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

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STF2SPEC [Do you/Does this person] specialize in a particular area of work or [do you/does he/does she] have a wide range of responsibilities? Remarks: See remarks from STF2GEND.   1) Specialize   2) Wide range

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Specialize	71	46.7%	46.7%	-1.06
Wide range	81	53.3%	100.0%	0.93

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Specialize	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	46.7% 71	46.7% 71
Wide range	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	53.3% 81	53.3% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 152	152

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
Specialize	54.2% 13	50.0% 16	42.3% 30	48.0% 12	46.7% 71
Wide range	45.8% 11	50.0% 16	57.7% 41	52.0% 13	53.3% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 32	100.0% 71	100.0% 25	152

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Specialize	44.2% 38	51.0% 25	42.9% 6	46.3% 69
Wide range	55.8% 48	49.0% 24	57.1% 8	53.7% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 49	100.0% 14	149

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Specialize	46.5% 33	44.6% 25	50.0% 10	46.3% 68
Wide range	53.5% 38	55.4% 31	50.0% 10	53.7% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 56	100.0% 20	147

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Specialize	35.7% 15	44.3% 27	50.0% 8	69.0% 20	25.0% 1	46.7% 71
Wide range	64.3% 27	55.7% 34	50.0% 8	31.0% 9	75.0% 3	53.3% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 61	100.0% 16	100.0% 29	100.0% 4	152