[Are you/Is this person] paid for [your/his/her] work in this congregation? (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 Paid? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Is Religious Leader Full-Time? • 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 Paid? (Demographic Patterns)

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Is Religious Leader Paid? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	89.5% 307	86.0% 313	77.6% 415	61.1% 58	51	81.8% 1093
No	10.5% 36	14.0% 51	22.4% 120	38.9% 37	36	18.2% 244
MISSING	16	25	36	4	0	81
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 364	100.0% 535	100.0% 95	87	1337

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Is Religious Leader Paid? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	63.5% 113	69.2% 249	83.8% 295	88.8% 247	93.3% 237	2	80.2% 1141
No	36.5% 65	30.8% 111	16.2% 57	11.2% 31	6.7% 17	0	19.8% 281
MISSING	23	15	23	12	7	0	80
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 360	100.0% 352	100.0% 278	100.0% 254	2	1422

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Is Religious Leader Paid? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	80.8% 629	77.6% 363	82.9% 87	64	79.9% 1079
No	19.2% 149	22.4% 105	17.1% 18	8	20.1% 272
MISSING	44	21	6	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 778	100.0% 468	100.0% 105	72	1351

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Is Religious Leader Paid? 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	83.3% 150	72.8% 262	83.5% 575	79.9% 155	80.3% 1142
No	16.7% 30	27.2% 98	16.5% 114	20.1% 39	19.7% 281
MISSING	17	26	27	12	82
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 360	100.0% 689	100.0% 194	1423

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Is Religious Leader Paid? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	98.7% 78	78.3% 542	67.5% 231	97.4% 263	70.7% 29	80.3% 1143
No	1.3% 1	21.7% 150	32.5% 111	2.6% 7	29.3% 12	19.7% 281
MISSING	0	45	12	15	11	83
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 692	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 41	1424

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Is Religious Leader Paid? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	82.1% 705	76.9% 319	77.7% 87	32	80.2% 1111
No	17.9% 154	23.1% 96	22.3% 25	5	19.8% 275
MISSING	55	10	8	0	73
TOTAL	100.0% 859	100.0% 415	100.0% 112	37	1386

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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.