Does your congregation have a website on the Internet? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)

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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Website? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Plant Congregations? • Social Service • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology • Year

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Website? (Demographic Patterns)

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Website? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	38.5% 138	42.6% 165	49.6% 282	47.5% 47	24	44.7% 632
No	61.5% 220	57.4% 222	50.4% 287	52.5% 52	55	55.3% 781
MISSING	0	1	3	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 387	100.0% 569	100.0% 99	79	1413

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Website? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	13.9% 28	22.6% 83	39.8% 148	61.4% 178	83.5% 218	1	43.9% 655
No	86.1% 173	77.4% 284	60.2% 224	38.6% 112	16.5% 43	0	56.1% 836
MISSING	0	8	2	0	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 367	100.0% 372	100.0% 290	100.0% 261	1	1491

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Website? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	42.8% 348	40.9% 200	65.8% 73	35	43.9% 621
No	57.2% 466	59.1% 289	34.2% 38	44	56.1% 793
MISSING	8	0	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 814	100.0% 489	100.0% 111	79	1414

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Website? by Region of the Country

	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
Yes	43.4% 86	42.5% 161	39.6% 283	62.6% 127	44.0% 657
No	56.6% 112	57.5% 218	60.4% 431	37.4% 76	56.0% 837
MISSING	0	8	3	3	14
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 379	100.0% 714	100.0% 203	1494

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Website? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	50.6% 40	43.5% 316	25.3% 89	63.0% 179	62.7% 32	44.0% 656
No	49.4% 39	56.5% 410	74.7% 263	37.0% 105	37.3% 19	56.0% 836
MISSING	0	11	2	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 726	100.0% 352	100.0% 284	100.0% 51	1492

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Website? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	43.6% 395	40.9% 173	61.7% 74	13	44.3% 642
No	56.4% 511	59.1% 250	38.3% 46	29	55.7% 807
MISSING	8	2	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 906	100.0% 423	100.0% 120	42	1449

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Website? by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Yes	17.6% 216	44.0% 656	32.1% 872
No	82.4% 1011	56.0% 836	67.9% 1847
MISSING	7	13	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1227	100.0% 1492	2719

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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. A full codebook, prepared by the primary investigator, is available for download here. The codebook contains the original questionnaire, as well as detailed information on survey methodology, weights, coding, and more.