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Website? - Belief Statistics Topic

Does your congregation have a website on the Internet? (WEBSITE)
Results weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019))


Website? by Political ideology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalTotalMissing
Yes42.6%
1187
48.3%
845
67.6%
350
47.1%
2382
146
No57.4%
1599
51.7%
903
32.4%
168
52.9%
2670
99
Missing62027320
Total 100%
2786
100%
1748
100%
518
 
5052

Website? by Year

 19982006-200720122018-2019TotalMissing
Yes17.1%
210
44.2%
661
55.7%
736
71.6%
897
47.3%
2504
0
No82.9%
1019
55.8%
833
44.3%
586
28.4%
356
52.7%
2794
0
Missing66511280
Total 100%
1229
100%
1494
100%
1322
100%
1253
 
5298

Website? by Region

 New England or Mid-AtlanticEast North Central or West North CentralSouth Atlantic, East South Central or West South CentralMountain or PacificTotalMissing
Yes54.3%
366
47.0%
573
41.2%
1058
60.6%
507
47.3%
2504
0
No45.7%
308
53.0%
647
58.8%
1508
39.4%
330
52.7%
2793
0
Missing7894280
Total 100%
674
100%
1220
100%
2566
100%
837
 
5297

Website? by Religion

 Roman CatholicWhite conservative, evangelical or fundamentalistBlack ProtestantWhite liberal or moderateNon-ChristianTotalMissing
Yes52.6%
173
47.6%
1150
28.7%
315
55.4%
635
74.8%
231
47.3%
2504
0
No47.4%
156
52.4%
1266
71.3%
782
44.6%
512
25.2%
78
52.7%
2794
0
Missing1110331280
Total 100%
329
100%
2416
100%
1097
100%
1147
100%
309
 
5298

Website? by Theology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalTotalMissing
Yes45.5%
1406
42.8%
653
70.2%
379
47.3%
2438
72
No54.5%
1686
57.2%
871
29.8%
161
52.7%
2718
55
Missing62115519
Total 100%
3092
100%
1524
100%
540
 
5156

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. The NCS Wave I-II Panel Dataset is also available from the ARDA. The Wave III-IV Panel Dataset will be available soon.

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