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

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LEADSIT What is the leadership situation in your congregation? Are you currently without a leader, have co-leaders, or in some other situation? Remarks: This item was asked only if CLERGONE=2. If CLERGONE=1, this item was left missing.   1) No Leader   2) Co-Leaders   3) Other Situation

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No Leader	9	11.7%	11.7%	-1.92
Co-Leaders	38	49.4%	61.0%	-0.41
Other Situation	30	39.0%	100.0%	1.10

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No Leader	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	11.7% 9	11.7% 9
Co-Leaders	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	49.4% 38	49.4% 38
Other Situation	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	39.0% 30	39.0% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 77	77

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
No Leader	8.3% 1	13.3% 2	11.5% 3	12.5% 3	11.7% 9
Co-Leaders	50.0% 6	46.7% 7	46.2% 12	54.2% 13	49.4% 38
Other Situation	41.7% 5	40.0% 6	42.3% 11	33.3% 8	39.0% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 15	100.0% 26	100.0% 24	77

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No Leader	20.7% 6	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	13.2% 9
Co-Leaders	34.5% 10	45.5% 10	64.7% 11	45.6% 31
Other Situation	44.8% 13	40.9% 9	35.3% 6	41.2% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 22	100.0% 17	68

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No Leader	13.0% 3	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	11.8% 8
Co-Leaders	39.1% 9	42.3% 11	63.2% 12	47.1% 32
Other Situation	47.8% 11	38.5% 10	36.8% 7	41.2% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 26	100.0% 19	68

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No Leader	0.0% 0	20.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	11.7% 9
Co-Leaders	0.0% 0	41.0% 16	57.1% 4	73.3% 11	46.7% 7	49.4% 38
Other Situation	100.0% 1	38.5% 15	42.9% 3	26.7% 4	46.7% 7	39.0% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 39	100.0% 7	100.0% 15	100.0% 15	77