What percent of the regular adult participants in your congregation are white and non-Hispanic? (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 White (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

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

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Percent White (Demographic Patterns)

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Percent White by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
50% or less	26.7% 92	30.2% 104	28.7% 146	60.2% 56	38	30.9% 398
More than 50%	73.3% 253	69.8% 240	71.3% 362	39.8% 37	50	69.1% 892
MISSING	14	45	64	5	0	128
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 344	100.0% 508	100.0% 93	88	1290

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Percent White by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
50% or less	42.9% 66	41.8% 146	34.5% 120	20.0% 55	19.4% 49	1	31.6% 436
More than 50%	57.1% 88	58.2% 203	65.5% 228	80.0% 220	80.6% 203	0	68.4% 942
MISSING	47	27	26	15	8	0	123
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 349	100.0% 348	100.0% 275	100.0% 252	1	1378

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Percent White by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
50% or less	23.8% 179	45.1% 206	21.7% 23	29	31.1% 408
More than 50%	76.2% 572	54.9% 251	78.3% 83	35	68.9% 906
MISSING	71	32	5	0	108
TOTAL	100.0% 751	100.0% 457	100.0% 106	64	1314

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Percent White 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
50% or less	23.7% 46	17.3% 63	45.7% 290	20.4% 38	31.7% 437
More than 50%	76.3% 148	82.7% 301	54.3% 345	79.6% 148	68.3% 942
MISSING	4	22	81	20	127
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 364	100.0% 635	100.0% 186	1379

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Percent White by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
50% or less	23.7% 18	12.2% 82	100.0% 311	6.2% 17	20.0% 9	31.7% 437
More than 50%	76.3% 58	87.8% 590	0.0% 0	93.8% 257	80.0% 36	68.3% 941
MISSING	3	65	43	11	5	127
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 672	100.0% 311	100.0% 274	100.0% 45	1378

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Percent White by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
50% or less	25.6% 214	46.1% 182	21.6% 25	16	31.3% 421
More than 50%	74.4% 622	53.9% 213	78.4% 91	15	68.7% 926
MISSING	77	30	4	0	111
TOTAL	100.0% 836	100.0% 395	100.0% 116	31	1347

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Percent White by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
50% or less	24.6% 281	31.7% 437	28.5% 718
More than 50%	75.4% 863	68.3% 941	71.5% 1804
MISSING	90	127	217
TOTAL	100.0% 1144	100.0% 1378	2522

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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.