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

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STF2MMBR Was this person a member or regular participant in this congregation before starting this job at your congregation? Remarks: See remarks for STF1TITL through STF6TITL and STF2GEND.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	345	34.3%	34.3%	-1.38
No	661	65.7%	100.0%	0.72

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	30.2% 169	38.7% 115	40.7% 61	34.3% 345
No	0.00% 0	69.8% 390	61.3% 182	59.3% 89	65.7% 661
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 559	100.0% 297	100.0% 150	1006

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
Yes	28.8% 45	34.5% 91	39.2% 151	28.9% 58	34.3% 345
No	71.2% 111	65.5% 173	60.8% 234	71.1% 143	65.7% 661
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 264	100.0% 385	100.0% 201	1006

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	35.0% 193	34.8% 117	26.8% 26	34.1% 336
No	65.0% 359	65.2% 219	73.2% 71	65.9% 649
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 336	100.0% 97	985

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	32.9% 160	36.1% 139	30.0% 27	33.9% 326
No	67.1% 327	63.9% 246	70.0% 63	66.1% 636
TOTAL	100.0% 487	100.0% 385	100.0% 90	962

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	33.2% 114	36.1% 126	63.7% 58	20.8% 40	22.6% 7	34.3% 345
No	66.8% 229	63.9% 223	36.3% 33	79.2% 152	77.4% 24	65.7% 661
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 349	100.0% 91	100.0% 192	100.0% 31	1006