	1805	1062	72	3066
TOTAL	100.0% 1405	100.0% 3198	100.0% 5787	100.0% 0	100.0% 81	100.0% 764	11235

Region (I-REGION)

	North east	South	North central	West	Missing	TOTAL
Missing	0.6% 9	0.5% 21	0.6% 19	1.3% 29	1	0.7% 78
Never	0.7% 10	1.0% 41	1.9% 61	3.0% 70	4	1.6% 182
Seldom	11.8% 164	9.6% 398	11.3% 369	20.2% 464	22	12.6% 1395
Sometimes	35.0% 486	39.6% 1639	37.5% 1226	34.6% 795	49	37.4% 4146
Often	46.4% 644	42.1% 1743	42.0% 1374	34.1% 782	66	41.0% 4543
Always	5.4% 75	7.1% 294	6.8% 223	6.8% 156	2	6.7% 748
Missing	500	1138	903	436	0	2977
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 4136	100.0% 3272	100.0% 2296	144	11092