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

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PTS2SPEC [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 for PSTF2GEND.   1) Specialize   2) Wide Range of Responsibilities

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Specialize	178	77.4%	77.4%	-0.54
Wide Range of Responsibilities	52	22.6%	100.0%	1.85

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	77.4% 178	77.4% 178
Wide Range of Responsibilities	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	22.6% 52	22.6% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 230	230

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	81.4% 35	78.1% 50	77.7% 73	69.0% 20	77.4% 178
Wide Range of Responsibilities	18.6% 8	21.9% 14	22.3% 21	31.0% 9	22.6% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 64	100.0% 94	100.0% 29	230

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Specialize	77.2% 95	76.0% 57	91.7% 22	78.4% 174
Wide Range of Responsibilities	22.8% 28	24.0% 18	8.3% 2	21.6% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 75	100.0% 24	222

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Specialize	77.7% 80	77.5% 62	79.4% 27	77.9% 169
Wide Range of Responsibilities	22.3% 23	22.5% 18	20.6% 7	22.1% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 34	217

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Specialize	74.5% 35	75.9% 66	74.3% 26	85.2% 46	71.4% 5	77.4% 178
Wide Range of Responsibilities	25.5% 12	24.1% 21	25.7% 9	14.8% 8	28.6% 2	22.6% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 87	100.0% 35	100.0% 54	100.0% 7	230