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

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GLEAD98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Meetings of congregational leaders   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	988	91.5%	91.5%	-0.30
Mentions at least one group of this type	92	8.5%	100.0%	3.28

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	91.5% 988	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	91.5% 988
Mentions at least one group of this type	8.5% 92	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	8.5% 92
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	88.2% 180	93.5% 232	91.8% 393	91.5% 183	91.5% 988
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.8% 24	6.5% 16	8.2% 35	8.5% 17	8.5% 92
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	90.8% 505	91.2% 353	97.4% 114	91.7% 972
Mentions at least one group of this type	9.2% 51	8.8% 34	2.6% 3	8.3% 88
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	91.5% 507	91.5% 357	91.5% 86	91.5% 950
Mentions at least one group of this type	8.5% 47	8.5% 33	8.5% 8	8.5% 88
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	92.4% 340	86.3% 101	93.0% 267	97.3% 36	91.5% 988
Mentions at least one group of this type	10.0% 27	7.6% 28	13.7% 16	7.0% 20	2.7% 1	8.5% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080