Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Presbyterian Congregations

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NEWSREF How often does the sermon include a lot of (check one on each line) - Illustrations from contemporary media (e.g. magazines, newspapers, television, movies, etc.)   1) Always   2) Often   3) Sometimes   4) Seldom   5) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	55	10.3%	10.3%	-1.8
Often	253	47.6%	57.9%	-.51
Sometimes	186	35%	92.9%	.79
Seldom	37	7%	99.8%	2.08
Never	1	.2%	100%	3.38

Variable Comparisons

Size of place Political ideology Total attendance

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
Always	4.1% 3	14.8% 25	8.5% 9	14.1% 9	8.4% 9	10.6% 55
Often	39.2% 29	37.9% 64	59.4% 63	53.1% 34	52.3% 56	47.3% 246
Sometimes	43.2% 32	39.6% 67	27.4% 29	31.3% 20	31.8% 34	35.0% 182
Seldom	12.2% 9	7.7% 13	4.7% 5	1.6% 1	7.5% 8	6.9% 36
Never	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 169	100.0% 106	100.0% 64	100.0% 107	520

Political ideology (I-LIBCONS)

	Very conservative	Somewhat conservative	Moderate	Somewhat progressive or liberal	Very progressive or liberal	TOTAL
Always	13.7% 7	9.0% 19	9.5% 18	13.4% 9	18.2% 2	10.4% 55
Often	35.3% 18	46.0% 97	49.2% 93	56.7% 38	54.5% 6	47.6% 252
Sometimes	45.1% 23	37.4% 79	33.9% 64	23.9% 16	27.3% 3	35.0% 185
Seldom	5.9% 3	7.6% 16	7.4% 14	6.0% 4	0.0% 0	7.0% 37
Never	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 211	100.0% 189	100.0% 67	100.0% 11	529

Total attendance (I-SUNATAM)

	0-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	501+	TOTAL
Always	6.7% 9	11.5% 17	9.3% 15	10.9% 5	30.4% 7	10.3% 53
Often	37.8% 51	42.6% 63	60.9% 98	54.3% 25	30.4% 7	47.6% 244
Sometimes	43.0% 58	39.2% 58	23.6% 38	34.8% 16	34.8% 8	34.7% 178
Seldom	11.9% 16	6.8% 10	6.2% 10	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	7.2% 37
Never	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 148	100.0% 161	100.0% 46	100.0% 23	513