Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q9CONT Which response below do you think comes closest to describing the content of your individual Bible reading and study over the past year?   1) I have read entirely from the Old Testament   2) I have read mostly from the Old Testament   3) I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments   4) I have read mostly from the New Testament   5) I have read entirely from the New Testament

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I have read entirely from the Old Testament	2	.5%	.5%	-3.92
I have read mostly from the Old Testament	14	3.6%	4.1%	-2.21
I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments	246	63.6%	67.7%	-.5
I have read mostly from the New Testament	119	30.7%	98.4%	1.21
I have read entirely from the New Testament	6	1.6%	100%	2.92

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
I have read entirely from the Old Testament	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	0.5% 2
I have read mostly from the Old Testament	4.8% 1	1.9% 1	4.5% 7	3.3% 5	3.7% 14
I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments	38.1% 8	58.5% 31	67.7% 105	65.1% 99	63.8% 243
I have read mostly from the New Testament	57.1% 12	37.7% 20	26.5% 41	28.3% 43	30.4% 116
I have read entirely from the New Testament	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.6% 1	2.6% 4	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 53	100.0% 155	100.0% 152	381

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
I have read entirely from the Old Testament	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
I have read mostly from the Old Testament	0.0% 0	6.3% 6	4.1% 6	0.9% 1	3.6% 13
I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments	50.0% 5	65.3% 62	66.4% 97	60.4% 64	63.9% 228
I have read mostly from the New Testament	50.0% 5	25.3% 24	27.4% 40	37.7% 40	30.5% 109
I have read entirely from the New Testament	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	1.4% 2	0.9% 1	1.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 95	100.0% 146	100.0% 106	357

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
I have read entirely from the Old Testament	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
I have read mostly from the Old Testament	4.2% 5	5.7% 4	2.2% 4	16.7% 1	3.7% 14
I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments	58.8% 70	65.7% 46	65.2% 118	83.3% 5	63.6% 239
I have read mostly from the New Testament	35.3% 42	27.1% 19	30.4% 55	0.0% 0	30.9% 116
I have read entirely from the New Testament	1.7% 2	1.4% 1	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 70	100.0% 181	100.0% 6	376

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I have read entirely from the Old Testament	0.5% 1	0.6% 1	0.5% 2
I have read mostly from the Old Testament	3.3% 7	4.2% 7	3.7% 14
I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments	70.2% 151	56.0% 94	64.0% 245
I have read mostly from the New Testament	25.1% 54	36.9% 62	30.3% 116
I have read entirely from the New Testament	0.9% 2	2.4% 4	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 215	100.0% 168	383

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
I have read entirely from the Old Testament	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.5% 2
I have read mostly from the Old Testament	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	5.3% 3	3.7% 6	3.1% 4	3.6% 14
I have read about equally from both the Old and New Testaments	100.0% 1	59.5% 22	68.4% 39	62.3% 101	64.6% 82	63.8% 245
I have read mostly from the New Testament	0.0% 0	29.7% 11	26.3% 15	32.7% 53	29.9% 38	30.5% 117
I have read entirely from the New Testament	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	1.6% 2	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 37	100.0% 57	100.0% 162	100.0% 127	384