Of the regular adult participants in your congregation, about what percent live in households in which there are two married adults with children living at home? (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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Demographic Patterns
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children (Demographic Patterns)
Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Year Founded
| Before 1900 | 1900-1950 | 1951-1999 | 2000 or Later | Missing | TOTAL | |
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| 0-25% | 52.7% 168 | 44.5% 149 | 36.7% 179 | 18.1% 13 | 30 | 41.9% 509 |
| 26-50% | 25.4% 81 | 30.7% 103 | 29.1% 142 | 27.8% 20 | 15 | 28.5% 346 |
| 51-75% | 12.9% 41 | 15.8% 53 | 18.4% 90 | 18.1% 13 | 6 | 16.2% 197 |
| 76-100% | 9.1% 29 | 9.0% 30 | 15.8% 77 | 36.1% 26 | 17 | 13.3% 162 |
| MISSING | 41 | 54 | 84 | 27 | 0 | 206 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 319 | 100.0% 335 | 100.0% 488 | 100.0% 72 | 68 | 1214 |
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Adult Members
| 25 or Less | 26-50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | More than 200 | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-25% | 92.0% 138 | 43.2% 126 | 48.9% 162 | 27.4% 73 | 15.8% 38 | 0 | 42.0% 537 |
| 26-50% | 2.7% 4 | 23.3% 68 | 27.2% 90 | 38.7% 103 | 39.8% 96 | 0 | 28.2% 361 |
| 51-75% | 0.0% 0 | 14.0% 41 | 10.0% 33 | 20.3% 54 | 31.1% 75 | 0 | 15.9% 203 |
| 76-100% | 5.3% 8 | 19.5% 57 | 13.9% 46 | 13.5% 36 | 13.3% 32 | 0 | 14.0% 179 |
| MISSING | 51 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 220 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 150 | 100.0% 292 | 100.0% 331 | 100.0% 266 | 100.0% 241 | 0 | 1280 |
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Political Ideology
| More on the conservative side | Right in the middle | More on the liberal side | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-25% | 37.9% 264 | 47.7% 206 | 51.1% 47 | 22 | 42.4% 517 |
| 26-50% | 31.2% 217 | 23.8% 103 | 28.3% 26 | 15 | 28.4% 346 |
| 51-75% | 16.7% 116 | 14.8% 64 | 14.1% 13 | 10 | 15.8% 193 |
| 76-100% | 14.2% 99 | 13.7% 59 | 6.5% 6 | 14 | 13.4% 164 |
| MISSING | 126 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 202 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 696 | 100.0% 432 | 100.0% 92 | 61 | 1220 |
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children 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% | 56.8% 100 | 38.5% 126 | 42.1% 251 | 33.7% 61 | 42.0% 538 |
| 26-50% | 22.7% 40 | 37.6% 123 | 24.8% 148 | 27.6% 50 | 28.2% 361 |
| 51-75% | 12.5% 22 | 15.0% 49 | 15.1% 90 | 23.2% 42 | 15.9% 203 |
| 76-100% | 8.0% 14 | 8.9% 29 | 18.0% 107 | 15.5% 28 | 13.9% 178 |
| MISSING | 21 | 59 | 120 | 25 | 225 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 176 | 100.0% 327 | 100.0% 596 | 100.0% 181 | 1280 |
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Religious Tradition
| Roman Catholic | White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist | Black Protestant | White liberal or moderate | Non-Christian | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-25% | 39.4% 28 | 31.0% 193 | 58.9% 175 | 53.0% 131 | 26.2% 11 | 42.0% 538 |
| 26-50% | 31.0% 22 | 29.4% 183 | 22.6% 67 | 30.0% 74 | 35.7% 15 | 28.2% 361 |
| 51-75% | 19.7% 14 | 21.0% 131 | 10.4% 31 | 10.1% 25 | 4.8% 2 | 15.9% 203 |
| 76-100% | 9.9% 7 | 18.6% 116 | 8.1% 24 | 6.9% 17 | 33.3% 14 | 13.9% 178 |
| MISSING | 9 | 114 | 58 | 36 | 8 | 225 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 71 | 100.0% 623 | 100.0% 297 | 100.0% 247 | 100.0% 42 | 1280 |
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Theology
| More on the conservative side | Right in the middle | More on the liberal side | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-25% | 38.6% 295 | 49.2% 191 | 41.6% 42 | 10 | 42.1% 528 |
| 26-50% | 29.7% 227 | 25.8% 100 | 26.7% 27 | 6 | 28.2% 354 |
| 51-75% | 17.5% 134 | 10.3% 40 | 23.8% 24 | 5 | 15.8% 198 |
| 76-100% | 14.2% 109 | 14.7% 57 | 7.9% 8 | 5 | 13.9% 174 |
| MISSING | 149 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 205 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 765 | 100.0% 388 | 100.0% 101 | 26 | 1254 |
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Percent Two-Parent Families with Children by Year
| 1998 | 2006 | TOTAL | |
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| 0-25% | 34.8% 318 | 42.0% 538 | 39.0% 856 |
| 26-50% | 31.4% 287 | 28.2% 361 | 29.5% 648 |
| 51-75% | 16.3% 149 | 15.8% 203 | 16.0% 352 |
| 76-100% | 17.5% 160 | 14.0% 179 | 15.4% 339 |
| MISSING | 320 | 225 | 545 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 914 | 100.0% 1281 | 2195 |
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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.
