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

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GLITCOM98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Focused on congregations' worship or liturgy   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	991	91.8%	91.8%	-0.30
Mentions at least one group of this type	89	8.2%	100.0%	3.34

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	91.8% 991	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	91.8% 991
Mentions at least one group of this type	8.2% 89	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	8.2% 89
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	87.3% 178	94.0% 233	93.5% 400	90.0% 180	91.8% 991
Mentions at least one group of this type	12.7% 26	6.0% 15	6.5% 28	10.0% 20	8.2% 89
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	93.2% 518	89.4% 346	94.9% 111	92.0% 975
Mentions at least one group of this type	6.8% 38	10.6% 41	5.1% 6	8.0% 85
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	94.8% 525	87.4% 341	95.7% 90	92.1% 956
Mentions at least one group of this type	5.2% 29	12.6% 49	4.3% 4	7.9% 82
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	78.6% 213	97.6% 359	94.0% 110	95.1% 273	97.3% 36	91.8% 991
Mentions at least one group of this type	21.4% 58	2.4% 9	6.0% 7	4.9% 14	2.7% 1	8.2% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080