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

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CLGDEGREL2_12 What degree or degrees? Second degree religious in content; Remarks: This item was asked only if CLERGONE=1 and the head clergyperson had one or more college, university, or professional degrees (CLERGDEG=1). [ARDA Note: Please see CLGDEGREL2_12 in the survey instrument for full remarks.]   0) No   1) Yes   9) Can't tell

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	127	16.6%	16.6%	-0.66
Yes	560	73.4%	90.0%	-0.25
Can't tell	76	10.0%	100.0%	2.97

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	16.6% 127	0.00% 0	16.6% 127
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	73.4% 560	0.00% 0	73.4% 560
Can't tell	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	10.0% 76	0.00% 0	10.0% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 763	100.0% 0	763

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	13.3% 16	16.7% 37	15.5% 43	21.4% 31	16.6% 127
Yes	80.8% 97	73.3% 162	70.4% 195	73.1% 106	73.4% 560
Can't tell	5.8% 7	10.0% 22	14.1% 39	5.5% 8	10.0% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 221	100.0% 277	100.0% 145	763

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No	16.6% 63	16.0% 40	16.9% 21	16.4% 124
Yes	71.1% 270	74.8% 187	78.2% 97	73.5% 554
Can't tell	12.4% 47	9.2% 23	4.8% 6	10.1% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 380	100.0% 250	100.0% 124	754

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No	16.0% 58	16.7% 48	15.6% 15	16.2% 121
Yes	71.5% 259	74.9% 215	78.1% 75	73.7% 549
Can't tell	12.4% 45	8.4% 24	6.3% 6	10.1% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 287	100.0% 96	745

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No	17.4% 44	13.4% 30	25.6% 21	14.9% 27	21.7% 5	16.6% 127
Yes	73.1% 185	71.0% 159	64.6% 53	80.7% 146	73.9% 17	73.4% 560
Can't tell	9.5% 24	15.6% 35	9.8% 8	4.4% 8	4.3% 1	10.0% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 253	100.0% 224	100.0% 82	100.0% 181	100.0% 23	763