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

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GBUSINESS98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Business or financial purposes   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	1014	93.9%	93.9%	-0.25
Mentions at least one group of this type	66	6.1%	100.0%	3.91

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	93.9% 1014	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	93.9% 1014
Mentions at least one group of this type	6.1% 66	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	6.1% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 1080	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1080

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	91.7% 187	94.8% 235	93.5% 400	96.0% 192	93.9% 1014
Mentions at least one group of this type	8.3% 17	5.2% 13	6.5% 28	4.0% 8	6.1% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 204	100.0% 248	100.0% 428	100.0% 200	1080

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No group of this type named	93.9% 522	94.3% 365	94.9% 111	94.2% 998
Mentions at least one group of this type	6.1% 34	5.7% 22	5.1% 6	5.8% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 387	100.0% 117	1060

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No group of this type named	95.7% 530	92.8% 362	90.4% 85	94.1% 977
Mentions at least one group of this type	4.3% 24	7.2% 28	9.6% 9	5.9% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 390	100.0% 94	1038

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	90.0% 244	95.1% 350	89.7% 105	97.2% 279	97.3% 36	93.9% 1014
Mentions at least one group of this type	10.0% 27	4.9% 18	10.3% 12	2.8% 8	2.7% 1	6.1% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080