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

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CHANGE Has your [increase/decrease] been ten percent or more since two years ago, or less than ten percent?   -1) Refused   1) Decreased more than 10 percent   2) Decreased less than 10 percent   3) Remained about the same   4) Increased less than 10 percent   5) Increased more than 10 percent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Refused	14	.9%	.9%	-3.59
Decreased more than 10 percent	89	5.9%	6.8%	-2.02
Decreased less than 10 percent	134	8.9%	15.7%	-1.23
Remained about the same	542	36%	51.7%	-.44
Increased less than 10 percent	233	15.5%	67.2%	.34
Increased more than 10 percent	494	32.8%	100%	1.13

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Refused	0.00% 0	0.9% 14	0.9% 14
Decreased more than 10 percent	0.00% 0	5.9% 89	5.9% 89
Decreased less than 10 percent	0.00% 0	8.9% 134	8.9% 134
Remained about the same	0.00% 0	36.0% 542	36.0% 542
Increased less than 10 percent	0.00% 0	15.5% 233	15.5% 233
Increased more than 10 percent	0.00% 0	32.8% 494	32.8% 494
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
Refused	0.9% 2	0.5% 2	0.7% 4	2.0% 6	0.9% 14
Decreased more than 10 percent	6.3% 14	6.6% 26	6.7% 40	3.1% 9	5.9% 89
Decreased less than 10 percent	12.5% 28	12.5% 49	5.7% 34	7.8% 23	8.9% 134
Remained about the same	45.1% 101	37.9% 148	31.2% 186	36.4% 107	36.0% 542
Increased less than 10 percent	11.6% 26	18.2% 71	15.4% 92	15.0% 44	15.5% 233
Increased more than 10 percent	23.7% 53	24.3% 95	40.4% 241	35.7% 105	32.8% 494
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
Refused	0.7% 6	0.4% 2	1.4% 2	0.7% 10
Decreased more than 10 percent	6.7% 56	4.8% 23	5.7% 8	6.0% 87
Decreased less than 10 percent	9.1% 76	10.2% 49	6.4% 9	9.2% 134
Remained about the same	34.4% 287	37.1% 179	40.4% 57	35.9% 523
Increased less than 10 percent	13.9% 116	19.5% 94	12.1% 17	15.6% 227
Increased more than 10 percent	35.2% 294	28.0% 135	34.0% 48	32.7% 477
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
Refused	0.7% 5	0.5% 3	0.9% 1	0.6% 9
Decreased more than 10 percent	6.1% 46	5.6% 31	5.4% 6	5.9% 83
Decreased less than 10 percent	9.2% 69	10.0% 55	6.3% 7	9.2% 131
Remained about the same	34.7% 261	37.1% 205	41.1% 46	36.1% 512
Increased less than 10 percent	16.1% 121	16.1% 89	14.3% 16	15.9% 226
Increased more than 10 percent	33.3% 251	30.6% 169	32.1% 36	32.2% 456
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
Refused	1.6% 6	0.9% 5	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	1.9% 1	0.9% 14
Decreased more than 10 percent	5.8% 21	6.0% 35	7.0% 13	5.6% 18	3.8% 2	5.9% 89
Decreased less than 10 percent	12.3% 45	6.2% 36	7.0% 13	11.8% 38	3.8% 2	8.9% 134
Remained about the same	41.9% 153	32.4% 189	31.9% 59	37.7% 121	38.5% 20	36.0% 542
Increased less than 10 percent	16.4% 60	14.1% 82	16.2% 30	18.1% 58	5.8% 3	15.5% 233
Increased more than 10 percent	21.9% 80	40.5% 236	37.3% 69	26.5% 85	46.2% 24	32.8% 494
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 583	100.0% 185	100.0% 321	100.0% 52	1506