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

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GOUTREACH98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Purpose is to recruit new members or evangelize   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	964	89.3%	89.3%	-0.35
Mentions at least one group of this type	116	10.7%	100.0%	2.88

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	89.3% 964	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	89.3% 964
Mentions at least one group of this type	10.7% 116	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	10.7% 116
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	89.2% 182	89.1% 221	90.2% 386	87.5% 175	89.3% 964
Mentions at least one group of this type	10.8% 22	10.9% 27	9.8% 42	12.5% 25	10.7% 116
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	88.3% 491	89.1% 345	93.2% 109	89.2% 945
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.7% 65	10.9% 42	6.8% 8	10.8% 115
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	88.4% 490	89.5% 349	92.6% 87	89.2% 926
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.6% 64	10.5% 41	7.4% 7	10.8% 112
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	88.9% 241	89.4% 329	86.3% 101	89.5% 257	97.3% 36	89.3% 964
Mentions at least one group of this type	11.1% 30	10.6% 39	13.7% 16	10.5% 30	2.7% 1	10.7% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080