Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q19SUND How often are the sermons in your congregation based on the lectionary reading for that Sunday?   1) Always   2) Often   3) Sometimes   4) Rarely   5) Never   6) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	125	22.6%	22.6%	-1.05
Often	205	37.1%	59.8%	-.48
Sometimes	74	13.4%	73.2%	.09
Rarely	26	4.7%	77.9%	.66
Never	25	4.5%	82.4%	1.23
Don't know	97	17.6%	100%	1.8

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Always	20.7% 6	17.3% 14	24.1% 56	23.5% 48	22.7% 124
Often	37.9% 11	40.7% 33	41.8% 97	30.9% 63	37.4% 204
Sometimes	10.3% 3	14.8% 12	8.2% 19	18.1% 37	13.0% 71
Rarely	3.4% 1	2.5% 2	4.3% 10	6.4% 13	4.8% 26
Never	3.4% 1	2.5% 2	5.2% 12	4.9% 10	4.6% 25
Don't know	24.1% 7	22.2% 18	16.4% 38	16.2% 33	17.6% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 81	100.0% 232	100.0% 204	546

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Always	23.1% 3	29.9% 38	23.2% 51	16.8% 26	22.9% 118
Often	46.2% 6	29.1% 37	36.8% 81	45.2% 70	37.7% 194
Sometimes	7.7% 1	15.7% 20	13.2% 29	11.0% 17	13.0% 67
Rarely	0.0% 0	6.3% 8	5.5% 12	3.2% 5	4.9% 25
Never	15.4% 2	3.1% 4	3.6% 8	6.5% 10	4.7% 24
Don't know	7.7% 1	15.7% 20	17.7% 39	17.4% 27	16.9% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 127	100.0% 220	100.0% 155	515

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always	27.3% 47	19.0% 19	23.1% 59	0.0% 0	23.2% 125
Often	39.5% 68	42.0% 42	33.7% 86	27.3% 3	37.0% 199
Sometimes	11.6% 20	8.0% 8	14.9% 38	27.3% 3	12.8% 69
Rarely	1.7% 3	5.0% 5	6.7% 17	9.1% 1	4.8% 26
Never	4.1% 7	5.0% 5	4.7% 12	9.1% 1	4.6% 25
Don't know	15.7% 27	21.0% 21	16.9% 43	27.3% 3	17.5% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 100	100.0% 255	100.0% 11	538

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	25.6% 76	19.2% 48	22.7% 124
Often	39.1% 116	35.2% 88	37.3% 204
Sometimes	11.4% 34	15.2% 38	13.2% 72
Rarely	3.4% 10	6.4% 16	4.8% 26
Never	3.4% 10	6.0% 15	4.6% 25
Don't know	17.2% 51	18.0% 45	17.6% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 250	547

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Always	33.3% 1	30.0% 15	25.3% 20	21.3% 49	21.5% 40	22.8% 125
Often	33.3% 1	40.0% 20	34.2% 27	36.5% 84	38.7% 72	37.2% 204
Sometimes	33.3% 1	8.0% 4	12.7% 10	13.9% 32	13.4% 25	13.1% 72
Rarely	0.0% 0	4.0% 2	6.3% 5	4.3% 10	4.8% 9	4.7% 26
Never	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	2.5% 2	3.0% 7	8.1% 15	4.6% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	16.0% 8	19.0% 15	20.9% 48	13.4% 25	17.5% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 50	100.0% 79	100.0% 230	100.0% 186	548