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

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TAXRISK Do you think your congregation would publicly support or oppose candidates for public office if doing so did not put your congregation's tax status at risk? Remarks: This item was only asked if SUPPORT = 2.   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	156	12.8%	12.8%	-2.21
No	997	82.0%	94.8%	0.18
Don't know	63	5.2%	100.0%	2.57

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	12.8% 156	12.8% 156
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	82.0% 997	82.0% 997
Don't know	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	5.2% 63	5.2% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1216	1216

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
Yes	13.6% 23	12.3% 37	14.6% 75	9.1% 21	12.8% 156
No	82.8% 140	83.7% 252	79.6% 409	84.5% 196	82.0% 997
Don't know	3.6% 6	4.0% 12	5.8% 30	6.5% 15	5.2% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 301	100.0% 514	100.0% 232	1216

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	12.4% 77	11.9% 50	18.7% 26	13.0% 153
No	83.2% 516	82.1% 345	78.4% 109	82.3% 970
Don't know	4.4% 27	6.0% 25	2.9% 4	4.7% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 420	100.0% 139	1179

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	10.6% 54	11.5% 56	24.7% 39	12.9% 149
No	84.5% 431	84.6% 413	70.9% 112	82.7% 956
Don't know	4.9% 25	3.9% 19	4.4% 7	4.4% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 510	100.0% 488	100.0% 158	1156

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	13.2% 35	8.7% 40	27.2% 44	9.2% 24	20.0% 13	12.8% 156
No	80.1% 213	86.3% 398	67.9% 110	87.0% 228	73.8% 48	82.0% 997
Don't know	6.8% 18	5.0% 23	4.9% 8	3.8% 10	6.2% 4	5.2% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 461	100.0% 162	100.0% 262	100.0% 65	1216