Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q14ENTER When you read the Bible—whether on your own or as part of a group—to what extent do you read it for entertainment?   1) Always   2) Often   3) Sometimes   4) Rarely   5) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	6	1.3%	1.3%	-3.57
Often	14	3%	4.3%	-2.47
Sometimes	70	15.1%	19.4%	-1.37
Rarely	145	31.3%	50.6%	-.27
Never	229	49.4%	100%	.83

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Always	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 4	1.3% 2	1.3% 6
Often	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 7	3.8% 6	3.0% 14
Sometimes	24.1% 7	20.6% 14	14.2% 29	12.5% 20	15.2% 70
Rarely	37.9% 11	41.2% 28	32.4% 66	24.4% 39	31.2% 144
Never	34.5% 10	38.2% 26	48.0% 98	58.1% 93	49.2% 227
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 68	100.0% 204	100.0% 160	461

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Always	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	1.2% 5
Often	0.0% 0	3.9% 4	2.6% 5	1.5% 2	2.5% 11
Sometimes	28.6% 2	17.5% 18	14.8% 28	14.2% 19	15.5% 67
Rarely	57.1% 4	28.2% 29	29.1% 55	35.1% 47	31.2% 135
Never	14.3% 1	47.6% 49	53.4% 101	47.8% 64	49.7% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 103	100.0% 189	100.0% 134	433

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always	1.4% 2	1.2% 1	0.9% 2	14.3% 1	1.3% 6
Often	4.8% 7	0.0% 0	3.2% 7	0.0% 0	3.1% 14
Sometimes	18.6% 27	15.7% 13	13.6% 30	0.0% 0	15.4% 70
Rarely	22.1% 32	39.8% 33	33.5% 74	28.6% 2	30.9% 141
Never	53.1% 77	43.4% 36	48.9% 108	57.1% 4	49.3% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 83	100.0% 221	100.0% 7	456

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	1.6% 4	0.9% 2	1.3% 6
Often	4.4% 11	1.4% 3	3.0% 14
Sometimes	15.5% 39	14.6% 31	15.1% 70
Rarely	32.3% 81	29.7% 63	31.1% 144
Never	46.2% 116	53.3% 113	49.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 251	100.0% 212	463

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Always	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	1.1% 2	1.2% 2	1.3% 6
Often	0.0% 0	4.7% 2	6.6% 4	3.7% 7	0.6% 1	3.0% 14
Sometimes	0.0% 0	16.3% 7	16.4% 10	15.3% 29	14.5% 24	15.1% 70
Rarely	33.3% 1	23.3% 10	29.5% 18	31.1% 59	33.7% 56	31.1% 144
Never	66.7% 2	55.8% 24	44.3% 27	48.9% 93	50.0% 83	49.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 43	100.0% 61	100.0% 190	100.0% 166	463