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

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INERRANT [1998, 2006-07, 2012 wording] Does your congregation consider the Bible to be the literal and inerrant word of God? [2018-19 wording] Does your congregation teach that the Bible is the literal and inerrant word of God? Remarks: This item was asked only of Christian congregations.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	3528	70.6%	70.6%	-0.64
No	1470	29.4%	100.0%	1.55

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	64.6% 748	70.5% 1009	72.3% 907	74.7% 864	70.6% 3528
No	35.4% 409	29.5% 422	27.7% 347	25.3% 292	29.4% 1470
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1431	100.0% 1254	100.0% 1156	4998

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	59.1% 417	64.1% 822	79.7% 1658	67.8% 631	70.6% 3528
No	40.9% 289	35.9% 460	20.3% 422	32.2% 299	29.4% 1470
TOTAL	100.0% 706	100.0% 1282	100.0% 2080	100.0% 930	4998

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	86.4% 2407	55.7% 899	25.5% 122	70.2% 3428
No	13.6% 379	44.3% 716	74.5% 357	29.8% 1452
TOTAL	100.0% 2786	100.0% 1615	100.0% 479	4880

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	81.2% 2058	62.1% 1133	37.7% 157	70.1% 3348
No	18.8% 476	37.9% 692	62.3% 259	29.9% 1427
TOTAL	100.0% 2534	100.0% 1825	100.0% 416	4775

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	53.4% 665	94.1% 1858	94.4% 646	32.8% 359	0.00% 0	70.6% 3528
No	46.6% 580	5.9% 116	5.6% 38	67.2% 736	0.00% 0	29.4% 1470
TOTAL	100.0% 1245	100.0% 1974	100.0% 684	100.0% 1095	100.0% 0	4998