Help Reading Frequency Tables that Reflect the Number of Persons in Congregations

These tables provide basic information about the percentage of U.S. worshippers that attend congregations having any of the characteristics about which we collected information. Frequency distributions list all of the possible ways a congregation can be classified with respect to a given topic, and then add up all of the congregations that fall into each category.

In this example, you can see what percentage of people attending U.S. congregations are in congregations that have each of three types of theological orientation: More Conservative, Right in the Middle, and More Liberal. To learn more about the variable you are interested in, or to see the survey question on which this information is based, you should search the questionnaire.

Click on any yellow highlighted portion of the table to view an explanation of that item.

Theological orientation
Response	Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
MORE CONSERVATIVE	635	51.3	52.5	52.5
RIGHT IN MIDDLE	454	36.7	37.5	90.0
MORE LIBERAL	120	9.7	10.0	100.0
Missing	27	2.2