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

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POLICY Does your congregation have a policy against receiving funds from local, state, or federal government?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	407	16.1%	16.1%	-2.29
No	2123	83.9%	100.0%	0.44

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	14.7% 165	17.2% 242	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	16.1% 407
No	85.3% 958	82.8% 1165	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	83.9% 2123
TOTAL	100.0% 1123	100.0% 1407	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	2530

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	13.7% 57	15.7% 99	16.7% 169	17.4% 82	16.1% 407
No	86.3% 358	84.3% 531	83.3% 846	82.6% 388	83.9% 2123
TOTAL	100.0% 415	100.0% 630	100.0% 1015	100.0% 470	2530

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	19.8% 274	12.0% 101	8.5% 21	16.0% 396
No	80.2% 1108	88.0% 741	91.5% 227	84.0% 2076
TOTAL	100.0% 1382	100.0% 842	100.0% 248	2472

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	20.1% 262	11.1% 102	11.6% 22	16.0% 386
No	79.9% 1040	88.9% 814	88.4% 167	84.0% 2021
TOTAL	100.0% 1302	100.0% 916	100.0% 189	2407

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	11.5% 69	24.4% 232	10.1% 30	10.7% 63	14.3% 13	16.1% 407
No	88.5% 530	75.6% 719	89.9% 268	89.3% 528	85.7% 78	83.9% 2123
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 951	100.0% 298	100.0% 591	100.0% 91	2530