Presbyterian Panel Study, August 2003 - Presbyterians Today, Elders

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BIBLESTY

Approximately how frequently do you engage in the following activities?: Attend a Bible study group
  1) Daily/almost daily
  2) Several times a week
  3) Weekly
  4) Several times a month
  5) Once a month
  6) Several times a year
  7) Once a year or less
  8) Never

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Daily/almost daily 5 .9% .9% -2.08
Several times a week 12 2.2% 3.1% -1.6
Weekly 155 28% 31.1% -1.12
Several times a month 59 10.7% 41.8% -.64
Once a month 57 10.3% 52.1% -.16
Several times a year 58 10.5% 62.6% .32
Once a year or less 65 11.8% 74.3% .8
Never 142 25.7% 100% 1.28

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.3%
3
1.1%
2
0.9%
5
Several times a week 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.5%
6
3.4%
6
2.2%
12
Weekly 16.1%
5
22.9%
24
24.5%
58
38.6%
68
28.2%
155
Several times a month 12.9%
4
17.1%
18
9.3%
22
8.0%
14
10.6%
58
Once a month 12.9%
4
9.5%
10
7.6%
18
14.2%
25
10.4%
57
Several times a year 9.7%
3
11.4%
12
13.1%
31
6.3%
11
10.4%
57
Once a year or less 19.4%
6
10.5%
11
14.3%
34
8.0%
14
11.8%
65
Never 29.0%
9
28.6%
30
27.4%
65
20.5%
36
25.5%
140
TOTAL 100.0%
31
100.0%
105
100.0%
237
100.0%
176

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Sex (I-SEX)

Female Male TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 1.4%
4
0.4%
1
0.9%
5
Several times a week 2.1%
6
2.3%
6
2.2%
12
Weekly 28.2%
82
28.1%
73
28.1%
155
Several times a month 11.0%
32
10.0%
26
10.5%
58
Once a month 13.7%
40
6.5%
17
10.3%
57
Several times a year 11.7%
34
9.2%
24
10.5%
58
Once a year or less 14.4%
42
8.8%
23
11.8%
65
Never 17.5%
51
34.6%
90
25.6%
141
TOTAL 100.0%
291
100.0%
260

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Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20K $20K-$49,999 $50K-$99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.0%
0
0.9%
1
1.0%
2
0.5%
1
0.8%
4
Several times a week 8.3%
1
3.7%
4
1.4%
3
2.1%
4
2.3%
12
Weekly 33.3%
4
36.1%
39
27.5%
57
27.1%
51
29.3%
151
Several times a month 16.7%
2
3.7%
4
11.1%
23
12.8%
24
10.3%
53
Once a month 8.3%
1
12.0%
13
8.7%
18
11.7%
22
10.5%
54
Several times a year 16.7%
2
8.3%
9
12.1%
25
9.6%
18
10.5%
54
Once a year or less 8.3%
1
13.9%
15
11.6%
24
9.6%
18
11.3%
58
Never 8.3%
1
21.3%
23
26.6%
55
26.6%
50
25.0%
129
TOTAL 100.0%
12
100.0%
108
100.0%
207
100.0%
188

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Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Daily/almost daily 0.6%
1
3.1%
3
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.9%
5
Several times a week 1.3%
2
4.1%
4
1.7%
5
11.1%
1
2.2%
12
Weekly 24.7%
38
28.6%
28
29.6%
85
33.3%
3
28.1%
154
Several times a month 13.0%
20
7.1%
7
10.8%
31
0.0%
0
10.6%
58
Once a month 9.7%
15
9.2%
9
10.8%
31
11.1%
1
10.2%
56
Several times a year 9.7%
15
14.3%
14
9.4%
27
11.1%
1
10.4%
57
Once a year or less 12.3%
19
13.3%
13
10.8%
31
22.2%
2
11.9%
65
Never 28.6%
44
20.4%
20
26.5%
76
11.1%
1
25.7%
141
TOTAL 100.0%
154
100.0%
98
100.0%
287
100.0%
9

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