Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q1OWN Please take a few moments to think back over the last week. In that period of seven days—and that period only—how often did you read the Bible or hear the Bible read (excluding during worship services) on your own?   1) Never   2) Once or twice   3) A few times   4) Often, but not daily   5) At least daily

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	174	30.2%	30.2%	-1.11
Once or twice	148	25.6%	55.8%	-.44
A few times	58	10.1%	65.9%	.23
Often, but not daily	97	16.8%	82.7%	.91
At least daily	100	17.3%	100%	1.58

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	36.7% 11	41.3% 33	29.0% 70	27.1% 59	30.4% 173
Once or twice	30.0% 9	22.5% 18	28.2% 68	23.4% 51	25.7% 146
A few times	10.0% 3	3.8% 3	10.4% 25	11.9% 26	10.0% 57
Often, but not daily	13.3% 4	21.3% 17	17.8% 43	15.1% 33	17.0% 97
At least daily	10.0% 3	11.3% 9	14.5% 35	22.5% 49	16.9% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 80	100.0% 241	100.0% 218	569

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Never	20.0% 3	22.1% 29	35.2% 80	34.6% 55	31.4% 167
Once or twice	20.0% 3	24.4% 32	25.6% 58	28.3% 45	25.9% 138
A few times	13.3% 2	11.5% 15	8.8% 20	7.5% 12	9.2% 49
Often, but not daily	26.7% 4	19.1% 25	16.3% 37	15.1% 24	16.9% 90
At least daily	20.0% 3	22.9% 30	14.1% 32	14.5% 23	16.5% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 131	100.0% 227	100.0% 159	532

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Never	34.6% 62	30.1% 31	27.4% 74	40.0% 4	30.4% 171
Once or twice	26.3% 47	29.1% 30	24.8% 67	10.0% 1	25.8% 145
A few times	7.8% 14	7.8% 8	11.9% 32	30.0% 3	10.1% 57
Often, but not daily	14.5% 26	15.5% 16	18.5% 50	0.0% 0	16.4% 92
At least daily	16.8% 30	17.5% 18	17.4% 47	20.0% 2	17.3% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 103	100.0% 270	100.0% 10	562

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	29.0% 90	31.8% 83	30.3% 173
Once or twice	22.6% 70	29.1% 76	25.6% 146
A few times	11.3% 35	8.4% 22	10.0% 57
Often, but not daily	17.1% 53	16.9% 44	17.0% 97
At least daily	20.0% 62	13.8% 36	17.2% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 310	100.0% 261	571

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Never	33.3% 1	31.5% 17	20.7% 18	31.0% 74	33.3% 63	30.2% 173
Once or twice	33.3% 1	24.1% 13	21.8% 19	25.5% 61	28.0% 53	25.7% 147
A few times	0.0% 0	14.8% 8	14.9% 13	9.2% 22	7.4% 14	10.0% 57
Often, but not daily	33.3% 1	16.7% 9	19.5% 17	17.6% 42	14.8% 28	17.0% 97
At least daily	0.0% 0	13.0% 7	23.0% 20	16.7% 40	16.4% 31	17.1% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 54	100.0% 87	100.0% 239	100.0% 189	572