Was a guitar used at this service? Remarks: This item was asked only if MUSICMIN is greater than 0. If a congregation reported no music in the main service (MUSICMIN=0), GUITAR was set at 2. (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019))
Each question was asked of a key informant from the congregation, such as a minister, priest, rabbi, or other staff person or leader.
|
|
Related Topics
Demographic Patterns
|
Guitar? (Demographic Patterns)
Guitar? by Political Ideology (2018-2019)
| More conservative | Right in the middle | More liberal | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 216 | 154 | 37 | 18 | 407 |
| No | 328 | 278 | 125 | 47 | 731 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 544 | 432 | 162 | 65 | 1138 |
Guitar? by Region (2018-2019)
| 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 | 37 | 107 | 218 | 64 | 426 |
| No | 116 | 185 | 346 | 131 | 778 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 153 | 292 | 564 | 195 | 1204 |
Guitar? by Religious Tradition (2018-2019)
| Roman Catholic | White conservative, evangelical or fundamentalist | Black Protestant | White liberal or moderate | Non-Christian | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 40 | 242 | 69 | 65 | 9 | 425 |
| No | 36 | 294 | 185 | 193 | 70 | 778 |
| Missing | ||||||
| TOTAL | 76 | 536 | 254 | 258 | 79 | 1203 |
Guitar? by Theology (2018-2019)
| More conservative | Right in the middle | More liberal | Missing | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 236 | 141 | 25 | 23 | 402 |
| No | 409 | 238 | 99 | 32 | 746 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 645 | 379 | 124 | 55 | 1148 |
Guitar? by Year of Survey
| 1998 | 2006-2007 | 2012 | 2018-2019 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 0 | 505 | 389 | 425 | 1319 |
| No | 0 | 1001 | 938 | 778 | 2717 |
| Missing | |||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 1506 | 1327 | 1203 | 4036 |
Notes
The National Congregations Study (NCS) dataset fills a void in the sociological study of congregations by providing data that can be used to draw a nationally aggregate picture of congregations. Thanks to innovations in sampling techniques, the 1998 NCS data was the first nationally representative sample of American congregations. Subsequent NCS waves were conducted in 2006-07, 2012, and 2018-19. The 2006-07 NCS sample includes a subset of cases that were also interviewed in 1998. The 2012 NCS includes an oversample of Hispanic congregations. The 2018-19 NCS includes a subset of congregations that also were interviewed in 2012.
