Of the regular adult participants in your congregation, about what percent live in households in which there are two married adults with children living at home? (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset, 2012)
Each question was asked of a key informant from the congregation, such as a minister, priest, rabbi, or other staff person or leader.
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Demographic Patterns
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children (Demographic Patterns)
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Political Ideology (2012)
| More on the conservative side | Right in the middle | More on the liberal side | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 20% | 190 | 117 | 35 | 2 | 342 |
| 20% to less than 50% | 245 | 149 | 62 | 29 | 456 |
| 50% to less than 80% | 150 | 100 | 17 | 9 | 267 |
| 80% or more | 107 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 167 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 692 | 411 | 129 | 43 | 1232 |
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Region (2012)
| Northeast | Midwest | South | West | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 20% | 59 | 86 | 157 | 41 | 343 |
| 20% to less than 50% | 45 | 93 | 276 | 70 | 484 |
| 50% to less than 80% | 25 | 67 | 143 | 41 | 276 |
| 80% or more | 20 | 47 | 85 | 17 | 169 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 149 | 293 | 661 | 169 | 1272 |
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Religious Tradition (2012)
| Roman Catholic | White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist | Black Protestant | White liberal or moderate | Non-Christian | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 20% | 7 | 144 | 69 | 111 | 14 | 345 |
| 20% to less than 50% | 35 | 219 | 108 | 94 | 30 | 486 |
| 50% to less than 80% | 21 | 145 | 60 | 42 | 9 | 277 |
| 80% or more | 5 | 92 | 37 | 16 | 20 | 170 |
| Missing | ||||||
| TOTAL | 68 | 600 | 274 | 263 | 73 | 1278 |
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Size of Congregation (2012)
| 50 or less | 51-100 | 101-250 | 251-1,000 | More than 1,000 | TOTAL | |
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| Less than 20% | 201 | 90 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 344 |
| 20% to less than 50% | 197 | 108 | 122 | 48 | 9 | 484 |
| 50% to less than 80% | 80 | 54 | 73 | 54 | 16 | 277 |
| 80% or more | 66 | 60 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 170 |
| Missing | ||||||
| TOTAL | 544 | 312 | 263 | 127 | 29 | 1275 |
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Theology (2012)
| More on the conservative side | Right in the middle | More on the liberal side | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 20% | 217 | 73 | 54 | 1 | 344 |
| 20% to less than 50% | 306 | 112 | 62 | 6 | 480 |
| 50% to less than 80% | 177 | 64 | 24 | 10 | 265 |
| 80% or more | 102 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 170 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 802 | 314 | 143 | 18 | 1259 |
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Year of Survey
| 1998 | 2006-2007 | 2012 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 20% | 206 | 427 | 344 | 977 |
| 20% to less than 50% | 396 | 460 | 485 | 1341 |
| 50% to less than 80% | 301 | 352 | 276 | 929 |
| 80% or more | 177 | 195 | 170 | 542 |
| Missing | ||||
| TOTAL | 1080 | 1434 | 1275 | 3789 |
Notes
The National Congregations Study (NCS) dataset "fills a void in the sociological study of congregations by providing, for the first time, data that can be used to draw a nationally aggregate picture of congregations" (Chaves et al. 1999, p.460). Thanks to innovations in sampling techniques, the NCS data is the first nationally representative sample of American congregations. In 2006-07, a panel component was added to the NCS. In addition to the new cross-section of congregations generated in conjunction with the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS), a stratified random sample was drawn from congregations who participated in the 1998 NCS. The 2006-07 NCS sample, then, includes a subset of cases that were also interviewed in 1998. The 2012 NCS includes an oversample of Hispanic congregations.
