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Frequency distributions list all of the possible ways a particular topic (variable) can be classified, and then add up all of the congregations that fall into each category.
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Variables

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Acting / skit / play in service past 12 months
Adults jump / shout / dance spontaneously this service
Affiliated with denomination / convention / association
Age of the senior / head clergy
Alcohol use prohibited
Amount given to denomination (last fiscal year)
Amount given to religious organization(s) (last fiscal year)
Amount in endowment
Amount of income from building (last fiscal year)
Amount of income from individual giving (fiscal year)
Amount received from denomination (last fiscal year)
Any project supported by outside funds
Applause this service
Applied government permit past 12 months
Apply public funds if available
Attend musical / theatrical elsewhere past 12 months
Aware legislation apply public funds
Bible considered literal inerrant word of God
Building type
Call out amen this service
Choir singing this service
Clean / maintain building past 12 months
Communion / Lord?s Supper observed this service
Conducted / used community survey past 12 months
Congregation greet each other this service
Congregation speak / read ? recite together this service
Congregational singing this service
Dance in service past twelve months
Denomination
Directly support post / secondary institution
Discuss / learn management personal finances past 12 months
Discuss book not bible past 12 months
Discuss environmental issues past 12 months
Discuss learn other religious tradition past 12 months
Discuss management of congregation money past 12 months
Discuss parenting issues past 12 months
Discuss politics past 12 months
Discuss preservation racial / ethnic heritage past 12 months
Discuss problems / concerns at work past 12 months
Discuss race relations in society past 12 months
Drums used this service
Electric guitar used this service
Electronic mail participant communication
Encouraged inviting new person past 12 months
Exhibit works of art
Filed IRS tax-exempt status
Followed up with visitors past 12 months
Give to denomination most recent fiscal year
Give to religious groups most recent fiscal year
Groups meet monthly or more past 12 months
Groups meet less than monthly past 12 months
Have elementary / secondary school
Have endowment
Highest level education head / senior clergy ? religious leader
History / Practice own religious tradition past 12 months
Incense used this service
Income from denomination most recent fiscal year
Internet website
Joint worship service past twelve months
Language spoken / sung at service
Laugh out loud this service
Learn English past 12 months
Length of sermon
Length of service
Made use services past 12 months
Mailed / distributed flyer past 12 months
Main governing / coordinating committee
Make efforts to recruit new participants
Minutes of music in service
Musical instruments used this service
NIV Bible encouraged
No. of adults that attend class in typical week
No. of adults that attended more than 1 service in past week
No. of children 12 or younger that attend class in a typical
No. of classes that meet 1X / month or more
No. of committees that have met in the past year
No. of groups that meet 1X / month or more
No. of groups that meet less than 1X / month
No. of groups that used- rented space in the last year
No. of paid staff working 25% of the time on projects
No. of people in any choir, chorus or musical group
No. of people in groups that meet 1X / month or more
No. of people in groups that meet less than 1X / month
No. of persons associated with congregation
No. of regular attendees including children
No. of regular attendees serving in leadership role (past year)
No. of services / consultants (in past year)
No. of teens 13 to 18 that attend class in a typical week
No. of visiting speakers (in past year)
No. of volunteers working on projects (past 12 months)
Number of choirs or musical groups
Number of full-time staff
Number of part-time staff
Number of worship services in a typical week
Official committee / board met past 12 months
One person head / senior clergy ? religious leader
Operate with formal written budget
Organ used this service
Organize / encourage volunteer work past 12 months
Organize / participate demonstration ? march past 12 months
Organize / participate political lobbying past 12 months
Other languages spoken / sung / service last 12 months
Outside funds from foundations / businesses ? United Way
Outside funds from government
Ownership of building
Participate / support social service projects past 12 months
People left over conflict past 2 years
Percent of regular adult attendees that are Asian or Pacific Islander
Percent of regular adult attendees that are Hispanic or Latino
Percent of regular adult attendees that are black or African-American
Percent of regular adult attendees that are female
Percent of regular adult attendees that are new to congregation
Percent of regular adult attendees that are over 60 years of age
Percent of regular adult attendees that are under 35 years of age
Percent of regular adult attendees that are white and non-Hispanic
Percent of regular adult attendees that have a bachelor
Percent of regular adult attendees that have come to U.S. within past 5 years
Percent of regular adult attendees that have less than a high school
Percent of regular adult attendees that live in households with 2 married adults and children
Percent of regular adult attendees that live in households with incomes over $100K
Percent of regular adult attendees that live in households with incomes under $25K
Percent of regular adult attendees that live within a 10 min. drive
Percent of regular adult attendees that live within a 10 min. walk
Percent of regular adult attendees that more than a 30 min. drive
Percent of regular adult attendees that own their own store or business
Physical healing past 12 months
Piano used this service
Placed advertisement newspaper past 12 months
Plan / conduct community assessment past 12 months
Policy against receiving public funds
Political opportunities in service past 12 months
Political orientation
Pray / meditate past 12 months
Produce theatrical / musical performance past 12 months
Prospective / new members past 12 months
Race / ethnic diverse joint worship past 12 months
Race head / senior clergy ? religious leader
Raise hands this service
Receive / practice spiritual gifts past 12 months
Region of Country
Rehearse / perform musical ? theatrical work
Religious education classes
Religious tradition
Rules / Norms regarding dancing
Rules / Norms regarding dating ? romantic involvement
Rules / Norms regarding diet
Rules / Norms regarding giving money
Rules / Norms regarding homosexual behavior
Rules / Norms regarding joining outside groups
Rules / Norms regarding unmarried ? adult cohabitation
Sermon / Speech part service
Sex head / senior clergy ? religious leader
Silent prayer / meditation this service
Singer / musicians hired for service past 12 months
Smoking tobacco prohibited
Soloist singing this service
Speak in tongues in service past 12 months
Speakers academics / professors
Speakers candidate elective office
Speakers denomination representatives
Speakers elected officials
Speakers missionaries
Speakers other clergy
Speakers social service representatives
Special formal recruitment committee past 12 months
Special meeting held over conflict past 2 years
Take overnight trip past 12 months
Teens participate this service
Testify in service past 12 months
Theological orientation
Time for children this service
Total budget or spending (fiscal year)
Total income from all sources (fiscal year)
Total number of person/s attending service
Train religious education teachers past 12 months
Twelve-step self-help group past 12 months
Typical length of time people socialize before and after service
Unconnected uses building past 12 months
Visiting speakers past 12 months
Visitors view building art / architecture
Volunteer project past 12 months
Voter guides distributed through congregation
Voter registration past 12 months
Written program this service
Year that current person became senior / head clergy
Year the congregation began worshiping at current location
Year the congregation was officially founded