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

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GOTHER98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet? Group is nowhere else classified   0) No group of this type mentioned   1) Mentions at least one group of this type

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No group of this type mentioned	825	76.4%	76.4%	-.56
Mentions at least one group of this type	255	23.6%	100%	1.8

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
No group of this type mentioned	76.4% 825	0.00% 0	76.4% 825
Mentions at least one group of this type	23.6% 255	0.00% 0	23.6% 255
TOTAL	100.0% 1080	100.0% 0	1080

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
No group of this type mentioned	70.6% 144	75.8% 188	81.1% 347	73.0% 146	76.4% 825
Mentions at least one group of this type	29.4% 60	24.2% 60	18.9% 81	27.0% 54	23.6% 255
TOTAL	100.0% 204	100.0% 248	100.0% 428	100.0% 200	1080

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
No group of this type mentioned	79.9% 444	75.2% 291	63.2% 74	76.3% 809
Mentions at least one group of this type	20.1% 112	24.8% 96	36.8% 43	23.7% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 387	100.0% 117	1060

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
No group of this type mentioned	80.0% 443	74.1% 289	61.7% 58	76.1% 790
Mentions at least one group of this type	20.0% 111	25.9% 101	38.3% 36	23.9% 248
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 390	100.0% 94	1038

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No group of this type mentioned	76.0% 206	78.8% 290	70.3% 83	75.5% 216	81.1% 30	76.4% 825
Mentions at least one group of this type	24.0% 65	21.2% 78	29.7% 35	24.5% 70	18.9% 7	23.6% 255
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 118	100.0% 286	100.0% 37	1080