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

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CHANGE Has your [increase/decrease] been 10 percent or more since two years ago, or less than 10 percent? Remarks: This item was asked only if congregations reported an increase or decrease in the number of regularly participating adults (ADLTCHG=1 or ADLTCHG=3). In 2006-07, responses to items 14a and 14b were consolidated into CHANGE.   1) Decreased more than 10 percent   2) Decreased less than 10 percent   3) Remained about the same   4) Increased less than 10 percent   5) Increased more than 10 percent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Decreased more than 10 percent	89	6.0%	6.0%	-2.18
Decreased less than 10 percent	134	9.0%	14.9%	-1.34
Remained about the same	542	36.3%	51.3%	-0.51
Increased less than 10 percent	233	15.6%	66.9%	0.33
Increased more than 10 percent	494	33.1%	100.0%	1.16

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Decreased more than 10 percent	0.00% 0	6.0% 89	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	6.0% 89
Decreased less than 10 percent	0.00% 0	9.0% 134	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	9.0% 134
Remained about the same	0.00% 0	36.3% 542	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	36.3% 542
Increased less than 10 percent	0.00% 0	15.6% 233	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	15.6% 233
Increased more than 10 percent	0.00% 0	33.1% 494	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	33.1% 494
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1492	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1492

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
Decreased more than 10 percent	6.3% 14	6.7% 26	6.7% 40	3.1% 9	6.0% 89
Decreased less than 10 percent	12.6% 28	12.6% 49	5.7% 34	8.0% 23	9.0% 134
Remained about the same	45.5% 101	38.0% 148	31.4% 186	37.2% 107	36.3% 542
Increased less than 10 percent	11.7% 26	18.3% 71	15.5% 92	15.3% 44	15.6% 233
Increased more than 10 percent	23.9% 53	24.4% 95	40.6% 241	36.5% 105	33.1% 494
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 389	100.0% 593	100.0% 288	1492

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Decreased more than 10 percent	6.8% 56	4.8% 23	5.8% 8	6.0% 87
Decreased less than 10 percent	9.2% 76	10.2% 49	6.5% 9	9.3% 134
Remained about the same	34.6% 287	37.3% 179	41.0% 57	36.1% 523
Increased less than 10 percent	14.0% 116	19.6% 94	12.2% 17	15.7% 227
Increased more than 10 percent	35.5% 294	28.1% 135	34.5% 48	32.9% 477
TOTAL	100.0% 829	100.0% 480	100.0% 139	1448

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Decreased more than 10 percent	6.1% 46	5.6% 31	5.4% 6	5.9% 83
Decreased less than 10 percent	9.2% 69	10.0% 55	6.3% 7	9.3% 131
Remained about the same	34.9% 261	37.3% 205	41.4% 46	36.4% 512
Increased less than 10 percent	16.2% 121	16.2% 89	14.4% 16	16.1% 226
Increased more than 10 percent	33.6% 251	30.8% 169	32.4% 36	32.4% 456
TOTAL	100.0% 748	100.0% 549	100.0% 111	1408

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Decreased more than 10 percent	5.8% 21	6.1% 35	7.1% 13	5.5% 18	3.9% 2	6.0% 89
Decreased less than 10 percent	12.5% 45	6.3% 36	7.1% 13	11.7% 38	3.9% 2	9.0% 134
Remained about the same	42.6% 153	32.3% 185	32.1% 59	38.5% 125	39.2% 20	36.3% 542
Increased less than 10 percent	16.7% 60	14.3% 82	16.3% 30	17.8% 58	5.9% 3	15.6% 233
Increased more than 10 percent	22.3% 80	41.0% 235	37.5% 69	26.5% 86	47.1% 24	33.1% 494
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 573	100.0% 184	100.0% 325	100.0% 51	1492