The variables are listed in alphabetical order by the first letter of the variable name. PDF, MS Word, or Word Perfect. The Documentation option also allows you to download the report on survey methodology, an explanation of how survey data was coded, and a published article on the survey background, methods, and selected results. Questions addressed fall into broad categories. Building use addresses questions about outside groups using a congregation's building.
Organizational structure addresses questions about organizational leadership and committees.
In addition to frequency tables, the study provides cross-tabulation tables. Cross tabulations are the tools that allow you to open up these deeper dimensions of the data. To create frequency tables, click Get Frequencies on the left side of the NCS web site . You will see instructions on how to create the frequency tables. Similarly, if you click Create Tables, you will see instructions on how to create the cross-tabulation tables.