What percent would you say live within a ten-minute drive of the place where you meet? (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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Percent within Short Drive (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Percent under 35 • Percent 60 or Older • Percent African-American • Percent White • Percent Female • Percent Two-Parent Families with Children • Percent Poor • Percent with Four-Year Degree • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology • Year

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Percent within Short Drive (Demographic Patterns)

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Percent within Short Drive by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
0-25%	17.1% 61	23.5% 80	19.5% 101	30.7% 23	23	20.5% 265
26-50%	15.4% 55	18.5% 63	25.1% 130	28.0% 21	7	20.9% 269
51-75%	17.7% 63	20.8% 71	17.8% 92	8.0% 6	3	18.0% 232
76-100%	49.7% 177	37.2% 127	37.6% 195	33.3% 25	31	40.6% 524
MISSING	3	48	53	23	0	127
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 341	100.0% 518	100.0% 75	64	1290

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Percent within Short Drive by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
0-25%	23.8% 30	21.8% 74	23.9% 84	21.2% 60	15.2% 39	0	21.2% 287
26-50%	7.9% 10	23.9% 81	23.1% 81	18.0% 51	21.1% 54	0	20.4% 277
51-75%	6.3% 8	15.0% 51	15.1% 53	19.4% 55	27.0% 69	0	17.4% 236
76-100%	61.9% 78	39.2% 133	37.9% 133	41.3% 117	36.7% 94	0	41.0% 555
MISSING	75	35	23	8	6	0	147
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 339	100.0% 351	100.0% 283	100.0% 256	0	1355

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Percent within Short Drive by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
0-25%	19.0% 144	20.8% 91	39.8% 43	11	21.3% 278
26-50%	24.1% 183	14.6% 64	15.7% 17	12	20.3% 264
51-75%	18.1% 137	16.2% 71	15.7% 17	11	17.3% 225
76-100%	38.8% 294	48.3% 211	28.7% 31	18	41.1% 536
MISSING	64	52	3	0	119
TOTAL	100.0% 758	100.0% 437	100.0% 108	52	1303

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Percent within Short Drive 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
0-25%	33.5% 65	18.5% 65	21.4% 132	13.7% 26	21.3% 288
26-50%	17.0% 33	21.3% 75	20.7% 128	21.1% 40	20.4% 276
51-75%	18.0% 35	16.5% 58	16.7% 103	21.1% 40	17.4% 236
76-100%	31.4% 61	43.8% 154	41.3% 255	44.2% 84	40.9% 554
MISSING	2	34	99	15	150
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 352	100.0% 618	100.0% 190	1354

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Percent within Short Drive by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
0-25%	24.4% 19	19.8% 129	29.8% 89	12.4% 35	34.7% 17	21.3% 289
26-50%	7.7% 6	24.2% 157	13.4% 40	23.4% 66	16.3% 8	20.4% 277
51-75%	11.5% 9	19.7% 128	10.7% 32	20.9% 59	16.3% 8	17.4% 236
76-100%	56.4% 44	36.3% 236	46.2% 138	43.3% 122	32.7% 16	40.9% 556
MISSING	2	87	56	4	2	151
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 650	100.0% 299	100.0% 282	100.0% 49	1358

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Percent within Short Drive by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
0-25%	20.9% 173	18.4% 72	31.6% 37	6	21.1% 282
26-50%	23.1% 191	15.6% 61	17.9% 21	4	20.4% 273
51-75%	18.4% 152	15.3% 60	17.1% 20	3	17.4% 232
76-100%	37.6% 311	50.8% 199	33.3% 39	6	41.1% 549
MISSING	86	33	4	0	123
TOTAL	100.0% 827	100.0% 392	100.0% 117	19	1336

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Percent within Short Drive by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
0-25%	25.0% 267	21.3% 288	22.9% 555
26-50%	23.4% 250	20.4% 277	21.8% 527
51-75%	21.0% 224	17.3% 235	19.0% 459
76-100%	30.6% 326	41.0% 555	36.4% 881
MISSING	167	151	318
TOTAL	100.0% 1067	100.0% 1355	2422

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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.