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

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CLGDEGREL3_12 What degree or degrees? Third 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 CLGDEGREL3_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	52	16.4%	16.4%	-0.67
Yes	227	71.4%	87.7%	-0.30
Can't tell	39	12.3%	100.0%	2.65

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	16.4% 52	0.00% 0	16.4% 52
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	71.4% 227	0.00% 0	71.4% 227
Can't tell	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	12.3% 39	0.00% 0	12.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 318	100.0% 0	318

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	17.3% 9	20.0% 20	9.3% 9	20.3% 14	16.4% 52
Yes	75.0% 39	70.0% 70	71.1% 69	71.0% 49	71.4% 227
Can't tell	7.7% 4	10.0% 10	19.6% 19	8.7% 6	12.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 100	100.0% 97	100.0% 69	318

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No	13.0% 21	19.0% 19	19.6% 10	16.0% 50
Yes	73.9% 119	66.0% 66	74.5% 38	71.5% 223
Can't tell	13.0% 21	15.0% 15	5.9% 3	12.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 100	100.0% 51	312

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No	18.4% 28	12.8% 16	19.4% 6	16.2% 50
Yes	67.1% 102	75.2% 94	74.2% 23	71.1% 219
Can't tell	14.5% 22	12.0% 15	6.5% 2	12.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 125	100.0% 31	308

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No	24.1% 28	9.6% 8	11.4% 4	14.7% 11	11.1% 1	16.4% 52
Yes	64.7% 75	72.3% 60	71.4% 25	78.7% 59	88.9% 8	71.4% 227
Can't tell	11.2% 13	18.1% 15	17.1% 6	6.7% 5	0.0% 0	12.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 83	100.0% 35	100.0% 75	100.0% 9	318