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

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DIFFFORM 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? Difference in In/Formality; [ARDA Note: Please see DIFFFORM 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	870	70.4%	70.4%	-0.65
Mentioned this type of difference	365	29.6%	100.0%	1.54

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	70.4% 870	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	70.4% 870
Mentioned this type of difference	0.00% 0	29.6% 365	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	29.6% 365
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	78.7% 140	67.5% 220	68.3% 338	72.9% 172	70.4% 870
Mentioned this type of difference	21.3% 38	32.5% 106	31.7% 157	27.1% 64	29.6% 365
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	72.3% 493	70.4% 290	54.0% 54	70.1% 837
Mentioned this type of difference	27.7% 189	29.6% 122	46.0% 46	29.9% 357
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	71.9% 441	68.5% 316	63.4% 52	70.0% 809
Mentioned this type of difference	28.1% 172	31.5% 145	36.6% 30	30.0% 347
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	84.4% 302	68.1% 320	84.6% 126	43.7% 93	64.4% 29	70.4% 870
Mentioned this type of difference	15.6% 56	31.9% 150	15.4% 23	56.3% 120	35.6% 16	29.6% 365
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 470	100.0% 149	100.0% 213	100.0% 45	1235