J. Rexhausen et Mj. Cieslak, RELATIONSHIP OF PARISH CHARACTERISTICS TO SUNDAY GIVING AMONG CATHOLICS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATI, Review of religious research, 36(2), 1994, pp. 218-229
Descriptive statistics on household Sunday giving are presented for th
e 247 parishes of the Cincinnati Archdiocese. Regression analysis is u
sed to determine the best predictors of Sunday giving for each of four
parish geographic types: large city, suburban, small city, and rural.
The most important predictor is participation (number of attenders di
vided by the number of registered households), which enters into the r
egression equations of all four geographic types. The number of regist
ered households is important among parishes in small cities and rural
areas, where parishioners of smaller parishes probably have greater kn
owledge of parish needs and a greater sense of responsibility for the
parish welfare. Also important is parish participation in a giving pro
gram, which makes a significant difference in all types except suburba
n parishes.