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

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SELFHELP Within the past 12 months, have there been any groups or meetings or classes or events specifically focused on the following purposes or activities? Twelve-step groups such as alcoholics anonymous or similar self-help groups?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	459	37.5%	37.5%	-1.29
No	765	62.5%	100.0%	0.77

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	37.5% 459	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	37.5% 459
No	62.5% 765	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	62.5% 765
TOTAL	100.0% 1224	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1224

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	45.1% 102	37.8% 109	32.4% 159	40.6% 89	37.5% 459
No	54.9% 124	62.2% 179	67.6% 332	59.4% 130	62.5% 765
TOTAL	100.0% 226	100.0% 288	100.0% 491	100.0% 219	1224

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	32.1% 205	41.3% 179	54.3% 70	37.8% 454
No	67.9% 434	58.7% 254	45.7% 59	62.2% 747
TOTAL	100.0% 639	100.0% 433	100.0% 129	1201

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	32.8% 208	43.4% 187	49.0% 50	38.1% 445
No	67.2% 427	56.6% 244	51.0% 52	61.9% 723
TOTAL	100.0% 635	100.0% 431	100.0% 102	1168

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	46.6% 137	25.9% 112	31.5% 45	50.3% 155	21.7% 10	37.5% 459
No	53.4% 157	74.1% 321	68.5% 98	49.7% 153	78.3% 36	62.5% 765
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 433	100.0% 143	100.0% 308	100.0% 46	1224