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Within the past 12 months, have there been any groups or meetings or classes or events specifically focused on the following purposes or activities? To plan or conduct an assessment of community needs? (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.

Assess Community Needs? (2018-2019)

[Results weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP]

Assess Community Needs? (Demographic Patterns)

Assess Community Needs? by Political Ideology (2018-2019)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	43.6% 237	63.5% 296	55.9% 100	45	53.2% 633
No	56.4% 307	36.5% 170	44.1% 79	21	46.8% 556
Missing	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 466	100.0% 179	66	1189

Assess Community Needs? 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	59.8% 98	50.5% 150	53.5% 312	55.9% 118	54.0% 678
No	40.2% 66	49.5% 147	46.5% 271	44.1% 93	46.0% 577
Missing	0	4	2	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 297	100.0% 583	100.0% 211	1255

Assess Community Needs? by Religious Tradition (2018-2019)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	50.6% 39	45.0% 241	72.7% 194	52.9% 139	57.9% 66	54.1% 679
No	49.4% 38	55.0% 294	27.3% 73	47.1% 124	42.1% 48	45.9% 577
Missing	0	4	1	1	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 535	100.0% 267	100.0% 263	100.0% 114	1256

Assess Community Needs? by Theology (2018-2019)

	More conservative	Right in the middle	More liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	50.6% 327	56.5% 229	59.7% 86	37	53.7% 642
No	49.4% 319	43.5% 176	40.3% 58	25	46.3% 553
Missing	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 405	100.0% 144	62	1195

Assess Community Needs? by Year of Survey

	1998	2006-2007	2012	2018-2019	TOTAL
Yes	36.8% 449	48.4% 729	56.8% 755	54.1% 679	49.2% 2612
No	63.2% 770	51.6% 777	43.2% 575	45.9% 577	50.8% 2699
Missing	15	1	1	6	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1219	100.0% 1506	100.0% 1330	100.0% 1256	5311

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.

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