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

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ELECGTR Electric guitar? Remarks: This item was asked only if instruments were used (INSTMENT=1). If a congregation reported that no musical instruments were used during the main service (INSTMENT=2), ELECGTR was set at 2.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	347	29.8%	29.8%	-1.53
No	816	70.2%	100.0%	0.65

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	29.8% 347	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	29.8% 347
No	70.2% 816	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	70.2% 816
TOTAL	100.0% 1163	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1163

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	22.7% 48	28.1% 76	30.5% 143	37.6% 80	29.8% 347
No	77.3% 163	71.9% 194	69.5% 326	62.4% 133	70.2% 816
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 270	100.0% 469	100.0% 213	1163

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	33.9% 205	25.5% 105	25.6% 31	30.0% 341
No	66.1% 399	74.5% 306	74.4% 90	70.0% 795
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 411	100.0% 121	1136

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	32.3% 195	27.8% 113	28.1% 27	30.3% 335
No	67.7% 409	72.2% 294	71.9% 69	69.7% 772
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 407	100.0% 96	1107

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	30.0% 83	38.0% 160	39.4% 52	17.2% 50	4.7% 2	29.8% 347
No	70.0% 194	62.0% 261	60.6% 80	82.8% 240	95.3% 41	70.2% 816
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 421	100.0% 132	100.0% 290	100.0% 43	1163