[Are you/Is this person] ordained to full clergy status in your congregation, church, or religious group? (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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Is religious leader ordained? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Is there a religious leader? • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology

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Is religious leader ordained? (Demographic Patterns)

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Is religious leader ordained? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	89.8% 308	92.2% 330	94.9% 486	100.0% 98	87	93.2% 1222
No	10.2% 35	7.8% 28	5.1% 26	0.0% 0	0	6.8% 89
MISSING	16	31	60	0	0	107
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 358	100.0% 512	100.0% 98	87	1311

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Is religious leader ordained? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	84.0% 126	97.5% 350	91.0% 323	94.2% 262	97.2% 246	2	93.7% 1307
No	16.0% 24	2.5% 9	9.0% 32	5.8% 16	2.8% 7	0	6.3% 88
MISSING	51	15	20	12	7	0	105
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 359	100.0% 355	100.0% 278	100.0% 253	2	1395

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Is religious leader ordained? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	94.3% 725	93.1% 418	87.6% 92	75	93.3% 1235
No	5.7% 44	6.9% 31	12.4% 13	1	6.7% 88
MISSING	53	41	6	0	100
TOTAL	100.0% 769	100.0% 449	100.0% 105	76	1323

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Is religious leader ordained? 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	93.2% 165	91.8% 314	95.6% 654	90.2% 175	93.6% 1308
No	6.8% 12	8.2% 28	4.4% 30	9.8% 19	6.4% 89
MISSING	20	44	31	12	107
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 342	100.0% 684	100.0% 194	1397

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Is religious leader ordained? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	92.0% 69	93.0% 626	95.0% 322	94.1% 257	90.0% 36	93.6% 1310
No	8.0% 6	7.0% 47	5.0% 17	5.9% 16	10.0% 4	6.4% 90
MISSING	5	64	16	12	11	108
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 673	100.0% 339	100.0% 273	100.0% 40	1400

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Is religious leader ordained? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	93.7% 797	94.2% 371	89.4% 101	41	93.4% 1269
No	6.3% 54	5.8% 23	10.6% 12	0	6.6% 89
MISSING	63	31	8	0	102
TOTAL	100.0% 851	100.0% 394	100.0% 113	41	1358

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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.