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

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SPRISON18 [2012 and 2018-19 wording, if NUMPROG is greater than 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	1167	95.0%	95.0%	-0.23
Mentions at least one program of this type	62	5.0%	100.0%	4.34

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No program of this type named	95.0% 1167	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	95.0% 1167
Mentions at least one program of this type	5.0% 62	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	5.0% 62
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	93.8% 211	97.6% 281	94.0% 467	95.0% 208	95.0% 1167
Mentions at least one program of this type	6.2% 14	2.4% 7	6.0% 30	5.0% 11	5.0% 62
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	95.8% 612	95.2% 416	89.9% 116	94.9% 1144
Mentions at least one program of this type	4.2% 27	4.8% 21	10.1% 13	5.1% 61
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	96.4% 613	93.8% 407	91.2% 93	95.0% 1113
Mentions at least one program of this type	3.6% 23	6.2% 27	8.8% 9	5.0% 59
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	96.3% 284	95.9% 418	89.5% 128	94.5% 293	97.8% 44	95.0% 1167
Mentions at least one program of this type	3.7% 11	4.1% 18	10.5% 15	5.5% 17	2.2% 1	5.0% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 436	100.0% 143	100.0% 310	100.0% 45	1229