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

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CLERSTAT [Are you/Is this person] ordained to full clergy status in your congregation, church, or religious group?   -3) All other missing data   -1) Refused   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
All other missing data	54	3.6%	3.6%	-5.05
Refused	1	.1%	3.7%	-2.45
Yes	1406	93.4%	97%	.15
No	45	3%	100%	1.45

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	TOTAL
All other missing data	0.00% 0	3.6% 54	3.6% 54
Refused	0.00% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Yes	0.00% 0	93.4% 1406	93.4% 1406
No	0.00% 0	3.0% 45	3.0% 45
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
All other missing data	3.6% 8	3.3% 13	3.5% 21	4.1% 12	3.6% 54
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	94.6% 212	92.8% 363	94.8% 566	90.1% 265	93.4% 1406
No	1.8% 4	3.6% 14	1.7% 10	5.8% 17	3.0% 45
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
All other missing data	3.8% 32	2.5% 12	2.8% 4	3.3% 48
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	92.5% 772	95.2% 459	95.0% 134	93.6% 1365
No	3.7% 31	2.1% 10	2.1% 3	3.0% 44
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
All other missing data	3.5% 26	2.5% 14	2.7% 3	3.0% 43
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	93.1% 701	95.1% 525	93.8% 105	93.9% 1331
No	3.5% 26	2.2% 12	3.6% 4	3.0% 42
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
All other missing data	0.5% 2	6.2% 36	2.7% 5	1.6% 5	11.5% 6	3.6% 54
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes	97.5% 356	90.1% 525	96.2% 178	95.0% 305	80.8% 42	93.4% 1406
No	1.9% 7	3.6% 21	1.1% 2	3.4% 11	7.7% 4	3.0% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 583	100.0% 185	100.0% 321	100.0% 52	1506