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Is Religious Leader Full-Time? - Belief Statistics Topic

[Are you/Is this person] working full-time at this congregation? Remarks: See remark in CLERGSEX. (CLERFT)
Results weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019))


Is Religious Leader Full-Time? by Political ideology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalMissingTotal
Yes70.0%
1367
62.9%
844
72.1%
284
16067.6%
2495
No30.0%
586
37.1%
498
27.9%
110
2132.4%
1194
Missing712488122158784
Total 100%
1953
100%
1342
100%
394
   
3689

Is Religious Leader Full-Time? by Year

 19982006-200720122018-2019MissingTotal
Yes0.0%
0
63.2%
901
71.5%
896
70.1%
835
068.0%
2632
No0.0%
0
36.8%
524
28.5%
358
29.9%
356
032.0%
1238
Missing123453566314060
Total 100%
0
100%
1425
100%
1254
100%
1191
   
3870

Is Religious Leader Full-Time? by Region

 New England or Mid-AtlanticEast North Central or West North CentralSouth Atlantic, East South Central or West South CentralMountain or PacificMissingTotal
Yes66.4%
300
65.5%
616
66.9%
1270
76.9%
446
068.0%
2632
No33.6%
152
34.5%
325
33.1%
627
23.1%
134
032.0%
1238
Missing25532656326214060
Total 100%
452
100%
941
100%
1897
100%
580
   
3870

Is Religious Leader Full-Time? by Religion

 Roman CatholicWhite conservative, evangelical or fundamentalistBlack ProtestantWhite liberal or moderateNon-ChristianMissingTotal
Yes81.9%
194
69.8%
1214
61.2%
543
67.2%
534
69.3%
147
068.0%
2632
No18.1%
43
30.2%
526
38.8%
344
32.8%
261
30.7%
65
032.0%
1239
Missing3075411573317014060
Total 100%
237
100%
1740
100%
887
100%
795
100%
212
   
3871

Is Religious Leader Full-Time? by Theology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalMissingTotal
Yes68.5%
1539
67.2%
747
67.9%
264
9268.0%
2550
No31.5%
708
32.8%
365
32.1%
125
1332.0%
1198
Missing732485148151141
Total 100%
2247
100%
1112
100%
389
   
3748

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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