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Is Religious Leader Paid? - Belief Statistics Topic

[Are you/Is this person] paid or [you/his/her] work in this congregation? Remarks: See remark in CLERGSEX. (CLERPAID)
Results weighted by WT_ALL4_CONG_DUP (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998, 2006-2007, 2012, and 2018-2019))


Is Religious Leader Paid? by Political ideology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalTotalMissing
Yes82.4%
1608
82.4%
1106
89.3%
351
83.1%
3065
157
No17.6%
344
17.6%
236
10.7%
42
16.9%
622
22
Missing719490124159886
Total 100%
1952
100%
1342
100%
393
 
3687

Is Religious Leader Paid? by Year

 19982006-200720122018-2019TotalMissing
Yes0.0%
0
80.6%
1146
86.3%
1080
81.2%
966
82.7%
3192
0
No0.0%
0
19.4%
275
13.7%
172
18.8%
223
17.3%
670
0
Missing123456597014190
Total 100%
0
100%
1421
100%
1252
100%
1189
 
3862

Is Religious Leader Paid? by Region

 New England or Mid-AtlanticEast North Central or West North CentralSouth Atlantic, East South Central or West South CentralMountain or PacificTotalMissing
Yes83.8%
378
78.3%
734
85.1%
1611
81.0%
469
82.7%
3192
0
No16.2%
73
21.7%
203
14.9%
283
19.0%
110
17.3%
669
0
Missing25633256626514190
Total 100%
451
100%
937
100%
1894
100%
579
 
3861

Is Religious Leader Paid? by Religion

 Roman CatholicWhite conservative, evangelical or fundamentalistBlack ProtestantWhite liberal or moderateNon-ChristianTotalMissing
Yes96.2%
226
81.8%
1419
70.5%
625
94.8%
754
79.2%
168
82.6%
3192
0
No3.8%
9
18.2%
316
29.5%
261
5.2%
41
20.8%
44
17.4%
671
0
Missing3145441583337014190
Total 100%
235
100%
1735
100%
886
100%
795
100%
212
 
3863

Is Religious Leader Paid? by Theology

 More conservativeRight in the middleMore liberalTotalMissing
Yes84.7%
1902
78.5%
872
88.7%
344
83.3%
3118
89
No15.3%
344
21.5%
239
11.3%
44
16.7%
627
14
Missing739488149152243
Total 100%
2246
100%
1111
100%
388
 
3745

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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