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LIST OF VARIABLES IN THE RELIGION AND URBAN CULTURE SPSS FILE

 

DATASET	RUC Access Dataset information originated in Measurement Level: Nominal
ORGNAME1	Name of Organization                                                Measurement Level: Nominal
WORSHIP	Number of worship and religious service activities                 Measurement Level: Scale
SECULAR	Number of secular outreach programs                                Measurement Level: Scale
WORTOSEC	Ratio of worship to secular programs offered                       Measurement Level: Scale
SECGRP3	Number of secular programs offered                                 Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  One 2  Two or Three 3  Four or More
SECGRP4	Number of secular programs offered                                 Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  One or Two 2  Three 3  Four or Five 4  Six or More
SECGRP5	Number of secular programs offered                                 Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  One 2  Two 3  Three 4  Four or Five 5  Six or More
NHOOD	Indianapolis neighborhood                                          Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1.00  Broad Ripple 2.00  Butler-Tarkington 3.00  Carmel 4.00  City-Wide 5.00  Crooked Creek 6.00  Cumberland 7.00  Downtown 8.00  Fountain Square 9.00  Greater Southeast 10.00  Greenwood 11.00  Irvington 12.00  Lawrence-Geist 13.00  Mapleton-Fall Creek 14.00  Mars Hill 15.00  Martindale-Brightwood 16.00  Meridian-Kessler 17.00  Near Eastside 18.00  Near Westside 19.00  Plainfield 20.00  Speedway 21.00  United Northwest Area 22.00    Other Neighborhoods
GEOGAREA	General geographic location in or near Indianapolis                Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1.00  Central City 2.00  Inner Suburb 3.00  Outer Suburb
GEOG2	General geographic location in relationship to Indianpolis         Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1.00  Urban 2.00  Suburban
EXTMEAD	Detailed denominational grouping Measurement Level: Nominal
POLIS1	Polis level 1 denominations                                        Measurement Level: Scale Value Label 1  Evangelical Protestant 2  Black Protestant 3  Catholic 4  Non-Christian 5  Other Christian 6  Mainline
POLIS2	Polis Level 2 Denomination                                         Measurement Level: Nominal
POLIS3	Polis Level 3 Denomination                                         Measurement Level: Nominal
OBSVDATE	Date of Observation                                               Measurement Level: Ordinal
CENSTYP1	Type of Census Form                                               Measurement Level: Nominal
YRFOUND	Date institution was established                                  Measurement Level: Scale
YRSEXIST	Number of years as of 2000 this organization has existed          Measurement Level: Scale
YRNHOOD	Year institution was establish in the neighborhood                Measurement Level: Scale
YRSNHOOD	Number of years as of 2000 this organization has been in the neighborhood      Measurement Level: Scale
YRATLOC	Date established at current address                                Measurement Level: Nominal
MEMBERS	Number of Members                                                 Measurement Level: Scale
MEMBS_LN	Natural log of number of members                                  Measurement Level: Scale
CHSIZE4	Size of Church Using Grouped Membership                           Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  Very small (< 100 members) 2  Small (101 - 200 members) 3  Medium (201 - 500 members) 4  Large (> 500 members)
CHSIZE3	Size of Church Using Three Groups for Number of Members           Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  Small (< 500 members) 2  Medium ( 500-1000 members) 3  Large (>1000 members)
CHSIZE2	Size of Church Using Two Groups for Number of Members             Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  Small (<500 members) 2  Large (>= 500 members)
CHSIZ3MC	Size of church using Mark Chaves' groupings                       Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1.0000  small (0-150) 2.0000  medium (151-500) 3.0000  large (>500)
MEMNHOOD	Percent of participants from neighborhood                         Measurement Level: Scale
LVLOCAL2	Membership (50%) lives within the neighborhood                    Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1  Some members (<= 49%) live in the neighborhood 2  Most members (>= 50%) live in the neighborhood
LVLOCAL3	Membership (Thirds) lives within the neighborhood                  Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1 Few members (<= 33%) live in the neighborhood 2 Some members (> 33% and < 67%) live in the neighborhood 3 Most members (>= 67%) live in the neighborhood
LVLOCAL4	Membership (Quartiles) lives within the neighborhood              Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 1 Few members (<= 25%) live in the neighborhood 2 Some members (> 25% and < 75%) live in the neighborhood 3 Most members (>= 75%) live in the neighborhood
CLIENTS	Are the people represented clients of the organization?           Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
MEM0T12	Percent of participants ages 0-12                                 Measurement Level: Scale
MEM13T19	Percent of participants ages 13-19                                Measurement Level: Scale
MEM20T35	Percent of participants ages 20-35                                Measurement Level: Scale
MEM36T55	Percent of participants ages 36-55                                Measurement Level: Scale
MEMOVR55	Percent of participants ages over 55                              Measurement Level: Scale
SUMMEMPC	Sum of percent of members in all five age groups                  Measurement Level: Scale
PPL0TO12	Members aged < 13                                                  Measurement Level: Scale
PPL13T19	Members aged 13 to 19                                             Measurement Level: Scale
PPL20T35	Members aged 20 to 35                                              Measurement Level: Scale
PPL36T55	Members aged 36 to 55                                             Measurement Level: Scale
PPLOVR55	Members aged > 55                                                 Measurement Level: Scale
PPL	Total People                                                      Measurement Level: Scale
MEMAVAGE	Average age of members                                            Measurement Level: Scale
PREDRACE	Predominant Race of majority of members                           Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1.0000  Black 2.0000  White 3.0000  Other 4.0000  Mixed
RACEWHTE	Percent of individuals identified as White                        Measurement Level: Scale
RACEAFAM	Percent of individuals identified as African-American             Measurement Level: Scale
RACEHISP	Percent of individuals identified as Hispanic                     Measurement Level: Scale
RACEASIN	Percent of individuals identified as Asian                        Measurement Level: Scale
RACEOTHR	Percent of individuals identified as other race or ethnicity      Measurement Level: Scale
SUMRACDV	Sum of percentage in each of five racial/ethnic groupings         Measurement Level: Scale
RACEDIV4	4-tiered Racial Diversity                                         Measurement Level: Ordinal Value Label 0 Not Diverse (Race is = 100% of one group) 1 Minimally Diverse (Race=1-4% of a second or more group(s)) 2 Moderately Diverse (Race=5-9% of a second or more group(s)) 3 Diverse (Race = 10% or > of a second or more group(s))
MEMMALE	Percent of individual males represented                           Measurement Level: Scale
MEMFMLE	Percent of individual females represented                         Measurement Level: Scale
SUMGNDPC	Sum of gender variables                                           Measurement Level: Scale
CLASSUPP	Percent of individuals identified by field researcher as upper class      Measurement Level: Scale
CLASSMID	Percent of individuals identified by field researcher as middle class Measurement Level: Scale
CLASSWRK	Percent of individuals identified by field researcher as working class Measurement Level: Scale
CLASSPOR	Percent of individuals identified by field researcher as poor class Measurement Level: Scale
SUMCLSPC	Sum of class categories percentages                               Measurement Level: Scale
STAFFTPD	Number of full-time paid staff                                     Measurement Level: Scale
STAFPTPD	Number of part-time paid staff                                    Measurement Level: Scale
STFFPAID	Sum of full-time and part-time paid staff                         Measurement Level: Scale
STAFFTVL	Number of full-time volunteer staff                               Measurement Level: Scale
STAFPTVL	Number of part-time volunteer staff                               Measurement Level: Scale
STFFVOLT	Sum of full-time and part-time volunteers                         Measurement Level: Scale
BDGTANN	Annual budget of the institution                                  Measurement Level: Scale
L10BDANN	Log 10 of bdgtann (amount of annual budget of church)             Measurement Level: Scale
INCTITHE	Income is received from tithes, contributions, donations, and gifts      Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000  No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
INCFNDRS	Income is received from fundrasing events?                        Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000   No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
INCSPRNT	Income is received from space rental?                             Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
INCGRNTS	Income is received from grants programs?                          Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
BDGTLOCL	Amount of the annual budget that is spent on the local neighborhood Measurement Level: Scale
BDGTSSRV	Amount of the annual budget that is spent on social services      Measurement Level: Scale
CMPTHAVE	Does the organization have any computers?                         Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
CMPTNUMB	Number of computers the organization has                          Measurement Level: Scale
RECDIGTL	Are congregational records maintained on a computer?              Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
RECFRMT1	In what format are membership records maintained?                 Measurement Level: Nominal           Value Label 1  Ascii 2  Database 3  Paper 4  Spreadsheet 5  Wordprocessor
ARCVMAIN	Identify how your archives are maintained                         Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1.0000  Electronic/Computer 2.0000  Paper 3.0000  None
ARCVCOND	Numerical value for the scope and condition of these [archives]      Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1.0000  Less Than Good 2.0000  In Process 3.0000  Current, Updated
EMAIL	Do you have/use email?                                             Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes
WEBPAGE	Does your organization have a web page?                           Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes
WEBBROWS	Does the organization use a web browser?                          Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACDATE	Date appearing on cornerstone of structure                        Measurement Level: Nominal
FACTYPE	Type of structure which was the location of the visit             Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label| 1  Dedicated Structure 2  House 3  Storefront 4  Other (Religious) Facility
FACSTATE	General state of structure repair (1-Poor, 5-Excellent)           Measurement Level: Ordinal
FACCOUNT	Total number of facilities organization has                       Measurement Level: Scale
FACKITCH	Are there kitchen facilities?                                     Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACRECR	Are there recreation facilities?                                 Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACAIRC	Is the structure air-conditioned?                                 Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACADAQ	Is the structure ADA qualified?                                   Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACSCHOL	Is there a school?                                                Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACGRAD1	What school grades are supported?                                                  Measurement Level: Nominal
FACPLYEQ	Is there any playground equipment?                                Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACINBSK	Are there any indoor basketball courts?                           Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACOTBSK	Are there any outdoor basketball courts?                          Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACGYM	Is there a gym?                                                   Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACPOOL	Is there a pool?                                                  Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACPLYFL	Are there playing fields?                                          Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label .0000    No 1.0000  Yes 2.0000  Don't Know
FACSQFT	Total square footage of the structure                             Measurement Level: Scale
SQFTNLOG	Natural log of square footage of facility                         Measurement Level: Scale
SQFTTRIM	Total square footage of the structure (using 5% trimmed sample)     Measurement Level: Scale
FACPUBL	Publicly used square footage of the structure                     Measurement Level: Scale
FACLUSE1	Surrounding land use type                                          Measurement Level: Nominal Value Label 1  Commercial 2  Mixed 3  Rural 4  Suburban Housing 5  Urban Housing
DATEDOC	Date the record was documented by the researcher                  Measurement Level: Ordinal