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

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YEAR Four-digit year of data collection   1) 1998   2) 2006

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
1998	1234	45%	45%	-1.1
2006	1506	55%	100%	.9

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
1998	100.0% 1234	0.0% 0	45.0% 1234
2006	0.0% 0	100.0% 1506	55.0% 1506
TOTAL	100.0% 1234	100.0% 1506	2740

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
1998	50.4% 228	42.4% 288	45.5% 499	42.7% 219	45.0% 1234
2006	49.6% 224	57.6% 391	54.5% 597	57.3% 294	55.0% 1506
TOTAL	100.0% 452	100.0% 679	100.0% 1096	100.0% 513	2740

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
1998	43.4% 641	47.6% 437	47.8% 129	45.3% 1207
2006	56.6% 835	52.4% 482	52.2% 141	54.7% 1458
TOTAL	100.0% 1476	100.0% 919	100.0% 270	2665

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	TOTAL
1998	45.9% 638	44.0% 434	47.7% 102	45.3% 1174
2006	54.1% 753	56.0% 552	52.3% 112	54.7% 1417
TOTAL	100.0% 1391	100.0% 986	100.0% 214	2591

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
1998	44.9% 298	42.8% 437	43.8% 144	49.0% 309	46.9% 46	45.0% 1234
2006	55.1% 365	57.2% 583	56.2% 185	51.0% 321	53.1% 52	55.0% 1506
TOTAL	100.0% 663	100.0% 1020	100.0% 329	100.0% 630	100.0% 98	2740