National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998 and 2006-2007)

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DIFFLANG Thinking about the worship service on a typical weekend that is most different in terms of worship style from the service we‘ve been talking about, how would you describe the main difference between these two services? Different language   -3) All other missing data   0) Did not mention this type of difference   1) Mentioned this type of difference

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
All other missing data	13	.9%	.9%	-8.2
Did not mention this type of difference	1402	93.1%	94%	-.09
Mentioned this type of difference	91	6%	100%	2.61

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.00% 0	0.9% 13	0.9% 13
Did not mention this type of difference	0.00% 0	93.1% 1402	93.1% 1402
Mentioned this type of difference	0.00% 0	6.0% 91	6.0% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1506	1506

Region (I-REGION)

	New England or Mid-Atlantic	East North Central or West North Central	South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	Mountain or Pacific	TOTAL
All other missing data	1.8% 4	0.5% 2	1.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.9% 13
Did not mention this type of difference	93.3% 209	95.9% 375	95.0% 567	85.4% 251	93.1% 1402
Mentioned this type of difference	4.9% 11	3.6% 14	3.9% 23	14.6% 43	6.0% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 391	100.0% 597	100.0% 294	1506

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.7% 6	1.0% 5	0.7% 1	0.8% 12
Did not mention this type of difference	94.5% 789	90.7% 437	95.0% 134	93.3% 1360
Mentioned this type of difference	4.8% 40	8.3% 40	4.3% 6	5.9% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 835	100.0% 482	100.0% 141	1458

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.8% 6	0.9% 5	0.9% 1	0.8% 12
Did not mention this type of difference	94.3% 710	91.1% 503	96.4% 108	93.2% 1321
Mentioned this type of difference	4.9% 37	8.0% 44	2.7% 3	5.9% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 753	100.0% 552	100.0% 112	1417

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.3% 1	0.7% 4	2.7% 5	0.0% 0	5.8% 3	0.9% 13
Did not mention this type of difference	81.9% 299	97.4% 568	97.3% 180	96.0% 308	90.4% 47	93.1% 1402
Mentioned this type of difference	17.8% 65	1.9% 11	0.0% 0	4.0% 13	3.8% 2	6.0% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 583	100.0% 185	100.0% 321	100.0% 52	1506