Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q7SERMON Continue to recall your individual Bible reading or study over the past year. To what extent was that reading and study part of your preparation for a sermon?   1) Very often   2) Often   3) Sometimes   4) Rarely   5) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	6	1.8%	1.8%	-4.69
Often	6	1.8%	3.6%	-3.42
Sometimes	14	4.2%	7.8%	-2.15
Rarely	33	9.9%	17.6%	-.88
Never	276	82.4%	100%	.39

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very often	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	1.6% 2	1.8% 6
Often	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	2.9% 4	0.8% 1	1.8% 6
Sometimes	0.0% 0	4.0% 2	5.0% 7	4.1% 5	4.2% 14
Rarely	20.0% 4	10.0% 5	9.4% 13	9.0% 11	10.0% 33
Never	70.0% 14	84.0% 42	81.3% 113	84.4% 103	82.2% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 50	100.0% 139	100.0% 122	331

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very often	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 6
Often	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.3% 3	1.0% 1	1.6% 5
Sometimes	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.9% 9	4.1% 4	4.2% 13
Rarely	0.0% 0	6.5% 5	11.5% 15	11.2% 11	10.0% 31
Never	100.0% 6	88.3% 68	76.9% 100	83.7% 82	82.3% 256
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 77	100.0% 130	100.0% 98	311

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Very often	2.0% 2	1.6% 1	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 6
Often	2.0% 2	1.6% 1	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 6
Sometimes	2.0% 2	4.8% 3	5.1% 8	0.0% 0	4.0% 13
Rarely	7.0% 7	15.9% 10	10.1% 16	0.0% 0	10.1% 33
Never	87.0% 87	76.2% 48	81.0% 128	100.0% 6	82.3% 269
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 63	100.0% 158	100.0% 6	327

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very often	1.7% 3	1.9% 3	1.8% 6
Often	1.7% 3	1.9% 3	1.8% 6
Sometimes	2.8% 5	5.8% 9	4.2% 14
Rarely	7.3% 13	13.0% 20	9.9% 33
Never	86.6% 155	77.3% 119	82.3% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 154	333

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Very often	0.0% 0	6.9% 2	1.9% 1	1.5% 2	0.9% 1	1.8% 6
Often	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	1.9% 1	1.5% 2	1.7% 2	1.8% 6
Sometimes	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 5	7.0% 8	4.2% 14
Rarely	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	13.2% 7	11.8% 16	7.8% 9	9.9% 33
Never	100.0% 1	82.8% 24	83.0% 44	81.6% 111	82.6% 95	82.3% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 29	100.0% 53	100.0% 136	100.0% 115	334