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

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GFAM06 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet? Purpose is supporting families, including marriage training, wedding or baby showers, discussion of pregnancy issues or family values   -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%	-8.13
No group of this type mentioned	1419	94.2%	94.5%	-.2
Mentions at least one group of this type	83	5.5%	100%	3.77

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	94.2% 1419	94.2% 1419
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.00% 0	5.5% 83	5.5% 83
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	92.9% 208	93.6% 366	96.6% 577	91.2% 268	94.2% 1419
Mentions at least one group of this type	7.1% 16	5.9% 23	3.4% 20	8.2% 24	5.5% 83
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	93.5% 781	95.0% 458	93.6% 132	94.0% 1371
Mentions at least one group of this type	6.0% 50	5.0% 24	6.4% 9	5.7% 83
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	93.9% 707	94.9% 524	92.0% 103	94.1% 1334
Mentions at least one group of this type	5.7% 43	4.9% 27	8.0% 9	5.6% 79
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	91.8% 335	95.2% 555	98.4% 182	93.1% 299	92.3% 48	94.2% 1419
Mentions at least one group of this type	7.9% 29	4.3% 25	1.6% 3	6.9% 22	7.7% 4	5.5% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 583	100.0% 185	100.0% 321	100.0% 52	1506