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

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VOLOPPS Within the past 12 months, have people at worship services been told of opportunities to volunteer to provide assistance for people outside your congregation who are in need?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	2709	95.6%	95.6%	-0.21
No	125	4.4%	100.0%	4.66

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	95.9% 1442	95.3% 1267	0.00% 0	95.6% 2709
No	0.00% 0	4.1% 62	4.7% 63	0.00% 0	4.4% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1504	100.0% 1330	100.0% 0	2834

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
Yes	95.4% 374	97.0% 719	95.1% 1096	94.7% 520	95.6% 2709
No	4.6% 18	3.0% 22	4.9% 56	5.3% 29	4.4% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 741	100.0% 1152	100.0% 549	2834

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	95.1% 1511	96.2% 835	97.1% 300	95.7% 2646
No	4.9% 78	3.8% 33	2.9% 9	4.3% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 1589	100.0% 868	100.0% 309	2766

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	95.8% 1374	95.9% 982	95.9% 235	95.9% 2591
No	4.2% 60	4.1% 42	4.1% 10	4.1% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 1434	100.0% 1024	100.0% 245	2703

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	95.5% 682	96.0% 1044	93.5% 346	98.0% 553	85.7% 84	95.6% 2709
No	4.5% 32	4.0% 44	6.5% 24	2.0% 11	14.3% 14	4.4% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 1088	100.0% 370	100.0% 564	100.0% 98	2834