Four-State Church Involvement Study, 1988

The Four-State Church Involvement Study investigates the role of individualism as it pertains to church involvement and what that involvement means. Regional variations in these relationships also are examined.

Data File

Cases: 2,620
Variables: 124
Weight Variable: None

Data Collection

Date Collected: Fall, 1988

Funded By

The Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Collection Procedures

Telephone interview survey

Sampling Procedures

Adult residents with telephones living in Ohio, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California were sampled. Random-digit dialing was used until 650 respondents were reached in each state.

Principal Investigators

Phillip E. Hammond and Wade Clark Roof, Co-Principal Investigators
John Shelton Reed, Project Consultant
Mark Shibley, Research Assistant

Related Publications

Hammond, Phillip E. (1992). Religion and Personal Autonomy: The Third Disestablishment in America. University of South Carolina Press.

Roof, Wade Clark. (1993). A Generation of Seekers: The Spiritual Journeys of the Baby Boom Generation. San Francisco, CA: Harper.