Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q1GROUP 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 another church-based class or group (e.g., prayer group, church school class, women's circle, session meeting, etc.)?   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	305	53.8%	53.8%	-.76
Once or twice	187	33%	86.8%	.4
A few times	42	7.4%	94.2%	1.57
Often, but not daily	32	5.6%	99.8%	2.73
At least daily	1	.2%	100%	3.9

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	63.3% 19	62.2% 51	54.3% 127	49.3% 105	54.0% 302
Once or twice	36.7% 11	29.3% 24	32.9% 77	34.3% 73	33.1% 185
A few times	0.0% 0	8.5% 7	6.8% 16	8.9% 19	7.5% 42
Often, but not daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 14	7.0% 15	5.2% 29
At least daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 82	100.0% 234	100.0% 213	559

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Never	46.7% 7	48.5% 63	52.3% 116	60.5% 95	53.6% 281
Once or twice	40.0% 6	33.8% 44	35.6% 79	30.6% 48	33.8% 177
A few times	0.0% 0	5.4% 7	8.6% 19	7.0% 11	7.1% 37
Often, but not daily	6.7% 1	12.3% 16	3.6% 8	1.9% 3	5.3% 28
At least daily	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 130	100.0% 222	100.0% 157	524

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Never	56.0% 98	59.4% 60	50.2% 133	54.5% 6	53.8% 297
Once or twice	34.3% 60	33.7% 34	32.5% 86	36.4% 4	33.3% 184
A few times	6.3% 11	2.0% 2	9.8% 26	9.1% 1	7.2% 40
Often, but not daily	3.4% 6	5.0% 5	7.2% 19	0.0% 0	5.4% 30
At least daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 101	100.0% 265	100.0% 11	552

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	51.6% 157	56.8% 146	54.0% 303
Once or twice	32.6% 99	33.5% 86	33.0% 185
A few times	8.6% 26	6.2% 16	7.5% 42
Often, but not daily	6.9% 21	3.5% 9	5.3% 30
At least daily	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 304	100.0% 257	561

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Never	33.3% 1	46.3% 25	45.9% 39	58.3% 137	54.6% 101	53.9% 303
Once or twice	0.0% 0	31.5% 17	38.8% 33	28.5% 67	36.8% 68	32.9% 185
A few times	33.3% 1	11.1% 6	7.1% 6	7.2% 17	6.5% 12	7.5% 42
Often, but not daily	33.3% 1	9.3% 5	8.2% 7	6.0% 14	2.2% 4	5.5% 31
At least daily	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 54	100.0% 85	100.0% 235	100.0% 185	562