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Elementary or High School? - Belief Statistics Topic

Does your congregation have an elementary or high school? (HAVESCHL)
Results weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019))


Elementary or High School? by Political ideology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalTotalMissing
Yes4.5%
127
5.5%
97
5.0%
26
4.9%
250
51
No95.5%
2677
94.5%
1653
95.0%
492
95.1%
4822
200
Missing10026614
Total 100%
2804
100%
1750
100%
518
 
5072

Elementary or High School? by Year

 19982006-200720122018-2019TotalMissing
Yes6.2%
76
4.6%
70
5.6%
75
3.7%
46
5.0%
267
0
No93.8%
1158
95.4%
1436
94.4%
1256
96.3%
1211
95.0%
5061
0
Missing30111150
Total 100%
1234
100%
1506
100%
1331
100%
1257
 
5328

Elementary or High School? by Region

 New England or Mid-AtlanticEast North Central or West North CentralSouth Atlantic, East South Central or West South CentralMountain or PacificTotalMissing
Yes7.4%
50
6.6%
81
3.3%
84
6.2%
52
5.0%
267
0
No92.6%
626
93.4%
1151
96.7%
2492
93.8%
793
95.0%
5062
0
Missing2652150
Total 100%
676
100%
1232
100%
2576
100%
845
 
5329

Elementary or High School? by Religion

 Roman CatholicWhite conservative, evangelical or fundamentalistBlack ProtestantWhite liberal or moderateNon-ChristianTotalMissing
Yes28.8%
95
4.1%
100
1.8%
20
2.8%
32
6.1%
19
5.0%
266
0
No71.2%
235
95.9%
2332
98.2%
1080
97.2%
1124
93.9%
291
95.0%
5062
0
Missing67110150
Total 100%
330
100%
2432
100%
1100
100%
1156
100%
310
 
5328

Elementary or High School? by Theology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalTotalMissing
Yes4.8%
150
5.2%
79
5.0%
27
4.9%
256
37
No95.2%
2960
94.8%
1447
95.0%
514
95.1%
4921
95
Missing10014714
Total 100%
3110
100%
1526
100%
541
 
5177

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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