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

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C4YRDEG [Do you/Does this person] have a four-year college degree? Remarks: remark in CLERGSEX.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1043	87.6%	87.6%	-0.38
No	148	12.4%	100.0%	2.65

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	87.6% 1043	87.6% 1043
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	12.4% 148	12.4% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1191	1191

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	92.5% 149	89.4% 269	83.4% 427	91.2% 198	87.6% 1043
No	7.5% 12	10.6% 32	16.6% 85	8.8% 19	12.4% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 301	100.0% 512	100.0% 217	1191

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	85.4% 520	89.5% 367	94.7% 124	87.9% 1011
No	14.6% 89	10.5% 43	5.3% 7	12.1% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 410	100.0% 131	1150

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	85.0% 426	90.5% 430	90.8% 138	88.1% 994
No	15.0% 75	9.5% 45	9.2% 14	11.9% 134
TOTAL	100.0% 501	100.0% 475	100.0% 152	1128

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	98.1% 263	82.5% 362	72.6% 127	96.0% 243	85.7% 48	87.6% 1043
No	1.9% 5	17.5% 77	27.4% 48	4.0% 10	14.3% 8	12.4% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 439	100.0% 175	100.0% 253	100.0% 56	1191