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

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GCOUPLE06 What are the three best attended groups that you haven't already mentioned? Specifically for couples, including marriage preparation classes   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	1477	98.3%	98.3%	-0.13
Mentions at least one group of this type	25	1.7%	100.0%	7.68

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	98.3% 1477	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	98.3% 1477
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.00% 0	1.7% 25	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	1.7% 25
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	99.1% 222	97.7% 380	99.2% 592	96.9% 283	98.3% 1477
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.9% 2	2.3% 9	0.8% 5	3.1% 9	1.7% 25
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	97.7% 812	99.2% 478	98.6% 139	98.3% 1429
Mentions at least one group of this type	2.3% 19	0.8% 4	1.4% 2	1.7% 25
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	98.5% 739	97.6% 538	99.1% 111	98.2% 1388
Mentions at least one group of this type	1.5% 11	2.4% 13	0.9% 1	1.8% 25
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	97.3% 354	98.3% 565	98.9% 183	99.4% 324	98.1% 51	98.3% 1477
Mentions at least one group of this type	2.7% 10	1.7% 10	1.1% 2	0.6% 2	1.9% 1	1.7% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 575	100.0% 185	100.0% 326	100.0% 52	1502