Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q1FAMILY 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) with family?   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	392	72.5%	72.5%	-.52
Once or twice	93	17.2%	89.6%	.66
A few times	30	5.5%	95.2%	1.83
Often, but not daily	19	3.5%	98.7%	3.01
At least daily	7	1.3%	100%	4.18

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	76.7% 23	65.4% 53	77.3% 174	69.0% 136	72.4% 386
Once or twice	16.7% 5	25.9% 21	14.2% 32	17.3% 34	17.3% 92
A few times	6.7% 2	2.5% 2	4.9% 11	7.1% 14	5.4% 29
Often, but not daily	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	2.7% 6	4.6% 9	3.6% 19
At least daily	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.9% 2	2.0% 4	1.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 81	100.0% 225	100.0% 197	533

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Never	75.0% 9	64.7% 77	76.0% 165	71.4% 110	71.9% 361
Once or twice	8.3% 1	23.5% 28	14.3% 31	18.8% 29	17.7% 89
A few times	8.3% 1	5.9% 7	6.5% 14	3.9% 6	5.6% 28
Often, but not daily	8.3% 1	4.2% 5	2.3% 5	4.5% 7	3.6% 18
At least daily	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	0.9% 2	1.3% 2	1.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 119	100.0% 217	100.0% 154	502

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Never	78.1% 132	73.0% 73	68.0% 168	80.0% 8	72.4% 381
Once or twice	14.2% 24	17.0% 17	19.8% 49	10.0% 1	17.3% 91
A few times	6.5% 11	5.0% 5	4.9% 12	10.0% 1	5.5% 29
Often, but not daily	0.6% 1	5.0% 5	4.9% 12	0.0% 0	3.4% 18
At least daily	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 6	0.0% 0	1.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 100	100.0% 247	100.0% 10	526

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	78.2% 223	65.6% 164	72.3% 387
Once or twice	14.4% 41	20.8% 52	17.4% 93
A few times	3.5% 10	7.6% 19	5.4% 29
Often, but not daily	2.8% 8	4.4% 11	3.6% 19
At least daily	1.1% 3	1.6% 4	1.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 250	535

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Never	50.0% 1	75.5% 37	67.5% 54	69.8% 157	77.2% 139	72.4% 388
Once or twice	50.0% 1	12.2% 6	25.0% 20	18.7% 42	13.3% 24	17.4% 93
A few times	0.0% 0	12.2% 6	3.8% 3	5.3% 12	4.4% 8	5.4% 29
Often, but not daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 3	4.4% 10	3.3% 6	3.5% 19
At least daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 4	1.7% 3	1.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 49	100.0% 80	100.0% 225	100.0% 180	536