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region in which congregation is located
what is your position in this congregation?
in what year was your congregation officially founded?
in what year did your congregation begin worshipping at its current location?
is your congregation formally affiliated with a denomination, convention, or som
asked only of respondents who answered "yes" to variable haveden.   please tell
religious tradition.
denominational affiliation.
due to an error, this question was asked only of congregations who reported an a
what type of building does your congregation currently use for the primary worsh
do visitors ever come to view the building or the worship space to look at its a
does this building belong to your congregation, or does it belong to another gro
how many persons would you say are associated in any way with the religious life
how many persons (counting both adults and children) would you say regularly par
number of adults.  because numadlts was used to create the weighting variable, w
because numadlts was used to create the weighting variable, weight2, we imputed
is there one person who is the head or senior clergy person or religious leader
asked only of those respondents who had a head or senior clergy person or religi
how many people currently work in this congregation as full-time paid staff?
how many people currently are part-time paid employees of this congregation, inc
in a typical week, how many worship services does your congregation hold?
i'd like to ask you some questions about the [main] worship service that took pl
asked only of those respondents who had a sermon or speech at their main worship
i'd like to ask you some questions about the (main) worship service that took pl
asked only of those respondents who stated that more than one language was used
were languages other than [insert language names from servlng1, servlng2, and se
asked only of those respondents who stated that other languages were spoken or s
still thinking about [the worship service/the main service] that took place this
asked only of those respondents whose congregation held more than one worship se
asked only of those respondents who had one person speak or read to the congrega
asked only of those respondents who had more than one person speak or read to th
was there singing by the congregation at this service?
was there singing by a choir at this service?
was there singing by a soloist at this service?
counting all the musical parts of [this/the main] service this past week, how ma
was there a time during the service in which people in the congregation greeted
was there a time during the service for silent prayer or meditation?
was there a part of this service specifically directed at children?
did any teens participate in this service by speaking, reading, singing, or perf
did anyone call out "amen" or other expressions of approval?
was there applause at any point in this service?
did people laugh out loud at any point in this service?
was there a written order of service or program that people could follow, either
was any visual projection equipment used in this service?
did the people speak, read, or recite something together at any point?
was incense used in this service?
did any adults jump, shout, or dance spontaneously during this service?
did anyone besides the leader raise his/her hands in praise during the service?
were any musical instruments used in this service?
asked only of those respondents whose congregation used musical instruments in s
asked only of christian congregations.  was communion or the lord's supper celeb
for about how long would you say that people in this congregation usually mingle
within the past 12 months, has your congregation participated in a joint worship
asked only of those respondents whose congregations had participated in a joint
within the past 12 months, was there a dance performed by teens or adults at any
within the past 12 months, was an acting skit or play performed by teens or adul
within the past 12 months, has your congregation hired any singers or other musi
within the past 12 months, have people at worship services been told of opportun
at any service during the past 12 months was there a time for people, other than
did people speak in tongues at any service within the past 12 months?
asked only of christian congregations.  does your congregation encourage people
asked only of christian congregations.  does your congregation consider the bibl
asked only of congregations that owned their own building.  within the past 12 m
please tell me how many such groups or programs have met in your building within
have any of these groups used your building for rehearsals or performances of mu
have any of these groups used your building for exhibits of works of art like pa
does your congregation have religious education classes for children, teens, or
how many different classes meet at least once a month?
how many children, age 12 or younger, would you say attend at least one of these
how many teenagers (those aged 13 to 18) would you say attend at least one of th
how many adults would you say attend at least one of these classes in a typical
does your congregation have any choirs, choruses, or other musical groups that s
how many different musical groups are there?
how many people (adults and children) would you say are in [this group/at least
within the past 12 months, have there been any groups of people from your congre
how many such groups have met within the past 12 months?
how many people (adults and children) would you say have participated at least o
asked only of congregations that have groups who meet together for religious, so
within the past 12 months, have there been any groups, meetings, classes, or eve
have voter guides ever been distributed to people through your congregation?
asked only of those congregations that had voter guides distributed to them.  wh
does your congregation have an elementary or high school?
does your congregation give money directly to any college, university, or semina
has your congregation participated in or supported social service, community dev
what projects or programs have your congregation sponsored or participated in? -
total number of programs listed in response to abuseda through vola
with what other organizations does your congregation collaborate on this program
how much money, overall, did your congregation directly spend on all of these pr
within the past 12 months, has anyone who is paid by your congregation spent mor
how many of your paid staff spent more than 25% of their work time on one or mor
has anyone from your congregation done any volunteer work for one or more of the
of the regularly participating adults in your congregation, how many of them wou
are any of these programs that you've mentioned supported by outside funds direc
did any of these funds provided to your congregation come as donations from foun
how much did your congregation receive from foundations, businesses, or united w
did any of these funds provided to your congregation come from local, state, or
how much money did your congregation receive from the government in grants, cont
have you heard about legislation in congress that would enable religious congreg
does your congregation have a policy against receiving funds from local, state,
asked only of those congregations that do not have a policy against receiving fu
within the past 12 months, have any visiting speakers come to your congregation
how many visiting speakers have spoken to your congregation in the past 12 month
were any of the visiting speakers clergy from another congregation?
were any of the visiting speakers elected government officials?
were any of the visiting speakers academics or professors?
were any of the visiting speakers official representatives of your denomination
were any of the visiting speakers representatives of social service organization
were any of the visiting speakers missionaries?
were any of the visiting speakers running for office?
does your congregation make any efforts to recruit new participants?
within the past 12 months have you done any of the following? -- placed a paid a
within the past 12 months have you done any of the following? -- encouraged peop
within the past 12 months have you done any of the following? -- conducted or us
within the past 12 months have you done any of the following? -- mailed or distr
within the past 12 months have you done any of the following? -- followed up by
within the past 12 months have you done any of the following? -- had a special f
does your congregation use electronic mail to communicate with members?
does your congregation have a website on the internet?
within the past 12 months, has your congregation made use of any types of servic
how many times in the past 12 months did your congregation make use of services
what were the three most important services you used?  -- first mentioned
what were the three most important services you used?  -- second mentioned
what were the three most important services you used?  -- third mentioned
who provided these services to you? -- first mentioned
who provided these services to you? -- second mentioned
who provided these services to you? -- third mentioned
does your congregation operate with a formal, written annual budget?
what is the total amount of money your congregation received in income from all
of this amount, how much money came from individuals' donations, dues, or contri
during your most recent fiscal year, did your congregation receive any income fr
how much income did your congregation receive from the sale or rent of your buil
how much income did your congregation receive from your denomination or religiou
what was your total congregational budget for the most recent fiscal year (the t
in your most recent fiscal year, did your congregation give any money to your de
how much money did your congregation give to your denomination or convention?
in the most recent fiscal year, did your congregation give any money to any othe
how much money did your congregation give to other religious organizations or ag
does your congregation have an endowment, savings account, or other reserve fund
how much money is in your congregation's endowment, savings account, or other re
has your congregation filed with the internal revenue service for its own offici
in the past 12 months, has your congregation tried to obtain any sort of permit
asked only of those congregations who tried to obtain any sort of permit or lice
asked only of those congregation who tried to obtain any sort of permit or licen
thinking of the regular adult participants in your congregation (from numadlts),
thinking again of these regular adult participants (from numadlts), about what p
of the regular adult participants (from numadlts), about what percentage would y
what percentage of the regular adult participants (from numadlts) would you say
still thinking about the number of regular adult participants (from numadlts), w
of the regular adult participants (from numadlts), what percent would you say li
of the regular adult participants (from numadlts), what percent would you say ow
what percent of the regular adult participants in your congregation (from numadl
of the regular adult participants in your congregation (from numadlts), are ther
asked only of congregations that had other ethnic groups in their congregation.
of the regular adult participants in your congregation (from numadlts), what per
of the regular adult participants in your congregation, about what percent live
of the regular adult participants in your congregation, what percent live in hou
of the regularly participating adults (from numadlts), how many would you say ha
of these people (from leaders) who have served in leadership roles in the past 1
have any official congregational committees or boards met in the past 12 months?
how many committees have met in the past 12 months?
is there one committee that is the most important governing body or coordinating
how many people are currently on the most important governing body or coordinati
how many of the people currently on the committee are male?
how many of the people currently on the committee are female?
does your congregation have any special rules or norms regarding what people sho
does your congregation have any special rules or norms regarding dancing?
does your congregation prohibit smoking tobacco?
does your congregation have any special rules or norms regarding what sorts of g
does your congregation prohibit the use of alcohol?
does your congregation have any special rules or norms regarding how much money
does your congregation have any special rules or norms about who single people d
does your congregation have any special rules or norms regarding cohabitation of
does your congregation have any special rules or norms concerning homosexual beh
politically speaking, would your congregation be considered more on the conserva
theologically speaking, would your congregation be considered more on the conser
in every congregation, disagreements and conflicts occasionally arise. within th
within the last two years, has your congregation experienced a conflict that led
mode of questionnaire administration
number of general social survey respondents who nominated each congregation
a weight variable that takes into account the fact that some congregations were
a weight variable that adjusts for the fact that a congregation's probability of
at least 50% of the individuals aged 25 years or more in the census tract have a
at least 30% of the individuals in the census tract are below the official pover
at least 5% of the individuals in the census tract arrived in the united states
at least 80% of the individuals in the census tract are african-american.
at least 5% of the individuals aged 16 years or more in the census tract are une
1=urban 2=suburban 3=rural
1=urban 2=suburban 3=rural (for use with online analysis)