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International Surveys and Data
	•	Cross-National Data
	•	Multiple Nation Surveys
	•	Single Nation Surveys

U.S. Church Membership Data
	•	County-Level Data
	•	State-Level Data

U.S. Surveys -->General Population
	*National Surveys*
		•	Baylor Religion Surveys
		•	General Social Surveys
		•	National Election Studies
		•	National Survey of Family Growth
		•	National Studies of Youth and Religion (NSYR)
		•	Pew Research Center
		•	Portraits of American Life Study (PALS)
		•	Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
		•	State of the First Amendment Series
		•	Other National Surveys
	*Local/Regional Surveys*
		•	Middletown Data
		•	Southern Focus Polls
		•	Other Local/Regional Surveys

US Surveys -->Denominations/Other Religious Groups
	*Surveys of Congregations/Other Religious Organizations*
		•	Faith Communities Today
		•	National Congregations Study
		•	U.S. Congregational Life Survey
		•	Other Surveys
	*Surveys of Members or Leaders*
		•	Adventist
		•	Baptist
		•	Catholic
		•	Jewish
		•	Lutheran
		•	Methodist
		•	Mormon
		•	Nazarene
		•	Presbyterian
		•	Unitarian-Universalist
		•	Other Groups

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Updates to the Data Archive

The following files have recently been added:

•	Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2009
•	Scottish Church Census, 2002
•	Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1995
•	Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1995
•	Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1995
•	Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1995
•	Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1997, Oversample
•	World Religion Dataset: Global Religion Dataset
•	U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Wave 2, 2008/2009, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Leader Survey
•	U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Wave 2, 2011, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Associate or Assistant Leader Survey

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