National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019)

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CLG2DEGLVL2_18 What degree or degrees? Level of second degree mentioned; Remarks: See remark for CLGDEGLVL1_18/CLGDEGLVL2_18/CLGDEGLVL3_18 and CLGDEGREL1_18/CLGDEGREL2_18/CLGDEGREL3_18.   3) Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)   4) MDiv/BDiv degree   5) Doctoral degree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)	2	40.0%	40.0%	-0.96
MDiv/BDiv degree	2	40.0%	80.0%	0.24
Doctoral degree	1	20.0%	100.0%	1.43

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	40.0% 2	40.0% 2
MDiv/BDiv degree	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	40.0% 2	40.0% 2
Doctoral degree	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	20.0% 1	20.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 5	5

Region (I-REGION)

	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
Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	40.0% 2
MDiv/BDiv degree	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	40.0% 2
Doctoral degree	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	100.0% 1	100.0% 1	5

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	25.0% 1
MDiv/BDiv degree	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	50.0% 2
Doctoral degree	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	25.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	4

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	25.0% 1
MDiv/BDiv degree	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	66.7% 2	50.0% 2
Doctoral degree	0.00% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	25.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1	100.0% 3	4

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Master's degree (other than MDiv/BDiv)	0.00% 0	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	40.0% 2
MDiv/BDiv degree	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	40.0% 2
Doctoral degree	0.00% 0	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	100.0% 1	100.0% 1	5