Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer?

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Is your congregation able to accept donations by credit card or electronic transfer of funds? (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.

Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)

[Results weighted by W1]

Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? (Demographic Patterns)

Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	9.2% 33	12.7% 49	12.0% 68	11.2% 11	7	11.4% 161
No	90.8% 326	87.3% 338	88.0% 499	88.8% 87	72	88.6% 1250
MISSING	0	2	4	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 387	100.0% 567	100.0% 98	79	1411

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Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	3.0% 6	6.8% 25	6.4% 24	13.2% 38	28.6% 74	1	11.2% 167
No	97.0% 194	93.2% 342	93.6% 351	86.8% 250	71.4% 185	1	88.8% 1322
MISSING	0	8	0	3	1	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 367	100.0% 375	100.0% 288	100.0% 259	2	1489

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Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	8.1% 66	11.3% 55	35.1% 39	8	11.3% 160
No	91.9% 746	88.7% 432	64.9% 72	72	88.7% 1250
MISSING	10	2	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 812	100.0% 487	100.0% 111	80	1410

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Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? 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	10.2% 20	14.3% 54	8.7% 62	16.2% 33	11.3% 169
No	89.8% 177	85.7% 323	91.3% 650	83.8% 171	88.7% 1321
MISSING	0	9	4	1	14
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 377	100.0% 712	100.0% 204	1490

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Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	24.1% 19	8.7% 63	6.8% 24	13.0% 37	48.0% 24	11.2% 167
No	75.9% 60	91.3% 659	93.2% 330	87.0% 247	52.0% 26	88.8% 1322
MISSING	0	15	0	0	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 722	100.0% 354	100.0% 284	100.0% 50	1489

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Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	8.3% 75	12.2% 52	30.8% 37	4	11.3% 164
No	91.7% 827	87.8% 373	69.2% 83	39	88.7% 1283
MISSING	11	0	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 902	100.0% 425	100.0% 120	43	1447

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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.