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

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BLDGTYPE What type of building does your congregation currently use for the primary worship service?   -1) -1   1) School   7) Store front   20) Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque   21) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
-1	2	.1%	.1%	-7.52
School	48	1.8%	1.8%	-6.79
Store front	16	.6%	2.4%	-4.6
Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque	2605	95.2%	97.6%	.15
Other	65	2.4%	100%	.51

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
-1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 2
School	3.1% 38	0.7% 10	1.8% 48
Store front	0.7% 8	0.5% 8	0.6% 16
Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque	93.1% 1145	96.9% 1460	95.2% 2605
Other	3.2% 39	1.7% 26	2.4% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 1230	100.0% 1506	2736

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
-1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
School	0.7% 3	1.3% 9	1.8% 20	3.1% 16	1.8% 48
Store front	1.1% 5	0.1% 1	0.7% 8	0.4% 2	0.6% 16
Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque	96.7% 437	96.8% 656	95.4% 1044	91.4% 468	95.2% 2605
Other	1.5% 7	1.6% 11	1.9% 21	5.1% 26	2.4% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 452	100.0% 678	100.0% 1094	100.0% 512	2736

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
-1	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
School	2.2% 32	1.3% 12	1.5% 4	1.8% 48
Store front	0.5% 8	0.5% 5	1.1% 3	0.6% 16
Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque	94.5% 1393	97.2% 891	92.6% 250	95.2% 2534
Other	2.6% 39	1.0% 9	4.8% 13	2.3% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 917	100.0% 270	2661

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
-1	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
School	2.6% 36	0.8% 8	1.4% 3	1.8% 47
Store front	0.6% 8	0.4% 4	1.4% 3	0.6% 15
Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque	94.0% 1306	97.5% 959	94.4% 202	95.3% 2467
Other	2.8% 39	1.2% 12	2.8% 6	2.2% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 1390	100.0% 984	100.0% 214	2588

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
-1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
School	0.8% 5	3.6% 37	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	3.1% 3	1.8% 48
Store front	0.0% 0	0.7% 7	2.4% 8	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.6% 16
Church, synagogue, temple, or mosque	98.6% 653	91.7% 934	93.9% 308	98.9% 623	88.8% 87	95.2% 2605
Other	0.6% 4	3.8% 39	3.0% 10	0.8% 5	7.1% 7	2.4% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 662	100.0% 1018	100.0% 328	100.0% 630	100.0% 98	2736