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

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IMPDIFF Are there important differences between any of the worship services your congregation has on a typical weekend, or are they all about the same?   1) Important differences   2) All about the same

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Important differences	1421	43.8%	43.8%	-1.14
All about the same	1827	56.3%	100.0%	0.88

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Important differences	0.00% 0	50.7% 626	41.1% 431	37.8% 364	43.8% 1421
All about the same	0.00% 0	49.3% 609	58.9% 618	62.2% 600	56.3% 1827
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1235	100.0% 1049	100.0% 964	3248

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
Important differences	43.9% 188	44.1% 366	41.5% 570	48.1% 297	43.8% 1421
All about the same	56.1% 240	55.9% 463	58.5% 803	51.9% 321	56.3% 1827
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 829	100.0% 1373	100.0% 618	3248

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Important differences	39.1% 696	47.5% 508	56.4% 171	43.6% 1375
All about the same	60.9% 1084	52.5% 561	43.6% 132	56.4% 1777
TOTAL	100.0% 1780	100.0% 1069	100.0% 303	3152

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Important differences	41.0% 645	45.5% 560	51.3% 142	43.7% 1347
All about the same	59.0% 927	54.5% 670	48.7% 135	56.3% 1732
TOTAL	100.0% 1572	100.0% 1230	100.0% 277	3079

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Important differences	45.3% 437	36.9% 452	29.1% 123	66.1% 336	57.5% 73	43.8% 1421
All about the same	54.7% 528	63.1% 774	70.9% 299	33.9% 172	42.5% 54	56.3% 1827
TOTAL	100.0% 965	100.0% 1226	100.0% 422	100.0% 508	100.0% 127	3248