Were drums 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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Drums? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Guitar? • Raising Hands? • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology • Year

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Drums? (Demographic Patterns)

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Drums? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	22.6% 81	31.6% 123	36.4% 208	62.6% 62	26	33.5% 474
No	77.4% 277	68.4% 266	63.6% 363	37.4% 37	62	66.5% 943
MISSING	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 389	100.0% 571	100.0% 99	88	1417

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Drums? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	10.0% 20	36.4% 136	37.3% 140	34.1% 99	39.6% 103	1	33.2% 498
No	90.0% 180	63.6% 238	62.7% 235	65.9% 191	60.4% 157	4	66.8% 1001
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 374	100.0% 375	100.0% 290	100.0% 260	5	1499

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Drums? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	32.0% 263	33.9% 166	28.8% 32	38	32.4% 461
No	68.0% 559	66.1% 323	71.2% 79	46	67.6% 961
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 822	100.0% 489	100.0% 111	84	1422

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Drums? 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	14.2% 28	26.8% 103	40.9% 293	35.9% 74	33.1% 498
No	85.8% 169	73.2% 282	59.1% 423	64.1% 132	66.9% 1006
MISSING	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 385	100.0% 716	100.0% 206	1504

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Drums? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	11.3% 9	30.6% 225	60.2% 213	15.1% 43	18.0% 9	33.2% 499
No	88.8% 71	69.4% 511	39.8% 141	84.9% 241	82.0% 41	66.8% 1005
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 736	100.0% 354	100.0% 284	100.0% 50	1504

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Drums? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	30.2% 276	38.6% 164	32.5% 39	20	32.9% 479
No	69.8% 637	61.4% 261	67.5% 81	26	67.1% 979
MISSING	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100.0% 913	100.0% 425	100.0% 120	46	1458

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Drums? by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Yes	20.5% 232	33.2% 499	27.7% 731
No	79.5% 901	66.8% 1006	72.3% 1907
MISSING	101	1	102
TOTAL	100.0% 1133	100.0% 1505	2638

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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.