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

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STF3MMBR 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.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	178	39.4%	39.4%	-1.24
No	274	60.6%	100.0%	0.81

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	39.0% 135	40.6% 43	0.00% 0	39.4% 178
No	0.00% 0	61.0% 211	59.4% 63	0.00% 0	60.6% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 346	100.0% 106	100.0% 0	452

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	33.8% 26	42.5% 48	38.1% 61	42.2% 43	39.4% 178
No	66.2% 51	57.5% 65	61.9% 99	57.8% 59	60.6% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 113	100.0% 160	100.0% 102	452

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	40.4% 90	40.1% 69	34.8% 16	39.7% 175
No	59.6% 133	59.9% 103	65.2% 30	60.3% 266
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 172	100.0% 46	441

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	37.4% 77	42.4% 78	37.1% 13	39.5% 168
No	62.6% 129	57.6% 106	62.9% 22	60.5% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 184	100.0% 35	425

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	37.2% 67	43.4% 62	77.8% 21	25.6% 21	35.0% 7	39.4% 178
No	62.8% 113	56.6% 81	22.2% 6	74.4% 61	65.0% 13	60.6% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 143	100.0% 27	100.0% 82	100.0% 20	452