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

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GBIBLE06 What are the three best attended groups that you haven't already mentioned? Bible studies   0) No group of this type named   1) Mentions at least one group of this type

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No group of this type named	1343	89.4%	89.4%	-0.34
Mentions at least one group of this type	159	10.6%	100.0%	2.90

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	0.00% 0	89.4% 1343	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	89.4% 1343
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.00% 0	10.6% 159	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	10.6% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1502	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1502

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 group of this type named	85.7% 192	89.2% 347	92.6% 553	86.0% 251	89.4% 1343
Mentions at least one group of this type	14.3% 32	10.8% 42	7.4% 44	14.0% 41	10.6% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 389	100.0% 597	100.0% 292	1502

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No group of this type named	88.9% 739	89.6% 432	89.4% 126	89.2% 1297
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.1% 92	10.4% 50	10.6% 15	10.8% 157
TOTAL	100.0% 831	100.0% 482	100.0% 141	1454

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No group of this type named	88.1% 661	91.3% 503	89.3% 100	89.5% 1264
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.9% 89	8.7% 48	10.7% 12	10.5% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 750	100.0% 551	100.0% 112	1413

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No group of this type named	90.1% 328	88.0% 506	95.1% 176	87.7% 286	90.4% 47	89.4% 1343
Mentions at least one group of this type	9.9% 36	12.0% 69	4.9% 9	12.3% 40	9.6% 5	10.6% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 575	100.0% 185	100.0% 326	100.0% 52	1502