In contrast to the episcopal polity of the Anglican and many Lutheran and Methodist churches, continental Reformed churches are ruled by assemblies of "elders" or ordained officers. This is usually called Synodal government by the continental Reformed, but is essentially the same as presbyterian polity, with the elders forming the consistory, the regional governing body known as the classis, and the highest court of appeal being the general synod. The Reformed Church in Hungary, its sister church in Romania, the Hungarian Reformed Church in America, and the Polish Reformed Church are the only continental Reformed churches to have retained the office of bishop.

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Compared with decedents who werefatally shot by police in the low-gun states, a greaterproportion of those who were killed in high-gun stateswere armed with a firearm (61.7 vs 47.1%)

Average state household firearm ownershipc, %

Victims who were armed with a firearm, %

On average, 56% of decedents who were fatally shotby police were armed with a firearm. The proportion ofdecedents who were armed with a firearm varied bystate, ranging from a high of 89% in Idaho to a low of25% in Vermont (Table1).

(1) the total number of fatal police shoot-ings, (2) the number of fatal police shootings inwhich the decedent was armed with a firearm,

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As also anticipated, the corresponding effect among Hispanics who listed Puerto Rico or Cuba as their birth country was far smaller: 1.78 percentage points (t-statistic = 0.566, p-value = 0.572).

As anticipated, for these respondents, after receiving the Citizenship Treatment the percent of questions skipped increased by a much larger 11.04 percentage points (t-statistic = 3.298, p-value = 0.001).

The second wave (n = 4,931) began approximately one week later (on October 25, 2018) and targeted Hispanics (using English and Spanish survey instruments) in order to facilitate meaningful subgroup inferences

The first wave (n = 4,104) began on October 19, 2018 and targeted non-Hispanics (employing an English survey instrument), using self-reported demographic information maintained by Qualtrics.

For example, 132 federal assistance programs depend on accurate Census estimates in order to properly distribute almost $690 billion

For example, 132 federal assistance programs depend on accurate Census estimates in order to properly distribute almost $690 billion (Hotchkiss and Phelan 2017). Second, as some particularly disturbing past examples show (Nobles 2000), the Census often reflects contemporary constructions of race and ethnicity, which means a study of the citizenship question is also inherently a study of the politics surrounding race in the United States.

The interactive database is collecting data such as the race and age of those killed, in addition to whether they were armed with a weapon.

At present the federal government does not publish a comprehensive record of people killed by police forces throughout the US. Instead, the FBI runs a voluntary program whereby law enforcement can choose to submit their count of “justifiable homicides” each year.