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English Church Census, 1989

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All frequencies are raw numbers (no weights used).

1) Address reference identifier (ADD_REF)

2) Area regional code (see online PDF document) (AREAREG)

3) Church denomination code (see online PDF document) (CHDENOM)

4) Unique reference number (REFNUM)

5) Acquisition source code (ACQN)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	26341	802.541	119

6) Number of ordained ministers (MNSTRS)

	TOTAL	%
0)	12100	46.7
1)	4229	16.3
2)	3145	12.1
3)	2470	9.5
4)	1367	5.3
5)	878	3.4
6)	560	2.2
7)	367	1.4
8)	293	1.1
9)	155	0.6
10)	199	0.8
11)	65	0.3
12)	29	0.1
13)	24	0.1
14)	3	0.0
15)	3	0.0
16)	1	0.0
19)	2	0.0
20)	6	0.0
23)	1	0.0
25)	2	0.0
26)	2	0.0
27)	2	0.0
29)	1	0.0
30)	6	0.0
31)	3	0.0
33)	2	0.0
35)	1	0.0
36)	2	0.0
40)	1	0.0
48)	1	0.0
50)	3	0.0
52)	1	0.0
58)	1	0.0
70)	1	0.0
80)	1	0.0
87)	1	0.0
Missing	496
TOTAL	25928	100.0

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7) Please indicate the number of members belonging to your church/congregation on each of these dates: 15 October 1989 [current] (MEM_C)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	24866	154.988	407

8) Please indicate the number of members belonging to your Church/Congregation on each of these dates: Mid-October 1985 (MEM_P)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	21734	152.31	404

9) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on 15 October 1989. If there was no service in this church on 15 October 1989, please give instead the figures for the most recent Sunday on which the congregation met for worship. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Total number of adults (aged 15 and above) attending at all morning services (ATT_AM_C)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	23539	77.379	148

10) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on an average Sunday in October 1985. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Total number of adults (aged 15 and above) attending at all morning services (ATT_AM_P)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	18912	71.932	146

11) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on 15 October 1989. If there was no service in this church on 15 October 1989, please give instead the figures for the most recent Sunday on which the congregation met for worship. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Total number of adults (aged 15 and above) attending at all afternoon or evening services (ATT_PM_C)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	17344	42.26	79

12) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on an average Sunday in October 1985. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Total number of adults (aged 15 and above) attending at all afternoon and evening services (ATT_PM_P)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	14144	36.721	73

13) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on 15 October 1989. If there was no service in this church on 15 October 1989, please give instead the figures for the most recent Sunday on which the congregation met for worship. Estimated number of adults attending more than one service (ATT_MU_C)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	15613	17.107	35

14) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on an average Sunday in October 1985. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Estimated number of adults attending more than one service (ATT_MU_P)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	11286	16.461	26

15) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on 15 October 1989. If there was no service in this church on 15 October 1989, please give instead the figures for the most recent Sunday on which the congregation met for worship. Total number of children present in services BUT NOT attending Sunday School, Bible Class, etc (ATT_CH_C)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	21591	11.524	46

16) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on an average Sunday in October 1985. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Total number of children present in services BUT NOT attending Sunday School, Bible Class, etc (ATT_CH_P)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	14653	9.584	51

17) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on 15 October 1989. If there was no service in this church on 15 October 1989, please give instead the figures for the most recent Sunday on which the congregation met for worship. Total number of children (aged 14 and under) attending Sunday School, Bible Class, etc (ATT_SS_C)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	16889	20.903	24

18) Please indicate the total attendance at this church on an average Sunday in October 1985. Where more than one service is held, please add the total attendances at each service together: Total number of children (aged 14 and under) attending Sunday School, Bible Class, etc (ATT_SS_P)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	12679	22.347	25

19) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Male children aged 14 and under (M_ATT_CH)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	23482	8.851	19

20) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Female children aged 14 and under (F_ATT_CH)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	23510	10.619	18

21) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Male teenagers aged 15-19 (M_ATT_T)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22154	3.426	16

22) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Female teenagers aged 15-19 (F_ATT_T)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22272	3.98	12

23) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Male young adults 20-29 (M_ATT_YA)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22253	4.363	11

24) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Female young adults 20-29 (F_ATT_YA)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22367	5.695	15

25) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Male adults 30-44 (M_ATT_30)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22668	7.359	16

26) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Female adults 30-44 (F_ATT_30)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22792	10.359	21

27) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Male adults 45-64 (M_ATT_45)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	23024	9.293	24

28) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Female adults 45-64 (F_ATT_45)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	23055	13.881	25

29) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Male older people aged 65 and over (M_ATT_65)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22951	7.39	14

30) We appreciate that it is difficult, but it would be a great help if you could please estimate the approximate numbers, by sex and age group, of those attending this church, on Sunday, 15 October 1989 (or, if your church had no service on that day, the previous Sunday on which services were held): Female older people aged 65 and over (F_ATT_65)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	23054	13.93	19

31) Which of these terms, or which combination of them, would best describe your congregation? Please tick no more than three (choice 1, see online summary) (CHMS_T1)

	TOTAL	%
1) Anglo Catholic	1729	7.3
2) Liberal	3288	13.8
3) Catholic	3520	14.8
4) Evangelical	8364	35.2
5) Broad	4793	20.2
6) Charismatic	363	1.5
7) Low church	1176	5.0
8) Orthodox	356	1.5
9) Radical	29	0.1
10) Others	129	0.5
Missing	2677
TOTAL	23747	100.0

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32) Which of these terms, or which combination of them, would best describe your congregation? Please tick no more than three (choice 2, see online summary) (CHMS_T2)

	TOTAL	%
1) Anglo Catholic	4	0.0
2) Liberal	321	2.9
3) Catholic	1072	9.7
4) Evangelical	1143	10.3
5) Broad	3466	31.4
6) Charismatic	2108	19.1
7) Low church	1859	16.8
8) Orthodox	802	7.3
9) Radical	181	1.6
10) Others	94	0.9
Missing	15374
TOTAL	11050	100.0

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33) Which of these terms, or which combination of them, would best describe your congregation? Please tick no more than three (choice 3, see online summary) (CHMS_T3)

	TOTAL	%
1) Anglo Catholic	2	0.1
2) Liberal	1	0.0
3) Catholic	33	1.0
4) Evangelical	113	3.5
5) Broad	830	26.1
6) Charismatic	404	12.7
7) Low church	875	27.5
8) Orthodox	483	15.2
9) Radical	365	11.5
10) Others	79	2.5
Missing	23239
TOTAL	3185	100.0

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34) Please indicate which of these terms would best describe the community in which the majority of your congregation live. Please tick only one box. (SETTING)

	TOTAL	%
1) City centre	454	1.8
2) Inner city	1601	6.5
3) Council estate	1480	6.0
4) Suburban/urban fringe	5589	22.7
5) Separate town	2948	12.0
6) Other built up area	1051	4.3
7) Rural commuter/dormitory area	4065	16.5
8) Rural other areas	7428	30.2
Missing	1808
TOTAL	24616	100.0

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35) In what year was your church/congregation founded? (see online summary) (YR_FND)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	22810	1693.359	353

36) Which of the following types of third world community aid do you think your church would most wish to support? Please tick those one or two items which would most closely represent your congregation's preferences (choice 1, see online summary) (C_AID_1)

	TOTAL	%
1) Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc	9883	42.0
2) Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	2945	12.5
3) Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	1415	6.0
4) Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	2022	8.6
5) Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	4060	17.3
6) Evangelism and other missionary work	2532	10.8
7) Other (please specify)	152	0.6
8) We prefer not to give support to this type of work	525	2.2
Missing	2890
TOTAL	23534	100.0

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37) Which of the following types of third world community aid do you think your church would most wish to support? Please tick those one or two items which would most closely represent your congregation's preferences (choice 2, see online summary) (C_AID_2)

	TOTAL	%
1) Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc	3	0.0
2) Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	1546	9.5
3) Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	1230	7.5
4) Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	1831	11.2
5) Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	4319	26.4
6) Evangelism and other missionary work	7287	44.5
7) Other (please specify)	117	0.7
8) We prefer not to give support to this type of work	26	0.2
Missing	10065
TOTAL	16359	100.0

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38) Which of the following types of third world community aid do you think your church would most wish to support? Please tick those one or two items which would most closely represent your congregation's preferences (choice 3, see online summary) (C_AID_3)

	TOTAL	%
1) Types of activity, such as water supply, irrigation, medical projects, etc	1	0.0
2) Specific geographical areas, such as particular countries or districts in which you take a special interest	1	0.0
3) Aid to named communities, such as particular villages or tribal groups	142	3.7
4) Aid to named individuals, such as sponsored children	205	5.3
5) Aid to be administered through local churches overseas	574	14.8
6) Evangelism and other missionary work	2915	75.3
7) Other (please specify)	29	0.7
8) We prefer not to give support to this type of work	3	0.1
Missing	22554
TOTAL	3870	100.0

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39) Estimated total previous weekly adult attendance, October 1985 (P_ATT)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	20831	80.662	166

40) Estimated total current adult attendance, 15 October 1989 (C_ATT)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	25863	88.721	163

41) Church growth characteristic, 1985 to 1989 (GROWTH)

	TOTAL	%
1) Declining	742	2.8
2) Growing	2475	9.4
3) Not determinable	16765	63.4
4) Static	6441	24.4
Missing	1
TOTAL	26423	100.0

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42) Is the responding minister responsible for other congregations as well? (MINCHS)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	10397	42.3
1) Yes	14167	57.7
Missing	1860
TOTAL	24564	100.0

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43) I-ATTEND: Estimated total current adult attendance, 15 October 1989 (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-ATTEND)

	TOTAL	%
1) 0-25	8616	33.3
2) 26-50	5437	21.0
3) 51-100	5615	21.7
4) 101-200	3805	14.7
5) 201-500	1838	7.1
6) 501+	552	2.1
Missing	561
TOTAL	25863	100.0

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44) I-SIZPLACE: Please indicate which of these terms would best describe the community in which the majority of your congregation live. Please tick only one box. (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-SIZPLACE)

	TOTAL	%
1) City centre/inner city	2055	8.3
2) Council estate	1480	6.0
3) Suburban/urban fringe	5589	22.7
4) Separate town	2948	12.0
5) Other built up area	1051	4.3
6) Rural	11493	46.7
Missing	1808
TOTAL	24616	100.0

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