Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q14INFO When you read the Bible—whether on your own or as part of a group—to what extent do you read it for information?   1) Always   2) Often   3) Sometimes   4) Rarely   5) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	126	24.1%	24.1%	-1.29
Often	209	40%	64.1%	-.23
Sometimes	149	28.5%	92.5%	.84
Rarely	28	5.4%	97.9%	1.9
Never	11	2.1%	100%	2.96

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Always	21.4% 6	18.9% 14	19.7% 43	30.5% 60	23.8% 123
Often	39.3% 11	47.3% 35	37.6% 82	40.6% 80	40.2% 208
Sometimes	32.1% 9	27.0% 20	32.6% 71	23.9% 47	28.4% 147
Rarely	0.0% 0	5.4% 4	7.8% 17	3.6% 7	5.4% 28
Never	7.1% 2	1.4% 1	2.3% 5	1.5% 3	2.1% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 74	100.0% 218	100.0% 197	517

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Always	33.3% 4	35.8% 44	21.1% 43	14.5% 21	23.1% 112
Often	41.7% 5	37.4% 46	38.2% 78	44.1% 64	39.9% 193
Sometimes	25.0% 3	24.4% 30	28.4% 58	34.5% 50	29.1% 141
Rarely	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	8.3% 17	4.8% 7	5.6% 27
Never	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 8	2.1% 3	2.3% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 123	100.0% 204	100.0% 145	484

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always	22.6% 37	15.2% 14	27.1% 67	62.5% 5	24.1% 123
Often	37.8% 62	45.7% 42	39.7% 98	37.5% 3	40.1% 205
Sometimes	28.7% 47	31.5% 29	27.5% 68	0.0% 0	28.2% 144
Rarely	6.7% 11	6.5% 6	4.5% 11	0.0% 0	5.5% 28
Never	4.3% 7	1.1% 1	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 92	100.0% 247	100.0% 8	511

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	26.8% 77	20.3% 47	23.9% 124
Often	40.4% 116	39.7% 92	40.1% 208
Sometimes	28.6% 82	28.4% 66	28.5% 148
Rarely	3.5% 10	7.8% 18	5.4% 28
Never	0.7% 2	3.9% 9	2.1% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 232	519

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Always	0.0% 0	32.0% 16	30.3% 23	21.6% 46	22.5% 40	24.0% 125
Often	33.3% 1	34.0% 17	43.4% 33	36.6% 78	44.4% 79	40.0% 208
Sometimes	66.7% 2	32.0% 16	18.4% 14	31.5% 67	27.5% 49	28.5% 148
Rarely	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	5.3% 4	8.0% 17	3.4% 6	5.4% 28
Never	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	2.3% 5	2.2% 4	2.1% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 50	100.0% 76	100.0% 213	100.0% 178	520