Data Archive of American Religious Denominations, 1952-1971.

Format
Data file
Language
English
Published/​Created
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 1980?

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    Restrictions note
    Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
    Summary note
    This study assembles from print and tape sources county-level figures on church membership and congregations in 1950 and 1970 for approximately seventy churches and religious organizations. County-level demographic information was derived from U.S. Census compilations. The components make possible aggregate analyses of religious traditions and practices as well as an examination of changes in the patterns of affiliation. Data exist for 3156 counties on 46 variables. The sources for the data include these publications: 1) Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1971, by Johnson, Picard & Quinn; 2) Supplemental Data Set for Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1971, by Leonard G. Irwin, Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, Atlanta, Georgia; 3) Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1952, by Whitman and Trimble; and 4) Untitled Data Set for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1971, compiled by Lowell Bennion, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State University. Data were also obtained from various annual editions of The American Jewish Committee's American Jewish Yearbook.
    Notes
    • Title from title screen (viewed on December 1, 2015).
    • Data accessible via the Data and Statistical Services (DSS) website.
    • Type of study: Aggregate data, mainly from printed sources
    • Survey firm: Halvorsen/Newman.
    • Roper Center study number USMISCHALNEW1971-RELDEN.
    Time and place of event
    Study date: 1952-1971.
    Geographic coverage
    Geographic coverage: United States.
    Information about documentation
    Accompanied by a printed codebook.
    Other title(s)
    American Religious Denominations, 1952-1971 / Religious Membership Archive 1952 - 1971 / Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1971 -- Extract [County level data only] With Corrected Data / Supplemental Data Set for Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1971 [Includes data corrected by principal investigators] / Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1952 -- Extract / Untitled Data Set for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1971 -- Extract / American Jewish Yearbook, 1952 -- Extract / American Jewish Yearbook, 1971 -- Extract
    OCLC
    177324141
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