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

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GFOOD98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Explicitly involving food, including picnics, dinner, lunches, coffee hours   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	876	81.1%	81.1%	-0.48
Mentions at least one group of this type	204	18.9%	100.0%	2.07

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	81.1% 876	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	81.1% 876
Mentions at least one group of this type	18.9% 204	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	18.9% 204
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	89.7% 183	76.2% 189	81.5% 349	77.5% 155	81.1% 876
Mentions at least one group of this type	10.3% 21	23.8% 59	18.5% 79	22.5% 45	18.9% 204
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	79.7% 443	80.6% 312	87.2% 102	80.8% 857
Mentions at least one group of this type	20.3% 113	19.4% 75	12.8% 15	19.2% 203
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	79.2% 439	82.8% 323	84.0% 79	81.0% 841
Mentions at least one group of this type	20.8% 115	17.2% 67	16.0% 15	19.0% 197
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	86.3% 234	79.1% 291	92.3% 108	72.8% 209	91.9% 34	81.1% 876
Mentions at least one group of this type	13.7% 37	20.9% 77	7.7% 9	27.2% 78	8.1% 3	18.9% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080