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Are regular church-goers more altruistic?


In 2002, the National Opinion Research Center (NORC NORC National Opinion Research Center
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) at the University of Chicago Chicago, city, United States
Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837.
 measured charitable acts, as performed by religiously active and religiously inert inert /in·ert/ (in-ert´) inactive.

in·ert
adj.
1. Sluggish in action or motion; lethargic.

2.
 citizens. They found that:
                                 acts of kindness per year

Those who never
attend religious
services                                    96

Those who attend
weekly religious
services                                   128

Note: Table made from bar graph.
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Title Annotation:Books Of Numbers; National Opinion Research Center measures charitable acts
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2003
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