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

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SPRISON98 [1998 and 2006-07 wording] What projects or programs have you sponsored or participated in? Programs targeting prisoners or people in trouble with the law and their families   0) No program of this type named   1) Mentions at least one program of this type

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No program of this type named	1168	95.0%	95.0%	-0.23
Mentions at least one program of this type	61	5.0%	100.0%	4.38

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No program of this type named	95.0% 1168	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	95.0% 1168
Mentions at least one program of this type	5.0% 61	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	5.0% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 1229	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1229

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 program of this type named	95.6% 215	95.5% 275	96.2% 478	91.3% 200	95.0% 1168
Mentions at least one program of this type	4.4% 10	4.5% 13	3.8% 19	8.7% 19	5.0% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 225	100.0% 288	100.0% 497	100.0% 219	1229

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No program of this type named	96.6% 617	92.9% 406	94.6% 122	95.0% 1145
Mentions at least one program of this type	3.4% 22	7.1% 31	5.4% 7	5.0% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 639	100.0% 437	100.0% 129	1205

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No program of this type named	96.2% 612	93.3% 405	95.1% 97	95.1% 1114
Mentions at least one program of this type	3.8% 24	6.7% 29	4.9% 5	4.9% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 636	100.0% 434	100.0% 102	1172

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No program of this type named	95.3% 281	96.1% 419	93.0% 133	94.2% 292	95.6% 43	95.0% 1168
Mentions at least one program of this type	4.7% 14	3.9% 17	7.0% 10	5.8% 18	4.4% 2	5.0% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 436	100.0% 143	100.0% 310	100.0% 45	1229