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

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DIFFLANG Thinking about the worship service on a typical weekend that is most different in terms of worship style from the service we've been talking about, how would you describe the main difference between these two services? Different language; [ARDA Note: Please see DIFFLANG in the survey instrument for full remarks.]   0) Did not mention this type of difference   1) Mentioned this type of difference

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Did not mention this type of difference	1144	92.6%	92.6%	-0.28
Mentioned this type of difference	91	7.4%	100.0%	3.55

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Did not mention this type of difference	0.00% 0	92.6% 1144	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	92.6% 1144
Mentioned this type of difference	0.00% 0	7.4% 91	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	7.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1235	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1235

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
Did not mention this type of difference	93.8% 167	95.7% 312	95.4% 472	81.8% 193	92.6% 1144
Mentioned this type of difference	6.2% 11	4.3% 14	4.6% 23	18.2% 43	7.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 326	100.0% 495	100.0% 236	1235

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Did not mention this type of difference	94.1% 642	90.3% 372	94.0% 94	92.8% 1108
Mentioned this type of difference	5.9% 40	9.7% 40	6.0% 6	7.2% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 412	100.0% 100	1194

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Did not mention this type of difference	94.0% 576	90.5% 417	96.3% 79	92.7% 1072
Mentioned this type of difference	6.0% 37	9.5% 44	3.7% 3	7.3% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 461	100.0% 82	1156

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Did not mention this type of difference	81.8% 293	97.7% 459	100.0% 149	93.9% 200	95.6% 43	92.6% 1144
Mentioned this type of difference	18.2% 65	2.3% 11	0.0% 0	6.1% 13	4.4% 2	7.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 470	100.0% 149	100.0% 213	100.0% 45	1235