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

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GSOCIAL06 What are the three best attended groups that you haven't already mentioned? Socializing or 'fellowship'   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	1411	93.9%	93.9%	-0.26
Mentions at least one group of this type	91	6.1%	100.0%	3.93

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	0.00% 0	93.9% 1411	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	93.9% 1411
Mentions at least one group of this type	0.00% 0	6.1% 91	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	6.1% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1502	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1502

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	94.6% 212	93.3% 363	94.3% 563	93.5% 273	93.9% 1411
Mentions at least one group of this type	5.4% 12	6.7% 26	5.7% 34	6.5% 19	6.1% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 389	100.0% 597	100.0% 292	1502

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No group of this type named	93.4% 776	95.0% 458	91.5% 129	93.7% 1363
Mentions at least one group of this type	6.6% 55	5.0% 24	8.5% 12	6.3% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 831	100.0% 482	100.0% 141	1454

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No group of this type named	94.1% 706	93.8% 517	91.1% 102	93.8% 1325
Mentions at least one group of this type	5.9% 44	6.2% 34	8.9% 10	6.2% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 750	100.0% 551	100.0% 112	1413

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	94.8% 345	94.1% 541	97.3% 180	90.5% 295	96.2% 50	93.9% 1411
Mentions at least one group of this type	5.2% 19	5.9% 34	2.7% 5	9.5% 31	3.8% 2	6.1% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 575	100.0% 185	100.0% 326	100.0% 52	1502