Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Presbyterian Congregations

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SIZPLACE

How would you describe the place where your congregation's primary worship building is located?
  1) Rural or open country
  2) Town or village of less than 10,000
  3) In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999
  4) In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999
  5) In or around a city of: 250,000+

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Rural or open country 79 15% 15% -1.4
Town or village of less than 10,000 170 32.2% 47.2% -.67
In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999 106 20.1% 67.2% .07
In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999 65 12.3% 79.5% .8
In or around a city of: 250,000+ 108 20.5% 100% 1.53

Variable Comparisons


Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

Rural or open country Town or village of less than 10,000 In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999 In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999 In or around a city of: 250,000+ TOTAL
Rural or open country 100.0%
79
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
15.0%
79
Town or village of less than 10,000 0.0%
0
100.0%
170
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
32.2%
170
In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
106
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
20.1%
106
In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
65
0.0%
0
12.3%
65
In or around a city of: 250,000+ 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
108
20.5%
108
TOTAL 100.0%
79
100.0%
170
100.0%
106
100.0%
65
100.0%
108

528


Political ideology (I-LIBCONS)

Very conservative Somewhat conservative Moderate Somewhat progressive or liberal Very progressive or liberal TOTAL
Rural or open country 34.7%
17
18.5%
38
10.5%
20
1.5%
1
0.0%
0
14.5%
76
Town or village of less than 10,000 38.8%
19
31.2%
64
33.5%
64
27.3%
18
25.0%
3
32.1%
168
In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999 8.2%
4
21.5%
44
23.0%
44
18.2%
12
16.7%
2
20.3%
106
In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999 2.0%
1
12.2%
25
13.1%
25
21.2%
14
0.0%
0
12.4%
65
In or around a city of: 250,000+ 16.3%
8
16.6%
34
19.9%
38
31.8%
21
58.3%
7
20.7%
108
TOTAL 100.0%
49
100.0%
205
100.0%
191
100.0%
66
100.0%
12

523


Total attendance (I-SUNATAM)

0-50 51-100 101-250 251-500 501+ TOTAL
Rural or open country 30.1%
41
13.9%
20
8.1%
13
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
14.5%
74
Town or village of less than 10,000 47.1%
64
38.2%
55
24.8%
40
8.9%
4
4.3%
1
32.2%
164
In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999 7.4%
10
22.9%
33
25.5%
41
33.3%
15
13.0%
3
20.0%
102
In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999 2.2%
3
9.0%
13
16.1%
26
28.9%
13
34.8%
8
12.4%
63
In or around a city of: 250,000+ 13.2%
18
16.0%
23
25.5%
41
28.9%
13
47.8%
11
20.8%
106
TOTAL 100.0%
136
100.0%
144
100.0%
161
100.0%
45
100.0%
23

509