Was a monetary offering collected at 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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Offering? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Greeting at Service? • Prayer? • Reading or Recitation? • Sermon or Speech? • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology

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Offering? (Demographic Patterns)

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Offering? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	91.9% 329	90.5% 352	87.7% 499	81.6% 80	57	89.1% 1260
No	8.1% 29	9.5% 37	12.3% 70	18.4% 18	31	10.9% 154
MISSING	0	0	3	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 389	100.0% 569	100.0% 98	88	1414

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Offering? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	84.6% 170	88.3% 331	91.2% 341	83.7% 242	89.2% 232	2	87.8% 1316
No	15.4% 31	11.7% 44	8.8% 33	16.3% 47	10.8% 28	0	12.2% 183
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 375	100.0% 374	100.0% 289	100.0% 260	2	1499

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Offering? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	91.6% 753	88.5% 433	65.8% 73	60	88.5% 1259
No	8.4% 69	11.5% 56	34.2% 38	22	11.5% 163
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 822	100.0% 489	100.0% 111	82	1422

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Offering? 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	82.3% 163	86.0% 332	92.4% 659	79.6% 164	87.7% 1318
No	17.7% 35	14.0% 54	7.6% 54	20.4% 42	12.3% 185
MISSING	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 386	100.0% 713	100.0% 206	1503

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Offering? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No	0.4% 1	80.4% 41	12.4% 186
MISSING	0	3	0	0	0	0
Yes	86.3% 69	86.1% 632	91.3% 324	99.6% 284	19.6% 10	87.6% 1319
No	13.8% 11	13.9% 102	8.7% 31	12.4% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 734	100.0% 355	100.0% 285	100.0% 51	1505

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Offering? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	91.7% 838	86.1% 366	75.2% 91	24	88.7% 1295
No	8.3% 76	13.9% 59	24.8% 30	20	11.3% 165
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 425	100.0% 121	44	1460

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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.