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

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GRELIG06 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet? Religious purposes   -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%	-5.22
No group of this type mentioned	1188	78.9%	79.2%	-.48
Mentions at least one group of this type	314	20.8%	100%	1.89

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	78.9% 1188	78.9% 1188
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.00% 0	20.8% 314	20.8% 314
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	75.4% 169	80.6% 315	83.4% 498	70.1% 206	78.9% 1188
Mentions at least one group of this type	24.6% 55	18.9% 74	16.6% 99	29.3% 86	20.8% 314
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	78.7% 657	79.5% 383	75.9% 107	78.7% 1147
Mentions at least one group of this type	20.8% 174	20.5% 99	24.1% 34	21.1% 307
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	77.8% 586	81.0% 447	76.8% 86	79.0% 1119
Mentions at least one group of this type	21.8% 164	18.8% 104	23.2% 26	20.7% 294
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	73.4% 268	77.9% 454	90.8% 168	78.8% 253	86.5% 45	78.9% 1188
Mentions at least one group of this type	26.3% 96	21.6% 126	9.2% 17	21.2% 68	13.5% 7	20.8% 314
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 583	100.0% 185	100.0% 321	100.0% 52	1506