Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q1BSTUDY 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) in connection with a group devoted specifically to Bible study?   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	384	68.8%	68.8%	-.56
Once or twice	118	21.1%	90%	.6
A few times	23	4.1%	94.1%	1.77
Often, but not daily	28	5%	99.1%	2.93
At least daily	5	.9%	100%	4.09

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	73.3% 22	75.3% 61	72.8% 169	62.3% 129	69.3% 381
Once or twice	16.7% 5	16.0% 13	18.1% 42	26.1% 54	20.7% 114
A few times	6.7% 2	3.7% 3	3.9% 9	4.3% 9	4.2% 23
Often, but not daily	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	4.3% 10	6.3% 13	4.9% 27
At least daily	3.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.0% 2	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 81	100.0% 232	100.0% 207	550

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Never	71.4% 10	63.0% 80	69.9% 153	73.7% 115	69.4% 358
Once or twice	14.3% 2	23.6% 30	21.0% 46	17.3% 27	20.3% 105
A few times	7.1% 1	4.7% 6	4.6% 10	3.2% 5	4.3% 22
Often, but not daily	7.1% 1	7.9% 10	3.7% 8	4.5% 7	5.0% 26
At least daily	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.9% 2	1.3% 2	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 127	100.0% 219	100.0% 156	516

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Never	71.5% 123	70.3% 71	66.2% 172	80.0% 8	68.9% 374
Once or twice	20.9% 36	19.8% 20	21.9% 57	10.0% 1	21.0% 114
A few times	4.1% 7	5.9% 6	3.5% 9	10.0% 1	4.2% 23
Often, but not daily	2.3% 4	3.0% 3	7.7% 20	0.0% 0	5.0% 27
At least daily	1.2% 2	1.0% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 101	100.0% 260	100.0% 10	543

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	71.5% 213	66.9% 170	69.4% 383
Once or twice	18.8% 56	22.8% 58	20.7% 114
A few times	4.0% 12	4.3% 11	4.2% 23
Often, but not daily	4.7% 14	5.1% 13	4.9% 27
At least daily	1.0% 3	0.8% 2	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 254	552

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Never	66.7% 2	65.4% 34	62.7% 52	71.5% 163	70.6% 132	69.3% 383
Once or twice	33.3% 1	23.1% 12	21.7% 18	17.5% 40	23.0% 43	20.6% 114
A few times	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	4.8% 4	5.3% 12	3.2% 6	4.2% 23
Often, but not daily	0.0% 0	7.7% 4	9.6% 8	4.8% 11	2.7% 5	5.1% 28
At least daily	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	1.2% 1	0.9% 2	0.5% 1	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 52	100.0% 83	100.0% 228	100.0% 187	553