This data set contains statistics by state for 133 Judeo-Christian church bodies, providing information on the number of churches and members. It is not known exactly what percent of total Judeo-Christian adherents this actually represents. When compared to the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches: 1990, this study accounts for 23 percent more communicant members.
Please note that this data set may not be sold in any form, including as an addition to proprietary software, without the permission of the copyright holder. Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990 is published by the Glenmary Research Center, P.O. Box 507, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
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This data set contains statistics by county for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, providing information on their number of churches and members. The denominations included represent an estimated 91 percent of U.S. membership totals officially submitted to the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Please note that this data set may not be sold in any form, including as an addition to proprietary software, without the permission of the copyright holder. Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980 is published by the Glenmary Research Center, P.O. Box 507, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
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Comprehensive dataset of 516 Greek Orthodox churches in United States as of July, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.
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Christian religious monuments, such as cathedrals, chapels and temples are found in many places on our planet. World-famous buildings such as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Gaudi's Cathedral in Barcelona, and St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague are commonly known, and there are many photographs on the Internet that can be used to build machine learning models to identify them. For little known buildings such as small churches in the Czech-German border region, the number of photographs is already significantly lower and similar approaches cannot be used for identification. Based on these facts, our team has compiled an unique dataset for the identification of the most important elements of Christian sacral buildings such as altars, frescoes, pulpits, etc. which are almost always found in them. Our data set was manually created from several thousand real photographs. This dataset seems to be very usable, e.g., for creating new machine learning models and for identifying objects in sacred objects or the objects themselves.
This dataset was created within the framework of the project Information system for medieval monuments in the Czech-Bavarian border area, No. 335, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic (Cross-border Cooperation Programme Czech Republic - Free State of Bavaria Objective ECA 2014-20).
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. To ascertain the numbers, and trends in those numbers, attending church regularly throughout the whole of Wales and across all denominations and to give a comprehensive picture of membership and attendance by country. Main Topics: Variables Church attendance (adults and children), church membership (including children for Roman Catholic Churches), age and sex, country variation, denominational variations, those going to church more than once on a Sunday. Churches which were growing, static or declining, proportions of children attending Sunday School, proportions of churches with Welsh services, proportions of churches with just morning or evening services, or both, mid-week meetings held by churches, by type. The study sought data for May 1978 as well as May 1982
Attitude of protestant Christians to their church. Topics: Constituting characteristic for the protestant denomination; selected reasons for infant baptism; attitude to baptism; preference for infant baptism or adult baptism as well as for government or church kindergartens; meaning of confirmation; confirmation of respondent; memory of the confirmation pastor and the confirmation text; regular attendance at the children's service; attitude to the current children's service; experiences and memories of one's confirmation classes; closeness of father and mother as well as respondent with church; perceived change and direction of change of church closeness; agreement with the church in religious matters; most important reasons and attitude to church membership (scale); preference for church or government hospital in case of illness; perceived differences between government and church hospitals regarding medical equipment, medical personnel and care for the sick; occasion for the last conversation with a protestant pastor or minister; time of conversation; general impression of this conversation; knowledge about the pastor in one's parish and frequency of contact; cause for the last house visit of the pastor; attitude to a house visit by the pastor; preferred relief organization for a donation; reasons for preference of the selected relief organization; knowledge about the protestant relief organization; donation readiness with house-to-house and street collections for selected purposes and projects; general attitude to house-to-house and street collections; desired and actual involvement of the protestant church in selected religious and social areas; preference for government or church involvement in selected areas; preference for government or church home for the old; frequency of conversation about religion, church and faith; personal opinion leadership or opinion allegiance; interest in church counseling in case of marriage problems; inclination toward leaving the church; knowledge about the office responsible for leaving the church; estimated personal consequences of leaving the church; persons leaving the church in the circle of relatives and friends; knowledge about the church tax rate; figures of church tax and judgement on the level of the amount; attitude to the church tax (scale); preference for voluntary payments or government tax collection; extent of one's own payments in case of elimination of the church tax; length of local residency; party preference; union membership; party membership; club membership; employment in a church facility; interest in participating in a church facility; satisfaction with the social conditions in the Federal Republic; watching television; interest in church broadcasts and services on the radio; spatial closeness to parents and frequency of visits; frequency of contacts with friends in one's residence as well as with the friends; reading of magazines; frequency of church attendance; religiousness (Kaufmann Scale); identification as a member of the parish, the established protestant church in the state or member of the protestant church of Germany; knowledge about individual established protestant church in the state; membership in the established protestant church in the state; religious denomination of spouse and parents; main denomination affiliation of residents at place of survey; city size; refugee or exile status; fleeing before 1948; judgement on the income tax burden of respondent. Einstellung evangelischer Christen zu ihrer Kirche. Themen: Konstituierendes Merkmal für das evangelische Bekenntnis; ausgewählte Gründe für die Kindertaufe; Einstellung zur Taufe; Präferenz für Kindertaufe oder Erwachsenentaufe sowie für staatlichen oder kirchlichen Kindergarten; Sinn der Konfirmation; Konfirmation des Befragten; Erinnerung an den Konfirmationspfarrer und den Konfirmationsspruch; regelmäßiger Besuch des Kindergottesdienstes; Einstellung zum derzeitigen Kindergottesdienst; Erfahrungen und Erinnerungen an den eigenen Konfirmandenunterricht; Verbundenheit von Vater und Mutter sowie des Befragten mit der Kirche; empfundene Veränderung und Veränderungsrichtung der Kirchenverbundenheit; Übereinstimmung mit der Kirche in religiösen Fragen; wichtigste Gründe und Einstellung zur Kirchenmitgliedschaft (Skala); Präferenz für kirchliches oder staatliches Krankenhaus im Krankheitsfall; perzipierte Unterschiede zwischen staatlichen und kirchlichen Krankenhäusern bezüglich der medizinischen Ausstattung, des medizinischen Personals und der Krankenbetreuung; Anlaß für das letzte Gespräch mit einem evangelischen Pfarrer oder Pastor; Zeitpunkt des Gesprächs; allgemeiner Eindruck von diesem Gespräch; Kenntnis des Pfarrers in der eigenen Gemeinde und Kontakthäufigkeit; Anlaß für den letzten Hausbesuch des Pfarrers; Einstellung zu einem Hausbesuch durch den Pfarrer; präferierte Hilfsorganisation für eine Spende; Gründe für die Präferenz der ausgewählten Hilfsorganisation; Kenntnis der evangelischen Hilfsorganisation; Spendenbereitschaft bei Haus- und Straßensammlungen für ausgewählte Zwecke und Projekte; allgemeine Einstellung zu Haus- und Straßensammlungen; gewünschtes und tatsächliches Engagement der evangelischen Kirche in ausgewählten religiösen und sozialen Bereichen; Präferenz für staatliches oder kirchliches Engagement in ausgewählten Bereichen; Präferenz für staatliches oder kirchliches Altersheim; Häufigkeit von Gesprächen über Religion, Kirche und Glauben; eigene Meinungsführerschaft oder Meinungsgefolgschaft; Interesse an einer kirchlichen Beratung im Falle von Eheproblemen; Neigung zum Kirchenaustritt; Kenntnis der zuständigen Stelle für den Kirchenaustritt; geschätzte persönliche Folgen eines Kirchenaustritts; Kirchenaustritte im Verwandten- und Bekanntenkreis; Kenntnis des Kirchensteuersatzes; Zahlen von Kirchensteuer und Beurteilung der Höhe des Betrags; Einstellung zur Kirchensteuer (Skala); Präferenz für freiwillige Zahlungen oder staatlichen Steuereinzug; Umfang der eigenen Zahlungen im Falle eines Wegfalls der Kirchensteuer; Dauer der Ortsansässigkeit; Parteipräferenz; Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft; Parteimitgliedschaft; Vereinsmitgliedschaft; Beschäftigung in einer kirchlichen Einrichtung; Interesse an der Mitwirkung in einer kirchlichen Einrichtung; Zufriedenheit mit den gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen in der Bundesrepublik; Fernsehkonsum; Interesse an kirchlichen Sendungen und Gottesdiensten im Rundfunk; räumliche Nähe zu den Eltern und Besuchshäufigkeit; Häufigkeit von Kontakten mit Freunden in der eigenen Wohnung sowie bei den Bekannten; Zeitschriftenkonsum; Kirchgangshäufigkeit; Religiosität (Kaufmann-Skala); Identifikation als Mitglied der Gemeinde, der Landeskirche oder Mitglied der evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands; Kenntnis der eigenen Landeskirche; Landeskirchenzugehörigkeit. Demographie: Alter (klassiert); Geschlecht; Befragter wurde konfirmiert; Schulbildung; Beruf; berufliche Position; Berufstätigkeit; Einkommen; Haushaltseinkommen; Haushaltsgröße; Haushaltszusammensetzung; Beruf des Haushaltsvorstands; Konfession des Ehepartners und der Eltern; Hauptkonfessionszugehörigkeit der Bewohner am Befragungsort; Ortsgröße; Flüchtlings- oder Vertriebenenstatus; Flucht vor 1948; Beurteilung der vom Befragten getragenen Einkommensteuerlast. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Bundesland; Ortsgröße; Interviewdatum. a) Quota sample b) Beyond the representative sample three ´special samples´ were drawn: 1) respondents with a net household income of over 2000 DM (recipients of higher income). 2) respondents with high school graduation or university/college degree (respondents with higher school education). 3) residents from ten typical suburban cities (influx after 1950). a) Quotenauswahl b) Über die repräsentative Stichprobe hinaus wurden drei ´Spezialstichproben´ gezogen: 1) Befragte mit einem Haushalts-Nettoeinkommen von über 2000 DM (Bezieher höherer Einkommen). 2) Befragte mit Abitur bzw. Universitäts-Hochschulabschluß (Befragte mit höherer Schulbildung). 3) Bewohner aus zehn typischen Trabantenstädten (Zuzug nach 1950).
The "https://faithcommunitiestoday.org/research-projects-findings/fact-2010/" Target="_blank">Faith Communities Today 2010 national survey brings together 26 individual surveys of congregations. Twenty-four were conducted by or for partner denominations and faith groups, representing 32 of the country's largest denominations and traditions. The common core questionnaire of the survey replicates more than 150 questions from the 2000, 2005 and 2008 surveys, plus a special section on the 2008 recession. This dataset contains the FACT 2010 data from the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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Vatican Data Series {title at top of page}Data Developers: Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Emege, Thomas, Gerlt, R.. . “Vatican Data Series {title at top of page}”. Scale not given. Version 1.0. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Catholic Hierarchy, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Web map developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019Web app developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019GoodLands’ polygon data layers, version 2.0 for global ecclesiastical boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church:Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided, due to this being the first developed dataset of global ecclesiastical boundaries curated from many sources it may have a higher margin of error than established geopolitical administrative boundary maps. Boundaries need to be verified with appropriate Ecclesiastical Leadership. The current information is subject to change without notice. No parties involved with the creation of this data are liable for indirect, special or incidental damage resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information. We referenced 1960 sources to build our global datasets of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Often, they were isolated images of dioceses, historical documents and information about parishes that were cross checked. These sources can be viewed here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ANlH1S_aYJOyz4TtG0HHgz0OLxnOvXLHMt4FVOS85Q/edit#gid=0To learn more or contact us please visit: https://good-lands.org/The Catholic Leadership global maps information is derived from the Annuario Pontificio, which is curated and published by the Vatican Statistics Office annually, and digitized by David Cheney at Catholic-Hierarchy.org -- updated are supplemented with diocesan and news announcements. GoodLands maps this into global ecclesiastical boundaries. Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories:Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Gerlt, R.. . “Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories For Web”. Scale not given. Version 1.2. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Derived from:Global Diocesan Boundaries:Burhans, M., Bell, J., Burhans, D., Carmichael, R., Cheney, D., Deaton, M., Emge, T. Gerlt, B., Grayson, J., Herries, J., Keegan, H., Skinner, A., Smith, M., Sousa, C., Trubetskoy, S. “Diocesean Boundaries of the Catholic Church” [Feature Layer]. Scale not given. Version 1.2. Redlands, CA, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Using: ArcGIS. 10.4. Version 10.0. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Boundary ProvenanceStatistics and Leadership DataCheney, D.M. “Catholic Hierarchy of the World” [Database]. Date Updated: August 2019. Catholic Hierarchy. Using: Paradox. Retrieved from Original Source.Catholic HierarchyAnnuario Pontificio per l’Anno .. Città del Vaticano :Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Multiple Years.The data for these maps was extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuario Pontificio, published yearly by the Vatican. The collection and data development of the Vatican Statistics Office are unknown. GoodLands is not responsible for errors within this data. We encourage people to document and report errant information to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.Additional information about regular changes in bishops and sees comes from a variety of public diocesan and news announcements.
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Catholics per Parish {title at top of page}Data Developers: Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Emege, Thomas, Gerlt, R.. . “Catholics per Parish {title at top of page}”. Scale not given. Version 1.0. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Catholic Hierarchy, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Web map developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019Web app developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019GoodLands’ polygon data layers, version 2.0 for global ecclesiastical boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church:Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided, due to this being the first developed dataset of global ecclesiastical boundaries curated from many sources it may have a higher margin of error than established geopolitical administrative boundary maps. Boundaries need to be verified with appropriate Ecclesiastical Leadership. The current information is subject to change without notice. No parties involved with the creation of this data are liable for indirect, special or incidental damage resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information. We referenced 1960 sources to build our global datasets of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Often, they were isolated images of dioceses, historical documents and information about parishes that were cross checked. These sources can be viewed here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ANlH1S_aYJOyz4TtG0HHgz0OLxnOvXLHMt4FVOS85Q/edit#gid=0To learn more or contact us please visit: https://good-lands.org/The Catholic Leadership global maps information is derived from the Annuario Pontificio, which is curated and published by the Vatican Statistics Office annually, and digitized by David Cheney at Catholic-Hierarchy.org -- updated are supplemented with diocesan and news announcements. GoodLands maps this into global ecclesiastical boundaries. Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories:Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Gerlt, R.. . “Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories For Web”. Scale not given. Version 1.2. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Derived from:Global Diocesan Boundaries:Burhans, M., Bell, J., Burhans, D., Carmichael, R., Cheney, D., Deaton, M., Emge, T. Gerlt, B., Grayson, J., Herries, J., Keegan, H., Skinner, A., Smith, M., Sousa, C., Trubetskoy, S. “Diocesean Boundaries of the Catholic Church” [Feature Layer]. Scale not given. Version 1.2. Redlands, CA, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Using: ArcGIS. 10.4. Version 10.0. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Boundary ProvenanceStatistics and Leadership DataCheney, D.M. “Catholic Hierarchy of the World” [Database]. Date Updated: August 2019. Catholic Hierarchy. Using: Paradox. Retrieved from Original Source.Catholic HierarchyAnnuario Pontificio per l’Anno .. Città del Vaticano :Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Multiple Years.The data for these maps was extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuario Pontificio, published yearly by the Vatican. The collection and data development of the Vatican Statistics Office are unknown. GoodLands is not responsible for errors within this data. We encourage people to document and report errant information to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.Additional information about regular changes in bishops and sees comes from a variety of public diocesan and news announcements.
This study assessed the effects of male inmate religiosity on post-release community adjustment and investigated the circumstances under which these effects were most likely to take place. The researcher carried out this study by adding Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history information to an existing database (Clear et al.) that studied the relationship between an inmate's religiousness and his adjustment to the correctional setting. Four types of information were used in this study. The first three types were obtained by the original research team and included an inmate values and religiousness instrument, a pre-release questionnaire, and a three-month post-release follow-up phone survey. The fourth type of information, official criminal history reports, was later added to the original dataset by the principal investigator for this study. The prisoner values survey collected information on what the respondent would do if a friend sold drugs from the cell or if inmates of his race attacked others. Respondents were also asked if they thought God was revealed in the scriptures, if they shared their faith with others, and if they took active part in religious services. Information collected from the pre-release questionnaire included whether the respondent attended group therapy, religious groups with whom he would live, types of treatment programs he would participate in after prison, employment plans, how often he would go to church, whether he would be angry more in prison or in the free world, and whether he would be more afraid of being attacked in prison or in the free world. Each inmate also described his criminal history and indicated whether he thought he was able to do things as well as most others, whether he was satisfied with himself on the whole or felt that he was a failure, whether religion was talked about in the home, how often he attended religious services, whether he had friends who were religious while growing up, whether he had friends who were religious while in prison, and how often he participated in religious inmate counseling, religious services, in-prison religious seminars, and community service projects. The three-month post-release follow-up phone survey collected information on whether the respondent was involved with a church group, if the respondent was working for pay, if the respondent and his household received public assistance, if he attended religious services since his release, with whom the respondent was living, and types of treatment programs attended. Official post-release criminal records include information on the offenses the respondent was arrested and incarcerated for, prior arrests and incarcerations, rearrests, outcomes of offenses of rearrests, follow-up period to first rearrest, prison adjustment indicator, self-esteem indicator, time served, and measurements of the respondent's level of religious belief and personal identity. Demographic variables include respondent's faith, race, marital status, education, age at first arrest and incarceration, and age at incarceration for rearrest.
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Catholics to Population {title at top of page}Data Developers: Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Emege, Thomas, Gerlt, R.. . “Catholics to Population {title at top of page}”. Scale not given. Version 1.0. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Catholic Hierarchy, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Web map developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019Web app developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019GoodLands’ polygon data layers, version 2.0 for global ecclesiastical boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church:Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided, due to this being the first developed dataset of global ecclesiastical boundaries curated from many sources it may have a higher margin of error than established geopolitical administrative boundary maps. Boundaries need to be verified with appropriate Ecclesiastical Leadership. The current information is subject to change without notice. No parties involved with the creation of this data are liable for indirect, special or incidental damage resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information. We referenced 1960 sources to build our global datasets of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Often, they were isolated images of dioceses, historical documents and information about parishes that were cross checked. These sources can be viewed here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ANlH1S_aYJOyz4TtG0HHgz0OLxnOvXLHMt4FVOS85Q/edit#gid=0To learn more or contact us please visit: https://good-lands.org/The Catholic Leadership global maps information is derived from the Annuario Pontificio, which is curated and published by the Vatican Statistics Office annually, and digitized by David Cheney at Catholic-Hierarchy.org -- updated are supplemented with diocesan and news announcements. GoodLands maps this into global ecclesiastical boundaries. Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories:Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Gerlt, R.. . “Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories For Web”. Scale not given. Version 1.2. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Derived from:Global Diocesan Boundaries:Burhans, M., Bell, J., Burhans, D., Carmichael, R., Cheney, D., Deaton, M., Emge, T. Gerlt, B., Grayson, J., Herries, J., Keegan, H., Skinner, A., Smith, M., Sousa, C., Trubetskoy, S. “Diocesean Boundaries of the Catholic Church” [Feature Layer]. Scale not given. Version 1.2. Redlands, CA, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Using: ArcGIS. 10.4. Version 10.0. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Boundary ProvenanceStatistics and Leadership DataCheney, D.M. “Catholic Hierarchy of the World” [Database]. Date Updated: August 2019. Catholic Hierarchy. Using: Paradox. Retrieved from Original Source.Catholic HierarchyAnnuario Pontificio per l’Anno .. Città del Vaticano :Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Multiple Years.The data for these maps was extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuario Pontificio, published yearly by the Vatican. The collection and data development of the Vatican Statistics Office are unknown. GoodLands is not responsible for errors within this data. We encourage people to document and report errant information to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.Additional information about regular changes in bishops and sees comes from a variety of public diocesan and news announcements.
This Mobility & Foot traffic dataset includes enriched mobility data and visitation at POIs to answer questions such as:
-How often do people visit a location? (daily, monthly, absolute, and averages).
-What type of places do they visit? (parks, schools, hospitals, etc)
-Which social characteristics do people have in a certain POI? - Breakdown by type: residents, workers, visitors.
-What's their mobility like during night hours & day hours?
-What's the frequency of the visits by day of the week and hour of the day?
Extra insights
-Visitors´ relative Income Level.
-Visitors´ preferences as derived from their visits to shopping, parks, sports facilities, and churches, among others.
- Footfall measurement in all types of establishments (shopping malls, stand-alone stores, etc).
-Visitors´ preferences as derived from their visits to shopping, parks, sports facilities, and churches, among others.
- Origin/Destiny matrix.
- Vehicular traffic, measurement of speed, types of vehicles, among other insights.
Overview & Key Concepts
Each record corresponds to a ping from a mobile device, at a particular moment in time, and at a particular lat and long. We procure this data from reliable technology partners, which obtain it through partnerships with location-aware apps. All the process is compliant with applicable privacy laws.
We clean, process and enrich these massive datasets with a number of complex, computer-intensive calculations to make them easier to use in different tailor-made solutions for companies and also data science and machine learning applications, especially those related to understanding customer behavior.
Featured attributes of the data
Device speed: based on the distance between each observation and the previous one, we estimate the speed at which the device is moving. This is particularly useful to differentiate between vehicles, pedestrians, and stationery observations.
Night base of the device: we calculate the approximate location of where the device spends the night, which is usually its home neighborhood.
Day base of the device: we calculate the most common daylight location during weekdays, which is usually their work location.
Income level: we use the night neighborhood of the device, and intersect it with available socioeconomic data, to infer the device’s income level. Depending on the country, and the availability of good census data, this figure ranges from a relative wealth index to a currency-calculated income.
POI visited: we intersect each observation with a number of POI databases, to estimate check-ins to different locations. POI databases can vary significantly, in scope and depth, between countries.
Category of visited POI: for each observation that can be attributable to a POI, we also include a standardized location category (park, hospital, among others).
Delivery schemas
We can deliver the data in three different formats:
Full dataset: one record per mobile ping. These datasets are very large, and should only be consumed by experienced teams with large computing budgets.
Visitation stream: one record per attributable visit. This dataset is considerably smaller than the full one but retains most of the more valuable elements in the dataset. This helps understand who visited a specific POI, and characterize and understand the consumer's behavior.
Audience profiles: one record per mobile device in a given period of time (usually monthly). All the visitation stream is aggregated by category. This is the most condensed version of the dataset and is very useful to quickly understand the types of consumers in a particular area and to create cohorts of users.
The EVS Integrated Dataset 2008 is offered in two different versions: • The EVS Integrated Dataset 2008 (Restricted Use File), ZA4799 contains complete information, i.e. also data that could not be included in the EVS 2008 ZA4800 because of data protection concerns. Due to the sensitive nature of the data, its usage is subject to specific contractual regulations. The contract allowing for off-site access can be downloaded in section ‘Data and Documentation’ of the study description. • The EVS Integrated Dataset 2008, ZA4800 contains de facto anonymised data, i.e. specific information is aggregated into coarse categories providing less detailed information on respondent’s residence and occupation. It is provided for direct download through the GESIS data catalogue free of charge after registration.
This data set contains statistics by county for 133 Judeo-Christian church bodies, providing information on their number of churches and members.
Please note that this data set may not be sold in any form, including as an addition to proprietary software, without the permission of the copyright holder. Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990 is published by the Glenmary Research Center, P.O. Box 507, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
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The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national filewith no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independentdata set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Census Bureau includes landmarks in theMTDB for locating special features and to help enumerators during field operations. Some of the more common landmark types include area landmarks such as airports, cemeteries, parks, mountain peaks/summits, schools, and churches and other religious institutions. The Census Bureau has added landmark features to MTDB on an as-needed basis and made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular feature were included. The presence or absence of a landmark such as a hospital or prison does not mean that the living quarters associated with that landmark were geocoded to that census tabulation block or excluded from the census enumeration.
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Parishes {title at top of page}Data Developers: Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Emege, Thomas, Gerlt, R.. . “Parishes {title at top of page}”. Scale not given. Version 1.0. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Catholic Hierarchy, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Web map developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019Web app developer: Molly Burhans, October 2019GoodLands’ polygon data layers, version 2.0 for global ecclesiastical boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church:Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided, due to this being the first developed dataset of global ecclesiastical boundaries curated from many sources it may have a higher margin of error than established geopolitical administrative boundary maps. Boundaries need to be verified with appropriate Ecclesiastical Leadership. The current information is subject to change without notice. No parties involved with the creation of this data are liable for indirect, special or incidental damage resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information. We referenced 1960 sources to build our global datasets of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Often, they were isolated images of dioceses, historical documents and information about parishes that were cross checked. These sources can be viewed here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ANlH1S_aYJOyz4TtG0HHgz0OLxnOvXLHMt4FVOS85Q/edit#gid=0To learn more or contact us please visit: https://good-lands.org/The Catholic Leadership global maps information is derived from the Annuario Pontificio, which is curated and published by the Vatican Statistics Office annually, and digitized by David Cheney at Catholic-Hierarchy.org -- updated are supplemented with diocesan and news announcements. GoodLands maps this into global ecclesiastical boundaries. Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories:Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Gerlt, R.. . “Admin 3 Ecclesiastical Territories For Web”. Scale not given. Version 1.2. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Derived from:Global Diocesan Boundaries:Burhans, M., Bell, J., Burhans, D., Carmichael, R., Cheney, D., Deaton, M., Emge, T. Gerlt, B., Grayson, J., Herries, J., Keegan, H., Skinner, A., Smith, M., Sousa, C., Trubetskoy, S. “Diocesean Boundaries of the Catholic Church” [Feature Layer]. Scale not given. Version 1.2. Redlands, CA, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Using: ArcGIS. 10.4. Version 10.0. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Boundary ProvenanceStatistics and Leadership DataCheney, D.M. “Catholic Hierarchy of the World” [Database]. Date Updated: August 2019. Catholic Hierarchy. Using: Paradox. Retrieved from Original Source.Catholic HierarchyAnnuario Pontificio per l’Anno .. Città del Vaticano :Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Multiple Years.The data for these maps was extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuario Pontificio, published yearly by the Vatican. The collection and data development of the Vatican Statistics Office are unknown. GoodLands is not responsible for errors within this data. We encourage people to document and report errant information to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.Additional information about regular changes in bishops and sees comes from a variety of public diocesan and news announcements.
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Sister Map SeriesData:Burhans, Molly A., Cheney, David M., Gerlt, R.. . “Population per Sister”. Scale not given. Version 1.2. MO and CT, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Maps and Applications: Burhans, Molly. October 2019Derived from:Global Diocesan Boundaries 2.0:Burhans, M., Bell, J., Burhans, D., Carmichael, R., Cheney, D., Deaton, M., Emge, T. Gerlt, B., Grayson, J., Herries, J., Keegan, H., Skinner, A., Smith, M., Sousa, C., Trubetskoy, S. “Diocesean Boundaries of the Catholic Church” [Feature Layer]. 1:3M. Version 2.0. Redlands, CA, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Using: ArcGIS. 10.4. Version. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2019.Boundary ProvenanceStatistics and Leadership DataCheney, D.M. “Catholic Hierarchy of the World” [Database]. Date Updated: August 2019. Catholic Hierarchy. Using: Paradox. Retrieved from Original Source.Catholic HierarchyAdditional information about regular changes in bishops and sees comes from a variety of public diocesan and news announcements.Annuario Pontificio per l’Anno .. Città del Vaticano :Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Multiple Years.The data for these maps was extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuario Pontificio, published yearly by the Vatican. The collection and data development of the Vatican Statistics Office are unknown. GoodLands is not responsible for errors within this data. We encourage people to document and report errant information to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.GoodLands’ polygon data layers, version 2.0 for global ecclesiastical boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church:Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided, due to this being the first developed dataset of global ecclesiastical boundaries curated from many sources it may have a higher margin of error than established geopolitical administrative boundary maps. Boundaries need to be verified with appropriate Ecclesiastical Leadership. The current information is subject to change without notice. No parties involved with the creation of this data are liable for indirect, special or incidental damage resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information. We referenced 1960 sources to build our global datasets of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Often, they were isolated images of dioceses, historical documents and information about parishes that were cross checked. These sources can be viewed here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ANlH1S_aYJOyz4TtG0HHgz0OLxnOvXLHMt4FVOS85Q/edit#gid=0To learn more or contact us please visit: https://good-lands.org/
Content: attitudes towards religious practices.Topics: assessment of personal happiness; attitudes towards pre-maritalsexual intercourse; attitudes towards committed adultery; attitudestowards homosexual relationships between adults; attitudes towardsabortion in case of serious disability or illness of the baby or lowincome of the family; attitudes towards gender roles in marriage; trustin institutions (parliament, business and industry, churches andreligious organizations, courts and the legal system, schools and theeducational system); mobility; attitudes towards the influence ofreligious leaders on voters and government; attitudes towards thebenefits of science and religion (scale: modern science does more harmthan good, too much trust in science and not enough in religious faith,religions bring more conflicts than peace, intolerance of people withvery strong religious beliefs); judgement on the power of churches andreligious organizations; attitudes towards equal rights for allreligious groups in the country and respect for all religions;acceptance of persons from a different religion or with differentreligious views in case of marrying a relative or being a candidate ofthe preferred political party (social distance); attitudes towards theallowance for religious extremists to hold public meetings and topublish books expressing their views (freedom of expression); doubt orfirm belief in God (deism, scale); belief in: a life after death,heaven, hell, religious miracles, reincarnation, Nirvana, supernaturalpowers of deceased ancestors; attitudes towards a higher truth andtowards meaning of life (scale: God is concerned with every human beingpersonally, little that people can do to change the course of theirlives (fatalism), life is meaningful only because God exists, life doesnot serve any purpose, life is only meaningful if someone provides themeaning himself, connection with God without churches or religiousservices); religious preference (affiliation) of mother, father andspouse/partner; religion respondent was raised in; frequency ofchurch attendance (of attendance in religious services) of father andmother; personal frequency of church attendance when young; frequencyof prayers and participation in religious activities; shrine, altar ora religious object in respondent’s home; frequency of visiting a holyplace (shrine, temple, church or mosque) for religious reasons exceptregular religious services; self-classification of personalreligiousness and spirituality; truth in one or in all religions;attitudes towards the profits of practicing a religion (scale: findinginner peace and happiness, making friends, gaining comfort in times oftrouble and sorrow, meeting the right kind of people).Optional items (not stated in all countries): questions in countrieswith an appreciable number of Evangelical Protestants): ´born-again´Christian; attitudes towards the Bible (or appropriate holy book);questions generally applicable for all countries: conversion of faithafter crucial experience; personal sacrifice as an expression of faithsuch as fasting or following a special diet during holy season such asLent or Ramadan; concept of God (semantic differential scale: mother -father, master - spouse, judge - lover, friend - king); belief in luckycharms, fortune tellers, faith healers and horoscopes; social rules orGod’s laws as basis for deciding between right and wrong; attitudestowards members of different religious groups (Christians, Muslims,Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Atheists or non-believers.Demography: sex; age; marital status; steady life partner; years ofschooling; highest education level; country specific education anddegree; current employment status (respondent and partner); hoursworked weekly; occupation (ISCO 1988) (respondent and partner);supervising function at work; working for private or public sector orself-employed (respondent and partner); if self-employed: number ofemployees; trade union membership; earnings of respondent (countryspecific); family income (country specific); size of household;household composition; party affiliation (left-right); country specificparty affiliation; participation in last election; religiousdenomination; religious main groups; attendance of religious services;self-placement on a top-bottom scale; region (country specific); sizeof community (country specific); type of community: urban-rural area;country of origin or ethnic group affiliation.Additionally coded: administrative mode of data-collection; weightingfactor; case substitution. Einstellung zur religiösen Praxis.Themen: Einschätzung des persönlichen Glücksgefühls; Einstellung zuvorehelichem Geschlechtsverkehr und zu außerehelichemGeschlechtsverkehr (Ehebruch); Einstellung zu homosexuellen Beziehungenzwischen Erwachsenen; Einstellung zu Abtreibung im Falle vonBehinderung oder Krankheit des Babys und im Falle geringen Einkommensder Familie; Rollenverständnis in der Ehe; Institutionenvertrauen(Parlament, Unternehmen und Industrie, Kirche und religiöseOrganisationen, Gerichte und Rechtssystem, Schulen und Bildungssystem);eigene Mobilität; Einstellung zum Einfluss von religiösen Führern aufWähler und Regierung; Einstellung zu Wissenschaft und Religion (Skala:moderne Wissenschaft bringt mehr Schaden als Nutzen, zu viel Vertrauenin die Wissenschaft und zu wenig religiöses Vertrauen, Religionenbringen mehr Konflikte als Frieden, Intoleranz von Menschen mit starkenreligiösen Überzeugungen); Beurteilung der Macht von Kirchen undreligiösen Organisationen im Lande; Einstellung zur Gleichberechtigungaller religiösen Gruppen im Land und Respekt für alle Religionen;Akzeptanz einer Person anderen Glaubens oder mit unterschiedlichenreligiösen Ansichten als Ehepartner im Verwandtschaftskreis sowie alsKandidat der präferierten Partei (soziale Distanz); Einstellung zuröffentlichen Redefreiheit bzw. zum Publikationsrecht für religiöseExtremisten; Zweifel oder fester Glaube an Gott (Skala Deismus); Glaubean: ein Leben nach dem Tod, Himmel, Hölle, Wunder, Reinkarnation,Nirwana, übernatürliche Kräfte verstorbener Vorfahren; Einstellung zueiner höheren Wahrheit und zum Sinn des Lebens (Gott kümmert sich umjeden Menschen persönlich, nur wenig persönlicher Einfluss auf dasLeben möglich (Fatalismus), Leben hat nur einen Sinn aufgrund derExistenz Gottes, Leben dient keinem Zweck, eigenes Tun verleiht demLeben Sinn, persönliche Verbindung mit Gott ohne Kirche oderGottesdienste); Religion der Mutter, des Vaters und des Ehepartnersbzw. Partners; Religion, mit der der Befragte aufgewachsen ist;Kirchgangshäufigkeit des Vaters und der Mutter; persönlicheKirchgangshäufigkeit in der Jugend; Häufigkeit des Betens und derTeilnahme an religiösen Aktivitäten; Schrein, Altar oder religiösesObjekt (z.B. Kreuz) im Haushalt des Befragten; Häufigkeit des Besuchseines heiligen Ortes (Schrein, Tempel, Kirche oder Moschee) ausreligiösen Gründen; Selbsteinschätzung der Religiosität undSpiritualität; Wahrheit in einer oder in allen Religionen;Vorteilhaftigkeit der Ausübung einer Religion (Skala: inneren Friedenund Glück finden, Freundschaften schließen, Unterstützung inschwierigen Zeiten, Gleichgesinnte treffen).Optionale Items (nicht in allen Ländern ausgeführt): Fragen in Ländernmit einer bedeutenden Anzahl evangelikaler Protestanten: wiedergeboreneChristen; Einstellung zur Bibel; Fragen, die grundsätzlich für alleLänder anwendbar sind: Bekehrung zum Glauben nach einemSchlüsselerlebnis; persönliche Opfer als Ausdruck des Glaubens wieFasten oder Einhalten einer speziellen Diät während heiliger Zeiten wiez.B. Ramadan; Konzept von Gott (semantisches Differential:Mutter/Vater, Herr und Meister/Ehepartner, Richter/Liebender,Freund/König); Glaube an Glücksbringer, Wahrsager, Gesundbeter undHoroskope; demokratische oder göttliche Gesetze als Grundlage fürEntscheidungen zwischen richtig und falsch; Einstellung gegenüberverschiedenen religiösen Gruppen (Christen, Muslime, Hindus,Buddhisten, Juden, Atheisten oder Nicht-Gläubige).Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Familienstand; Zusammenleben mit einemPartner; Jahre der Schulbildung, höchster Bildungsabschluss;länderspezifischer Bildungsgrad; derzeitiger Beschäftigungsstatus desBefragten und seines Partners; Beruf (ISCO-88) des Befragten und seinesPartners; Vorgesetztenfunktion; Beschäftigung im privaten oderöffentlichen Dienst oder Selbständigkeit des Befragten und seinesPartners; Selbständige wurden gefragt: Anzahl der Beschäftigten;Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft; Einkommensquellen des Befragten(länderspezifisch), Haushaltseinkommen (länderspezifisch);Haushaltsgröße; Haushaltszusammensetzung; Parteipräferenz(links-rechts), länderspezifische Parteipräferenz; Wahlbeteiligung beider letzten Wahl; Konfession; Kirchgangshäufigkeit; Selbsteinstufungauf einer Oben-Unten-Skala; Region und Ortsgröße (länderspezifisch),Urbanisierungsgrad; Geburtsland und ethnische Herkunft.Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Datenerhebungsart; Gewichtungsfaktoren.
Two online overviews offer comprehensive metadata on the EVS datasets and variables. The extended study description for the EVS 2008 provides country-specific information on the origin and outcomes of the national surveys The variable overview of the four EVS waves 1981 1990 1999/2000 and 2008 allows for identifying country specific deviations in the question wording within and across the EVS waves. These overviews can be found at: http://info1.gesis.org/EVS/Studies (Extended Study Description), http://info1.gesis.org/EVS/Variables (Variable Overview). Moral, religious, societal, political, work, and family values of Europeans. Topics: 1. Perceptions of life: importance of work, family, friends and acquaintances, leisure time, politics and religion; frequency of political discussions with friends; happiness; self-assessment of own health; memberships and unpaid work (volunteering) in: social welfare services, religious or church organizations, education, or cultural activities, labor unions, political parties, local political actions, human rights, environmental or peace movement, professional associations, youth work, sports clubs, women´s groups, voluntary associations concerned with health or other groups; tolerance towards minorities (people with a criminal record, of a different race, left/right wing extremists, alcohol addicts, large families, emotionally unstable people, Muslims, immigrants, AIDS sufferers, drug addicts, homosexuals, Jews, gypsies and Christians - social distance); trust in people; estimation of people´s fair and helpful behavior; internal or external control; satisfaction with life. 2. Work: reasons for people to live in need; importance of selected aspects of occupational work; employment status; general work satisfaction; freedom of decision-taking in the job; importance of work(work ethics, scale); important aspects of leisure time; attitude towards following instructions at work without criticism (obedience work); give priority to nationals over foreigners as well as men over women in jobs. 3. Religion: Individual or general clear guidelines for good and evil; religious denomination; current and former religious denomination; current frequency of church attendance and at the age of 12; importance of religious celebration at birth, marriage, and funeral; self-assessment of religiousness; churches give adequate answers to moral questions, problems of family life, spiritual needs and social problems of the country; belief in God, life after death, hell, heaven, sin and re-incarnation; personal God versus spirit or life force; own way of connecting with the divine; interest in the sacred or the supernatural; attitude towards the existence of one true religion; importance of God in one´s life (10-point-scale); experience of comfort and strength from religion and belief; moments of prayer and meditation; frequency of prayers; belief in lucky charms or a talisman(10-point-scale); attitude towards the separation of church and state. 4. Family and marriage: most important criteria for a successful marriage (scale); attitude towards childcare (a child needs a home with father and mother, a woman has to have children to be fulfilled, marriage is an outdated institution, woman as a single-parent); attitude towards marriage, children, and traditional family structure(scale); attitude towards traditional understanding of one´s role of man and woman in occupation and family (scale); attitude towards: respect and love for parents, parent´s responsibilities for their children and the responsibility of adult children for their parents when they are in need of long-term care; importance of educational goals; attitude towards abortion. 5. Politics and society: political interest; political participation; preference for individual freedom or social equality; self-assessment on a left-right continuum (10-point-scale); self-responsibility or governmental provision; free decision of job-taking of the unemployed or no permission to refuse a job; advantage or harmfulness of competition; liberty of firms or governmental control; equal incomes or incentives for individual efforts; attitude concerning capitalism versus government ownership; postmaterialism (scale); expectation of future development (less emphasis on money and material possessions, greater respect for authority); trust in institutions; satisfaction with democracy; assessment of the political system of the country as good or bad (10-point-scale); preferred type of political system(strong leader, expert decisions, army should rule the country, or democracy); attitude towards democracy (scale). 6. Moral attitudes (scale: claiming state benefits without entitlement, cheating on taxes, joyriding, taking soft drugs, lying, adultery, bribe money, homosexuality, abortion, divorce, euthanasia, suicide, corruption, paying cash, casual sex, avoiding fare on publictransport, prostitution, experiments with human embryos, geneticmanipulation of food, insemination or in-vitro fertilization and deathpenalty). 7. National identity: geographical group the respondent feels belonging to (town, region of country, country, Europe, the world); citizenship; national pride; fears associated with the European Union(the loss of social security and national identity, growing expenditure of the own country, the loss of power in the world for one´s own country and the loss of jobs); attitude towards the enlargement of the European Union (10-point-scale); voting intensions in the next election and party preference; party that appeals most; preferred immigrant policy; opinion on terrorism; attitude towards immigrants and their customs and traditions (take jobs away, undermine a country´s cultural life, make crime problems worse, strain on country´s welfare system, threat to society, maintain distinct customs and traditions); feeling like a stranger in one´s own country; too many immigrants; important aspects of national identity (being born in the country, to respect country´s political institutions and laws, to have country´s ancestry, to speak the national language, to have lived for a long time in the country); interest in politics in the media; give authorities information to help justice versus stick to own affairs; closeness to family, neighborhood, the people in the region, countrymen, Europeans and mankind; concerned about the living conditions of elderly people, unemployed, immigrants and sick or disabled people. 8. Environment: attitude towards the environment (scale: readiness to give part of own income for the environment, overpopulation, disastrous consequences from human interference with nature, human ingenuity remains earth fit to live in, the balance of nature is strong enough to cope with the impacts of modern industrial nations, humans were meant to rule over the rest of nature, an ecological catastrophe is inevitable). Demography: sex; age (year of birth); born in the country of interview; country of birth; year of immigration into the country; father and mother born in the country; country of birth of father and mother; current legal marital status; living together with the partner before marriage or before the registration of partnership; living together with a partner and living with a partner before; steady relationship; married to previous partner; living together with previous partner before marriage; end of relationship; number of children; year of birth of the first child; size and composition of household; experienced events: the death of a child, of father or mother, the divorce of a child, of the parents or of another relative; age of respondent when these events took place; age at completion of education; highest educational level attained; employment status; employed or self-employed in the last job; profession (ISCO-88) and occupational position; supervising function and span of control; size of company. Social origin and partner: respondent´s partner or spouse: partner was born in the country and partner´s country of birth; highest educational level; employment status of the partner; employment or self-employment of the partner in his/her last job; partner´s profession (ISCO-88) and occupational position; supervising function of the partner and span of control; unemployment and dependence on social-security of the respondent and his partner longer than three months in the last five years; scale of household income; living together with parents when the respondent was 14 years old; highest educational level of father/mother; employment status of father/mother when the respondent was 14 years old; profession of father/mother (ISCO-88) and kind of work; number of employees (size of business); supervising function and span of control of father and mother; characterization of the parents when respondent was 14 years old (scale: liked to read books, discussed politics at home with their child, liked to follow the news, had problems making ends meet, had problems replacing broken things); region the respondent lived at the age of 14, present place of residence (postal code); size of town; region. Interviewer rating: respondent´s interest in the interview. Additionally encoded: interviewer number; date of the interview; total length of the interview; time of the interview (start hour and start minute, end hour and end minute); language in which the interview was conducted. Additional country specific variables are included in this national dataset.
The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.
The Census Bureau includes landmarks in the MTDB for locating special features and to help enumerators during field operations. Some
of the more common landmark types include area landmarks such as airports, cemeteries, parks, mountain peaks/summits, schools, and
churches and other religious institutions. The Census Bureau has added landmark features to MTDB on an as-needed basis and made no
attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular feature were included. The presence or absence of a landmark such as a hospital
or prison does not mean that the living quarters associated with that landmark were geocoded to that census tabulation block or
excluded from the census enumeration.
This data set contains statistics by state for 133 Judeo-Christian church bodies, providing information on the number of churches and members. It is not known exactly what percent of total Judeo-Christian adherents this actually represents. When compared to the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches: 1990, this study accounts for 23 percent more communicant members.
Please note that this data set may not be sold in any form, including as an addition to proprietary software, without the permission of the copyright holder. Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990 is published by the Glenmary Research Center, P.O. Box 507, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
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