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

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SPRISON12 [2012 and 2018-19 wording, if NUMPROG is less than or equal to four] 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	1281	96.5%	96.5%	-0.19
Mentions at least one program of this type	47	3.5%	100.0%	5.22

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No program of this type named	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	96.5% 1281	0.00% 0	96.5% 1281
Mentions at least one program of this type	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	3.5% 47	0.00% 0	3.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1328	100.0% 0	1328

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	97.6% 165	96.3% 336	96.8% 537	95.3% 243	96.5% 1281
Mentions at least one program of this type	2.4% 4	3.7% 13	3.2% 18	4.7% 12	3.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 349	100.0% 555	100.0% 255	1328

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No program of this type named	96.8% 731	95.6% 370	96.4% 161	96.4% 1262
Mentions at least one program of this type	3.2% 24	4.4% 17	3.6% 6	3.6% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 755	100.0% 387	100.0% 167	1309

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No program of this type named	96.2% 655	97.7% 462	94.0% 125	96.5% 1242
Mentions at least one program of this type	3.8% 26	2.3% 11	6.0% 8	3.5% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 473	100.0% 133	1287

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	97.7% 341	95.7% 488	94.6% 176	97.0% 230	100.0% 46	96.5% 1281
Mentions at least one program of this type	2.3% 8	4.3% 22	5.4% 10	3.0% 7	0.0% 0	3.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 510	100.0% 186	100.0% 237	100.0% 46	1328