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

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COLLEGE Does your congregation give money directly to any college, university, or seminary?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	554	45.2%	45.2%	-1.10
No	671	54.8%	100.0%	0.91

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	45.2% 554	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	45.2% 554
No	54.8% 671	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	54.8% 671
TOTAL	100.0% 1225	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1225

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	44.0% 99	44.8% 129	44.8% 222	47.9% 104	45.2% 554
No	56.0% 126	55.2% 159	55.2% 273	52.1% 113	54.8% 671
TOTAL	100.0% 225	100.0% 288	100.0% 495	100.0% 217	1225

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	43.8% 280	46.4% 202	50.4% 65	45.5% 547
No	56.2% 359	53.6% 233	49.6% 64	54.5% 656
TOTAL	100.0% 639	100.0% 435	100.0% 129	1203

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	43.7% 278	47.2% 204	52.0% 53	45.7% 535
No	56.3% 358	52.8% 228	48.0% 49	54.3% 635
TOTAL	100.0% 636	100.0% 432	100.0% 102	1170

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	41.2% 121	39.9% 173	55.2% 79	54.9% 169	26.1% 12	45.2% 554
No	58.8% 173	60.1% 261	44.8% 64	45.1% 139	73.9% 34	54.8% 671
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 434	100.0% 143	100.0% 308	100.0% 46	1225