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

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CONGUSE Is your building used by any other congregation for its worship services? Remarks: In 2012 this item was asked only if congregations reported owning their own building (OWNBLDG=1). In 2018-19 this item was asked only if OWNBLDG=1 and congregations reported that other groups used their building (USEBLDG=1). USEBLDG wasn't asked in 2012. Analysts examining change over time should keep this in mind.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	219	11.0%	11.0%	-2.86
No	1781	89.1%	100.0%	0.35

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	8.8% 109	14.3% 110	11.0% 219
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	91.2% 1124	85.7% 657	89.1% 1781
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1233	100.0% 767	2000

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	9.5% 27	8.5% 47	9.4% 76	19.3% 69	11.0% 219
No	90.5% 256	91.5% 504	90.6% 732	80.7% 289	89.1% 1781
TOTAL	100.0% 283	100.0% 551	100.0% 808	100.0% 358	2000

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	10.7% 112	10.5% 67	10.9% 29	10.6% 208
No	89.3% 936	89.5% 574	89.1% 238	89.4% 1748
TOTAL	100.0% 1048	100.0% 641	100.0% 267	1956

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	10.5% 97	9.7% 73	12.8% 31	10.4% 201
No	89.5% 830	90.3% 681	87.2% 212	89.6% 1723
TOTAL	100.0% 927	100.0% 754	100.0% 243	1924

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	2.9% 15	14.5% 103	12.8% 32	13.3% 61	11.3% 8	11.0% 219
No	97.1% 495	85.5% 606	87.2% 218	86.7% 399	88.7% 63	89.1% 1781
TOTAL	100.0% 510	100.0% 709	100.0% 250	100.0% 460	100.0% 71	2000