Scripture Detail

Almost 50 data fields are dedicated to data on Christian scriptures. This information is helpful for resource planning as well as measuring the success of past initiates to distribute Christian literature. A summary of the available fields is listed below.

	Data Field Label	Field Description
Bibles	Bible Total pa	Total all Bibles distributed per annum in a given country
	Bible UBS pa	UBS Bibles distributed per annum in a given country
	Bible Achievement%	Bible total as a % of the goal for a given country
	Bible Goal	Goal for the number of Bibles to be in place in a given country
	Bible Goal pa	The number of Bibles required to be distributed per annum to meet the goal for Bibles in place in the country.
	Bible Other pa	Bibles distributed by agencies other than the United Bible Societies (UBS), per annum in a given country
Literature	Chr Books 1970	Books describing a given country's Christians published since 1970
	Chr Books pa	Books describing a given country's Christians published per year in AD 2000
	Chr Periodicals per M	Christian periodicals, per million in a given country
	Christian Books	All books describing a given country's Christians
	Christian Periodicals	Christian periodicals in a given country
	Religious Libraries	Christian or religious libraries in the country
	Religious libraries per M	Christian or religious libraries, per mil. country's population
Scripture	Scriptures	Gospel, New Testament and Bible availability in a given People's mother-tongue or near mother-tongue.
	Audio	Availability of audio scriptures for a given people group.
	Audio character code	Character code for availability of audio scriptures for a given people group.
	Biblioglossonym	official name of language for any Scripture translation done or under way
	Braille	Availability of Braille Scriptures for the blind for a given people group in a given country
	Braille code	Code for Braille Scriptures for the blind for a given people group in a given country
	Ethnologue ID	Three letter code for language from Ethnologue for a given people group.
	New Reader	New Reader Scriptures available for a given people group in a given country
	New Reader code	Code for New Reader Scriptures availability for a given people group in a given country
	Scripture text code	Code for Scripture text availabillity for a given people group in a given country
	Second Scriptures	Second-language scriptures (usable by over 50% of a given people's population)
	Second Scriptures text code	Text code for second-language scriptures (usable by over 50% of a given people's population)
	Signed	Hearing-impaired (signed) Scriptures for the deaf for a given people group
	Signed text code	Text code for availability of hearing-impaired (signed) Scriptures for the deaf for a given people group
Selections	Selection UBS pa	UBS selections distributed per annum in the country
	Selections Achievement%	Ratio selection total to goal,% for the country
	Selections Duplicate pa	Selections distributed via gospels,NTs or Bibles per annum in the country
	Selections Goal	Goal for the number of Selections to be in place in a given country
	Selections Goal pa	The number of Selections required to be distributed per annum to meet the goal for Selections in place in the country.
	Selections Other pa	All other selections distributed per annum in the country
	Selections Total pa	Total all selections distributed per annum in the country
New Testaments	NT Total pa	Total all New Testaments distributed per annum in the country
	NT Achievement%	Ratio of New Testaments distributed to goal, % for the country
	NT Duplicate pa	NTs distributed via Bibles per annum in the country
	NT Goal	Goal for the number of New Testaments to be in place in a given country
	NT Goal pa	The number of New Testaments required to be distributed per annum to meet the goal for New Testaments in place in the country.
	NT Other pa	New Testaments distributed by agencies other than the United Bible Societies (UBS), per annum in a given country
	NT UBS pa	UBS NTs distributed per annum in the country
Portions	Portions Achievement%	Ratio gospel total to goal,% for the country
	Portions Duplicate pa	Gospels distributed via Bibles & NTs per annum in the country
	Portions Goal	Goal for all gospels in place for the country
	Portions Goal pa	The number of Gospels required to be distributed per annum to meet the goal for Gospels in place in the country.
	Portions Other pa	Gospels distributed by agencies other than the United Bible Societies (UBS), per annum in a given country
	Portions Total pa	Total all gospels distributed per annum in the country
	Portions UBS pa	UBS portions (gospels) distributed per annum in the country