Formal Affiliation? - Belief Statistics Topic
Is your congregation formally affiliated with a denomination, convention, or some similar kind of association? Remarks: This variable is coded 1 for congregations that we knew to be affiliated with a denomination even if the informant responded 'No' to the (HAVEDEN)Results weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019))
Formal Affiliation? by Political ideology
| More conservative | Right in the middle | More liberal | Total | Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 76.9%2156 | 84.4%1477 | 83.6%433 | 80.2%4066 | 222 |
| No | 23.1%648 | 15.6%273 | 16.4%85 | 19.8%1006 | 43 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 0 |
| Total | 100%2804 | 100%1750 | 100%518 | 5072 |
Formal Affiliation? by Year
| 1998 | 2006-2007 | 2012 | 2018-2019 | Total | Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 81.8%1010 | 79.6%1200 | 76.5%1018 | 82.0%1035 | 79.9%4263 | 0 |
| No | 18.2%224 | 20.4%307 | 23.5%313 | 18.0%227 | 20.1%1071 | 0 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100%1234 | 100%1507 | 100%1331 | 100%1262 | 5334 |
Formal Affiliation? by 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 | Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 79.6%539 | 80.6%996 | 78.8%2030 | 82.6%698 | 79.9%4263 | 0 |
| No | 20.4%138 | 19.4%239 | 21.2%547 | 17.4%147 | 20.1%1071 | 0 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100%677 | 100%1235 | 100%2577 | 100%845 | 5334 |
Formal Affiliation? by Religion
| Roman Catholic | White conservative, evangelical or fundamentalist | Black Protestant | White liberal or moderate | Non-Christian | Total | Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 100.0%331 | 71.5%1742 | 75.7%834 | 99.3%1148 | 67.1%208 | 79.9%4263 | 0 |
| No | 0.0%0 | 28.5%694 | 24.3%267 | 0.7%8 | 32.9%102 | 20.1%1071 | 0 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100%331 | 100%2436 | 100%1101 | 100%1156 | 100%310 | 5334 |
Formal Affiliation? by Theology
| More conservative | Right in the middle | More liberal | Total | Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 78.1%2431 | 82.6%1262 | 85.4%461 | 80.2%4154 | 119 |
| No | 21.9%680 | 17.4%265 | 14.6%79 | 19.8%1024 | 27 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| Total | 100%3111 | 100%1527 | 100%540 | 5178 |
