Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q15MEAN When the Bible was read during the most recent worship service you attended in your congregation, did the reader provide a brief introduction to the meaning of the text?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don't remember

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	328	58.6%	58.6%	-.78
No	194	34.6%	93.2%	.83
Don't remember	38	6.8%	100%	2.44

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	69.0% 20	62.8% 49	58.4% 139	55.3% 115	58.4% 323
No	27.6% 8	29.5% 23	33.2% 79	39.4% 82	34.7% 192
Don't remember	3.4% 1	7.7% 6	8.4% 20	5.3% 11	6.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 78	100.0% 238	100.0% 208	553

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Yes	61.5% 8	58.3% 74	56.0% 122	59.7% 95	57.8% 299
No	23.1% 3	33.9% 43	38.5% 84	32.7% 52	35.2% 182
Don't remember	15.4% 2	7.9% 10	5.5% 12	7.5% 12	7.0% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 127	100.0% 218	100.0% 159	517

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	58.9% 103	53.9% 55	59.2% 154	50.0% 5	58.0% 317
No	33.7% 59	35.3% 36	35.8% 93	40.0% 4	35.1% 192
Don't remember	7.4% 13	10.8% 11	5.0% 13	10.0% 1	6.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 102	100.0% 260	100.0% 10	547

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	56.9% 173	60.2% 151	58.4% 324
No	35.2% 107	34.3% 86	34.8% 193
Don't remember	7.9% 24	5.6% 14	6.8% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 304	100.0% 251	555

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Yes	100.0% 3	66.0% 33	63.9% 53	60.2% 139	51.3% 97	58.5% 325
No	0.0% 0	32.0% 16	25.3% 21	33.8% 78	41.3% 78	34.7% 193
Don't remember	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	10.8% 9	6.1% 14	7.4% 14	6.8% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 50	100.0% 83	100.0% 231	100.0% 189	556