从信念到承诺：美国的社区服务活动和宗教集会的财务状况,1992年

从信念到承诺：美国的社区服务活动和宗教集会的财务状况，1992年(From Belief To Commitment: the Community Service Activities and Finances of Religious Congregations in the United States, 1992 )

数据介绍： The 1993 Edition "From Belief to Commitment" offers the following description of the project summary.

In 1992, INDEPENDENT SECTOR conducted a national survey of the activities and finances of religious congregations in order to provide information about religious organizations as part of a larger national survey of the activities and finances of private, nonprofit, charitable organizations in the United States. This survey was also designed to update a larger survey of the activities and finances of congregations conducted in 1987. The purpose of these surveys is to provide information about an important set of institutions and their impact on the quality of life in their communities and on individual giving and volunteering more generally. . . Specific objectives of the survey were to find answers to the following questions: 1. What are the size and membership composition of congregations? 2. Where are the congregations located by region of the country and by urban, suburban, or 关键词： 信念,承诺,社区服务活动,财务,宗教集会,美国, belief,commitment,community service activity,finance,religious congregation,United States,

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数据详细介绍： From Belief To Commitment: the Community Service Activities and Finances of Religious Congregations in the United States, 1992

The 1993 Edition "From Belief to Commitment" offers the following description of the project summary.

In 1992, INDEPENDENT SECTOR conducted a national survey of the activities and finances of religious congregations in order to provide information about religious organizations as part of a larger national survey of the activities and finances of private, nonprofit, charitable organizations in the United States. This survey was also designed to update a larger survey of the activities and finances of congregations conducted in 1987. The purpose of these surveys is to provide information about an important set of institutions and their impact on the quality of life in their communities and on individual giving and volunteering more generally. . . Specific objectives of the survey were to find answers to the following questions: 1. What are the size and membership composition of congregations? 2. Where are the congregations located by region of the country and by urban, suburban, or rural areas? 3. What are the congregations' programs in religion, education, health, human services, international activities, community development, civil rights, arts and culture, and the environment? 4. What are the total revenues of the congregations, and what proportions of these revenues come from individual giving or other sources of funds? 5. What are the expenditures of congregations? How much money do they spend on operations and programs, and how much do they use for other purposes? 6. How many people from the congregation volunteer to perform various activities, and how many hours per month do they volunteer? 7. How many programs, such as services to the elderly, do congregations operate directly, and how many programs do they support indirectly through contributions or through the voluntary service of members of the congregation?

With these questions we hoped to gain an initial understanding of the range of activities of congregations and their participation in the larger community. We also wanted to estimate nationally the size, scope, source and purpose of revenues and expenditures of congregations, and the ways these activities and expenditures relate to total philanthropy in the United States (p. xi-xii).

Data File Cases: 727 Variables: 377 Weight Variable: WGT

Strata weight used to weight the sample to the universe (see Sampling Procedures for further discussion).

Data Collection Date Collected: January - November 1992

Funded By The Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Collection Procedures The initial mailing was followed by an additional two mailings and telephone follow-up if necessary.

Sampling Procedures The 1993 Edition "From Belief to Commitment" offers the following description of the sampling procedures.

This study of churches, congregations, synagogues, temples and other places of formal religious worship (herein after called churches) has as its universe the 257,648 such organizations which are listed in the Yellow Pages published by the nation's telephone companies. While this universe is nearly 100,000 fewer than the generally accepted number of 350,000 churches, those without telephone listings were