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

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GVBS98 For what purpose or purposes do these groups meet [have these groups met]? Vacation or summer bible schools   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	1044	96.7%	96.7%	-0.18
Mentions at least one group of this type	36	3.3%	100.0%	5.37

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No group of this type named	96.7% 1044	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	96.7% 1044
Mentions at least one group of this type	3.3% 36	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	3.3% 36
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	99.0% 202	94.0% 233	96.0% 411	99.0% 198	96.7% 1044
Mentions at least one group of this type	1.0% 2	6.0% 15	4.0% 17	1.0% 2	3.3% 36
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	96.9% 539	95.1% 368	100.0% 117	96.6% 1024
Mentions at least one group of this type	3.1% 17	4.9% 19	0.0% 0	3.4% 36
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	95.8% 531	96.7% 377	100.0% 94	96.5% 1002
Mentions at least one group of this type	4.2% 23	3.3% 13	0.0% 0	3.5% 36
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	98.2% 266	98.1% 361	94.9% 111	93.7% 269	100.0% 37	96.7% 1044
Mentions at least one group of this type	1.8% 5	1.9% 7	5.1% 6	6.3% 18	0.0% 0	3.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 368	100.0% 117	100.0% 287	100.0% 37	1080