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

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DIFFSCHED 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 schedule; [ARDA Note: Please see DIFFSCHED 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	1219	98.7%	98.7%	-0.12
Mentioned this type of difference	16	1.3%	100.0%	8.73

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	98.7% 1219	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	98.7% 1219
Mentioned this type of difference	0.00% 0	1.3% 16	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	1.3% 16
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	99.4% 177	99.1% 323	98.6% 488	97.9% 231	98.7% 1219
Mentioned this type of difference	0.6% 1	0.9% 3	1.4% 7	2.1% 5	1.3% 16
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	98.5% 672	98.8% 407	99.0% 99	98.7% 1178
Mentioned this type of difference	1.5% 10	1.2% 5	1.0% 1	1.3% 16
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	98.9% 606	98.0% 452	100.0% 82	98.6% 1140
Mentioned this type of difference	1.1% 7	2.0% 9	0.0% 0	1.4% 16
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	99.7% 357	98.5% 463	98.0% 146	98.6% 210	95.6% 43	98.7% 1219
Mentioned this type of difference	0.3% 1	1.5% 7	2.0% 3	1.4% 3	4.4% 2	1.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 470	100.0% 149	100.0% 213	100.0% 45	1235