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

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REGION Region in which congregation is located. Remarks: See Statistical Abstracts (any edition), U.S. Bureau of the Census, for a list of states within regions.   1) New England or Mid-Atlantic   2) East North Central or West North Central   3) South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central   4) Mountain or Pacific

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
New England or Mid-Atlantic	793	14.9%	14.9%	-1.72
East North Central or West North Central	1346	25.2%	40.1%	-0.67
South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	2190	41.1%	81.2%	0.38
Mountain or Pacific	1004	18.8%	100.0%	1.43

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
New England or Mid-Atlantic	18.5% 228	14.9% 224	12.7% 169	13.6% 172	14.9% 793
East North Central or West North Central	23.3% 288	26.0% 391	26.3% 350	25.1% 317	25.2% 1346
South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	40.4% 499	39.6% 597	41.8% 557	42.6% 537	41.1% 2190
Mountain or Pacific	17.7% 219	19.5% 294	19.2% 255	18.7% 236	18.8% 1004
TOTAL	100.0% 1234	100.0% 1506	100.0% 1331	100.0% 1262	5333

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
New England or Mid-Atlantic	100.0% 793	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.9% 793
East North Central or West North Central	0.0% 0	100.0% 1346	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.2% 1346
South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2190	0.0% 0	41.1% 2190
Mountain or Pacific	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1004	18.8% 1004
TOTAL	100.0% 793	100.0% 1346	100.0% 2190	100.0% 1004	5333

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
New England or Mid-Atlantic	12.0% 344	18.1% 315	19.5% 113	14.9% 772
East North Central or West North Central	25.0% 717	25.7% 447	25.9% 150	25.3% 1314
South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	45.8% 1316	36.5% 634	31.6% 183	41.1% 2133
Mountain or Pacific	17.2% 494	19.6% 340	23.1% 134	18.7% 968
TOTAL	100.0% 2871	100.0% 1736	100.0% 580	5187

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
New England or Mid-Atlantic	11.7% 305	17.4% 341	21.3% 109	14.9% 755
East North Central or West North Central	26.1% 678	25.0% 490	24.4% 125	25.5% 1293
South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	44.1% 1144	38.6% 757	35.7% 183	41.1% 2084
Mountain or Pacific	18.1% 470	18.9% 371	18.6% 95	18.5% 936
TOTAL	100.0% 2597	100.0% 1959	100.0% 512	5068

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
New England or Mid-Atlantic	25.2% 324	6.3% 126	11.5% 80	17.5% 199	30.3% 64	14.9% 793
East North Central or West North Central	26.4% 340	24.7% 494	15.9% 111	32.5% 370	14.7% 31	25.2% 1346
South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	24.6% 317	48.5% 971	65.4% 455	34.0% 387	28.4% 60	41.1% 2190
Mountain or Pacific	23.8% 306	20.5% 410	7.2% 50	16.0% 182	26.5% 56	18.8% 1004
TOTAL	100.0% 1287	100.0% 2001	100.0% 696	100.0% 1138	100.0% 211	5333