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

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WMNBRD (Weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP) The frequencies below and pie chart to the right combine data from all NCS waves. Go here to see crosstabulations between this variable and other variables within each NCS wave. If they are otherwise qualified, are women in your congregation permitted to: Serve as full-fledged members of your congregation's main governing body or coordinating committee?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	3514	86.2%	86.2%
No	537	13.2%	99.4%
Don't know	25	.6%	100.0%
Missing	1257

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Year Region Theology Political ideology Religion

Year (I-YEAR)

	1998	2006	2012	2018	TOTAL
Yes	0.0% 0	83.9% 1260	86.3% 1144	88.7% 1110	86.2% 3514
No	0.0% 0	15.3% 229	13.2% 175	10.6% 133	13.2% 537
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 12	0.5% 6	0.6% 8	0.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1501	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1251	4077

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	91.3% 474	86.4% 849	83.6% 1638	90.1% 553	86.2% 3514
No	8.7% 45	13.1% 129	15.5% 303	9.6% 59	13.2% 536
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 5	0.9% 18	0.3% 2	0.6% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 519	100.0% 983	100.0% 1959	100.0% 614	4075

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	80.6% 1913	93.6% 1089	99.3% 413	86.4% 3415
No	18.7% 444	6.4% 74	0.7% 3	13.2% 521
Don't know	0.7% 16	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 2373	100.0% 1164	100.0% 416	3953

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	TOTAL
Yes	81.3% 1685	90.7% 1255	97.9% 422	86.5% 3362
No	18.1% 376	9.0% 125	2.1% 9	13.1% 510
Don't know	0.6% 12	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 2073	100.0% 1383	100.0% 431	3887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	87.9% 211	75.9% 1410	93.0% 834	98.4% 818	96.4% 241	86.2% 3514
No	11.7% 28	23.0% 427	6.9% 62	1.3% 11	3.2% 8	13.2% 536
Don't know	0.4% 1	1.1% 20	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.4% 1	0.6% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 1857	100.0% 897	100.0% 831	100.0% 250	4075