Was any visual projection equipment used in this service? (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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Visual Projection Equipment? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Length of Sermon • Length of Service • Number of Worship Services Per Week • Special Garments? • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology • Year

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Visual Projection Equipment? (Demographic Patterns)

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Visual Projection Equipment? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	15.3% 55	23.4% 91	35.3% 202	41.8% 41	19	27.4% 389
No	84.7% 304	76.6% 298	64.7% 370	58.2% 57	70	72.6% 1029
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 389	100.0% 572	100.0% 98	89	1418

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Visual Projection Equipment? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	8.0% 16	20.5% 77	29.3% 110	35.9% 104	38.3% 100	1	27.1% 407
No	92.0% 184	79.5% 298	70.7% 265	64.1% 186	61.7% 161	4	72.9% 1094
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 375	100.0% 375	100.0% 290	100.0% 261	5	1501

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Visual Projection Equipment? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	33.3% 274	22.5% 110	3.6% 4	20	27.3% 388
No	66.7% 548	77.5% 379	96.4% 107	64	72.7% 1034
TOTAL	100.0% 822	100.0% 489	100.0% 111	84	1422

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Visual Projection Equipment? 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	17.7% 35	28.9% 112	25.1% 180	39.8% 82	27.1% 409
No	82.3% 163	71.1% 275	74.9% 536	60.2% 124	72.9% 1098
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 387	100.0% 716	100.0% 206	1507

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Visual Projection Equipment? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	3.8% 3	42.7% 315	9.3% 33	19.3% 55	3.9% 2	27.1% 408
No	96.3% 77	57.3% 422	90.7% 321	80.7% 230	96.1% 49	72.9% 1099
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 737	100.0% 354	100.0% 285	100.0% 51	1507

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Visual Projection Equipment? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	32.1% 293	22.4% 95	12.4% 15	6	27.6% 403
No	67.9% 621	77.6% 330	87.6% 106	41	72.4% 1057
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 425	100.0% 121	47	1460

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Visual Projection Equipment? by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Yes	12.1% 149	27.1% 408	20.4% 557
No	87.9% 1079	72.9% 1098	79.6% 2177
TOTAL	100.0% 1228	100.0% 1506	2734

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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.