Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

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TESTIFY (Weighted by WEIGHT) How often are the following included as part of your congregation's [regular weekend] worship service(s)? A time for [lay persons] to testify about their faith   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	77	.7%	.7%
Never	1989	17.9%	18.6%
Seldom	2904	26.1%	44.7%
Sometimes	3610	32.4%	77.1%
Often	1677	15.1%	92.2%
Always	873	7.8%	100%
Missing	3170	%	%

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% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.4% 65	0.7% 77
Never	24.1% 339	13.2% 420	9.5% 546	0.0% 0	76.3% 61	90.6% 623	17.9% 1989
Seldom	42.8% 603	34.8% 1110	20.4% 1178	0.0% 0	16.3% 13	0.0% 0	26.1% 2904
Sometimes	23.1% 325	29.8% 952	40.4% 2330	0.0% 0	3.8% 3	0.0% 0	32.4% 3610
Often	5.3% 75	12.8% 408	20.7% 1192	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	0.0% 0	15.1% 1677
Always	3.8% 54	9.4% 300	9.0% 519	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	7.9% 874
Missing	11	47	96	1805	1063	148	3170
TOTAL	100.0% 1408	100.0% 3190	100.0% 5765	100.0% 0	100.0% 80	100.0% 688	11131

Region (I-REGION)

	North east	South	North central	West	Missing	TOTAL
Missing	0.6% 8	0.5% 22	0.6% 19	1.2% 28	1	0.7% 77
Never	18.4% 248	14.4% 596	15.0% 490	27.5% 621	33	17.8% 1955
Seldom	29.7% 401	24.8% 1025	32.0% 1044	17.7% 400	34	26.1% 2870
Sometimes	27.8% 375	36.2% 1493	29.7% 966	32.8% 740	36	32.5% 3574
Often	13.6% 184	17.1% 706	14.4% 469	13.5% 304	15	15.1% 1663
Always	9.8% 132	6.9% 285	8.3% 270	7.2% 163	23	7.7% 850
Missing	540	1145	917	475	0	3077
TOTAL	100.0% 1348	100.0% 4127	100.0% 3258	100.0% 2256	142	10989