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

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CLERGDEG [Do you/Does this person] have any college, university, or professional degrees? Remarks: This item was only asked if CLERGONE = 1.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1116	93.2%	93.2%	-0.27
No	81	6.8%	100.0%	3.71

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	93.2% 1116	0.00% 0	93.2% 1116
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	6.8% 81	0.00% 0	6.8% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1197	100.0% 0	1197

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	96.8% 150	95.6% 305	92.2% 458	89.8% 203	93.2% 1116
No	3.2% 5	4.4% 14	7.8% 39	10.2% 23	6.8% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 319	100.0% 497	100.0% 226	1197

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	91.5% 611	94.9% 334	96.9% 155	93.2% 1100
No	8.5% 57	5.1% 18	3.1% 5	6.8% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 352	100.0% 160	1180

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	92.0% 561	93.9% 400	97.7% 125	93.3% 1086
No	8.0% 49	6.1% 26	2.3% 3	6.7% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 426	100.0% 128	1164

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	99.4% 338	88.8% 381	87.6% 141	96.1% 222	94.4% 34	93.2% 1116
No	0.6% 2	11.2% 48	12.4% 20	3.9% 9	5.6% 2	6.8% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 429	100.0% 161	100.0% 231	100.0% 36	1197