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

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GPRAY98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Prayer, worship, or devotional activity   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	765	70.8%	70.8%	-0.64
Mentions at least one group of this type	315	29.2%	100.0%	1.56

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	70.8% 765	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	70.8% 765
Mentions at least one group of this type	29.2% 315	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	29.2% 315
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	71.6% 146	77.4% 192	72.9% 312	57.5% 115	70.8% 765
Mentions at least one group of this type	28.4% 58	22.6% 56	27.1% 116	42.5% 85	29.2% 315
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	71.6% 398	68.0% 263	77.8% 91	70.9% 752
Mentions at least one group of this type	28.4% 158	32.0% 124	22.2% 26	29.1% 308
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	69.9% 387	70.5% 275	78.7% 74	70.9% 736
Mentions at least one group of this type	30.1% 167	29.5% 115	21.3% 20	29.1% 302
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	56.5% 153	73.1% 269	76.1% 89	78.7% 226	75.7% 28	70.8% 765
Mentions at least one group of this type	43.5% 118	26.9% 99	23.9% 28	21.3% 61	24.3% 9	29.2% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080