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

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Results

PSTF2MMBR Was this person a member or regular participant in this congregation before starting this job at your congregation? Remarks: See remarks for PSTF1TITL through PSTF3TITL and PSTF2GEND.   1) Yes   2) No

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	337	55.8%	55.8%	-0.89
No	267	44.2%	100.0%	1.12

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	55.1% 209	56.9% 128	55.8% 337
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	44.9% 170	43.1% 97	44.2% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 379	100.0% 225	604

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	48.9% 46	55.1% 87	56.4% 146	62.4% 58	55.8% 337
No	51.1% 48	44.9% 71	43.6% 113	37.6% 35	44.2% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 158	100.0% 259	100.0% 93	604

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	61.4% 205	51.2% 87	41.2% 35	55.5% 327
No	38.6% 129	48.8% 83	58.8% 50	44.5% 262
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 170	100.0% 85	589

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	59.2% 171	55.6% 119	45.6% 36	56.0% 326
No	40.8% 118	44.4% 95	54.4% 43	44.0% 256
TOTAL	100.0% 289	100.0% 214	100.0% 79	582

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	62.7% 84	67.1% 153	56.3% 49	34.3% 46	23.8% 5	55.8% 337
No	37.3% 50	32.9% 75	43.7% 38	65.7% 88	76.2% 16	44.2% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 228	100.0% 87	100.0% 134	100.0% 21	604