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

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CLERFT [Are you/Is this person] working full-time at this congregation? Remarks: See remark in CLERGSEX.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	3430	87.3%	87.3%	-0.38
No	497	12.7%	100.0%	2.62

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.00% 0	86.1% 1251	88.7% 1131	87.4% 1048	87.3% 3430
No	0.00% 0	13.9% 202	11.3% 144	12.6% 151	12.7% 497
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1453	100.0% 1275	100.0% 1199	3927

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	86.8% 467	88.1% 899	87.0% 1416	87.3% 648	87.3% 3430
No	13.2% 71	11.9% 121	13.0% 211	12.7% 94	12.7% 497
TOTAL	100.0% 538	100.0% 1020	100.0% 1627	100.0% 742	3927

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	86.8% 1856	88.4% 1106	87.0% 376	87.3% 3338
No	13.2% 283	11.6% 145	13.0% 56	12.7% 484
TOTAL	100.0% 2139	100.0% 1251	100.0% 432	3822

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	86.6% 1632	88.2% 1298	87.2% 340	87.3% 3270
No	13.4% 253	11.8% 173	12.8% 50	12.7% 476
TOTAL	100.0% 1885	100.0% 1471	100.0% 390	3746

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	95.0% 931	84.9% 1240	82.0% 442	87.1% 703	80.9% 114	87.3% 3430
No	5.0% 49	15.1% 220	18.0% 97	12.9% 104	19.1% 27	12.7% 497
TOTAL	100.0% 980	100.0% 1460	100.0% 539	100.0% 807	100.0% 141	3927