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

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GBIBLE06 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet? Bible studies   -2) Don't know   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
Don't know	4	.3%	.3%	-6.44
No group of this type mentioned	1343	89.2%	89.4%	-.31
Mentions at least one group of this type	159	10.6%	100%	2.76

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Don't know	0.00% 0	0.3% 4	0.3% 4
No group of this type mentioned	0.00% 0	89.2% 1343	89.2% 1343
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.00% 0	10.6% 159	10.6% 159
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
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 4
No group of this type mentioned	85.7% 192	88.7% 347	92.6% 553	85.4% 251	89.2% 1343
Mentions at least one group of this type	14.3% 32	10.7% 42	7.4% 44	13.9% 41	10.6% 159
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
Don't know	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
No group of this type mentioned	88.5% 739	89.6% 432	89.4% 126	89.0% 1297
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.0% 92	10.4% 50	10.6% 15	10.8% 157
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
Don't know	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
No group of this type mentioned	87.8% 661	91.1% 503	89.3% 100	89.2% 1264
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.8% 89	8.7% 48	10.7% 12	10.5% 149
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
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
No group of this type mentioned	89.9% 328	87.7% 511	95.1% 176	87.5% 281	90.4% 47	89.2% 1343
Mentions at least one group of this type	9.9% 36	11.8% 69	4.9% 9	12.5% 40	9.6% 5	10.6% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 583	100.0% 185	100.0% 321	100.0% 52	1506