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

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EVERHIRE Within the past twelve months, has your congregation hired any singers or other musicians to perform at a worship service?   -3) All other missing data   -2) Don't know   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
All other missing data	3	.2%	.2%	-8.07
Don't know	1	.1%	.3%	-6.26
Yes	626	50.7%	51.1%	-.86
No	604	48.9%	100%	.94

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	50.7% 626	0.00% 0	50.7% 626
No	48.9% 604	0.00% 0	48.9% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 1234	100.0% 0	1234

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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	54.4% 124	44.8% 129	48.7% 243	59.4% 130	50.7% 626
No	44.7% 102	55.2% 159	50.9% 254	40.6% 89	48.9% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 228	100.0% 288	100.0% 499	100.0% 219	1234

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.8% 1	0.2% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	49.0% 314	50.8% 222	65.1% 84	51.4% 620
No	51.0% 327	48.5% 212	34.1% 44	48.3% 583
TOTAL	100.0% 641	100.0% 437	100.0% 129	1207

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1.0% 1	0.3% 3
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	50.8% 324	50.0% 217	59.8% 61	51.3% 602
No	49.1% 313	49.5% 215	39.2% 40	48.4% 568
TOTAL	100.0% 638	100.0% 434	100.0% 102	1174

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.7% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	55.7% 166	44.6% 195	35.4% 51	60.5% 187	58.7% 27	50.7% 626
No	44.0% 131	55.1% 241	63.9% 92	39.2% 121	41.3% 19	48.9% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 437	100.0% 144	100.0% 309	100.0% 46	1234