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

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DIFFMUSIC 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 music; [ARDA Note: Please see DIFFMUSIC 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	978	79.2%	79.2%	-0.51
Mentioned this type of difference	257	20.8%	100.0%	1.95

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	79.2% 978	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	79.2% 978
Mentioned this type of difference	0.00% 0	20.8% 257	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	20.8% 257
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	75.8% 135	80.7% 263	79.6% 394	78.8% 186	79.2% 978
Mentioned this type of difference	24.2% 43	19.3% 63	20.4% 101	21.2% 50	20.8% 257
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	82.3% 561	77.4% 319	65.0% 65	79.1% 945
Mentioned this type of difference	17.7% 121	22.6% 93	35.0% 35	20.9% 249
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	82.7% 507	75.3% 347	73.2% 60	79.1% 914
Mentioned this type of difference	17.3% 106	24.7% 114	26.8% 22	20.9% 242
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	74.3% 266	87.2% 410	90.6% 135	60.6% 129	84.4% 38	79.2% 978
Mentioned this type of difference	25.7% 92	12.8% 60	9.4% 14	39.4% 84	15.6% 7	20.8% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 470	100.0% 149	100.0% 213	100.0% 45	1235