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

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GFUND98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Fund-raising   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	968	89.6%	89.6%	-0.34
Mentions at least one group of this type	112	10.4%	100.0%	2.94

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	89.6% 968	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	89.6% 968
Mentions at least one group of this type	10.4% 112	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	10.4% 112
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	87.7% 179	86.3% 214	95.1% 407	84.0% 168	89.6% 968
Mentions at least one group of this type	12.3% 25	13.7% 34	4.9% 21	16.0% 32	10.4% 112
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	91.5% 509	87.9% 340	85.5% 100	89.5% 949
Mentions at least one group of this type	8.5% 47	12.1% 47	14.5% 17	10.5% 111
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	91.3% 506	87.7% 342	85.1% 80	89.4% 928
Mentions at least one group of this type	8.7% 48	12.3% 48	14.9% 14	10.6% 110
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	80.4% 218	97.0% 357	92.3% 108	88.5% 254	83.8% 31	89.6% 968
Mentions at least one group of this type	19.6% 53	3.0% 11	7.7% 9	11.5% 33	16.2% 6	10.4% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080