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

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CLGDEGREL1_18 What degree or degrees? First degree religious in content; [ARDA Note: Please see CLGDEGREL1_18 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	151	17.9%	17.9%	-0.66
Yes	591	69.9%	87.8%	-0.29
Can't tell	103	12.2%	100.0%	2.66

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
No	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	17.9% 151	17.9% 151
Yes	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	69.9% 591	69.9% 591
Can't tell	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	12.2% 103	12.2% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 845	845

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	11.6% 15	15.0% 34	19.5% 64	23.5% 38	17.9% 151
Yes	79.1% 102	76.1% 172	64.0% 210	66.0% 107	69.9% 591
Can't tell	9.3% 12	8.8% 20	16.5% 54	10.5% 17	12.2% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 226	100.0% 328	100.0% 162	845

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No	17.7% 71	18.1% 56	16.4% 19	17.7% 146
Yes	67.8% 272	72.5% 224	74.1% 86	70.5% 582
Can't tell	14.5% 58	9.4% 29	9.5% 11	11.9% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 309	100.0% 116	826

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
No	17.3% 56	17.1% 61	22.5% 29	18.0% 146
Yes	68.8% 223	72.0% 257	69.0% 89	70.2% 569
Can't tell	13.9% 45	10.9% 39	8.5% 11	11.7% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 357	100.0% 129	810

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No	15.6% 36	19.9% 49	25.3% 25	12.6% 29	31.6% 12	17.9% 151
Yes	75.3% 174	66.7% 164	50.5% 50	79.2% 183	52.6% 20	69.9% 591
Can't tell	9.1% 21	13.4% 33	24.2% 24	8.2% 19	15.8% 6	12.2% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 246	100.0% 99	100.0% 231	100.0% 38	845