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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 conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalMissingTotal
Yes76.9%
2156
84.4%
1477
83.6%
433
22280.2%
4066
No23.1%
648
15.6%
273
16.4%
85
4319.8%
1006
Missing0002650
Total 100%
2804
100%
1750
100%
518
   
5072

Formal Affiliation? by Year

 19982006-200720122018-2019MissingTotal
Yes81.8%
1010
79.6%
1200
76.5%
1018
82.0%
1035
079.9%
4263
No18.2%
224
20.4%
307
23.5%
313
18.0%
227
020.1%
1071
Missing000000
Total 100%
1234
100%
1507
100%
1331
100%
1262
   
5334

Formal Affiliation? by Region

 New England or Mid-AtlanticEast North Central or West North CentralSouth Atlantic, East South Central or West South CentralMountain or PacificMissingTotal
Yes79.6%
539
80.6%
996
78.8%
2030
82.6%
698
079.9%
4263
No20.4%
138
19.4%
239
21.2%
547
17.4%
147
020.1%
1071
Missing000000
Total 100%
677
100%
1235
100%
2577
100%
845
   
5334

Formal Affiliation? by Religion

 Roman CatholicWhite conservative, evangelical or fundamentalistBlack ProtestantWhite liberal or moderateNon-ChristianMissingTotal
Yes100.0%
331
71.5%
1742
75.7%
834
99.3%
1148
67.1%
208
079.9%
4263
No0.0%
0
28.5%
694
24.3%
267
0.7%
8
32.9%
102
020.1%
1071
Missing0000000
Total 100%
331
100%
2436
100%
1101
100%
1156
100%
310
   
5334

Formal Affiliation? by Theology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalMissingTotal
Yes78.1%
2431
82.6%
1262
85.4%
461
11980.2%
4154
No21.9%
680
17.4%
265
14.6%
79
2719.8%
1024
Missing0001460
Total 100%
3111
100%
1527
100%
540
   
5178

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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