Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q19BIBLE How often are the sermons in your congregation based on preaching through a book of the Bible?   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	40	7.7%	7.7%	-1.7
Often	117	22.4%	30.1%	-.97
Sometimes	150	28.7%	58.8%	-.24
Rarely	103	19.7%	78.5%	.49
Never	72	13.8%	92.3%	1.23
Don't know	40	7.7%	100%	1.96

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Always	3.4% 1	2.7% 2	7.1% 16	11.1% 21	7.7% 40
Often	24.1% 7	22.7% 17	21.8% 49	22.8% 43	22.4% 116
Sometimes	27.6% 8	32.0% 24	32.0% 72	23.8% 45	28.8% 149
Rarely	13.8% 4	18.7% 14	19.6% 44	20.6% 39	19.5% 101
Never	17.2% 5	10.7% 8	12.9% 29	15.9% 30	13.9% 72
Don't know	13.8% 4	13.3% 10	6.7% 15	5.8% 11	7.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 75	100.0% 225	100.0% 189	518

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Always	33.3% 4	8.6% 10	8.6% 18	3.4% 5	7.6% 37
Often	25.0% 3	25.0% 29	23.3% 49	20.1% 30	22.8% 111
Sometimes	8.3% 1	25.9% 30	26.2% 55	34.9% 52	28.3% 138
Rarely	8.3% 1	22.4% 26	20.0% 42	17.4% 26	19.5% 95
Never	16.7% 2	11.2% 13	15.2% 32	16.1% 24	14.6% 71
Don't know	8.3% 1	6.9% 8	6.7% 14	8.1% 12	7.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 116	100.0% 210	100.0% 149	487

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always	7.2% 12	3.4% 3	9.3% 23	0.0% 0	7.4% 38
Often	20.5% 34	24.1% 21	23.0% 57	30.0% 3	22.5% 115
Sometimes	31.3% 52	27.6% 24	26.6% 66	40.0% 4	28.6% 146
Rarely	16.3% 27	21.8% 19	21.8% 54	10.0% 1	19.8% 101
Never	16.3% 27	12.6% 11	13.7% 34	0.0% 0	14.1% 72
Don't know	8.4% 14	10.3% 9	5.6% 14	20.0% 2	7.6% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 87	100.0% 248	100.0% 10	511

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	6.3% 17	9.3% 23	7.7% 40
Often	20.6% 56	24.3% 60	22.4% 116
Sometimes	31.3% 85	26.3% 65	28.9% 150
Rarely	20.6% 56	18.2% 45	19.5% 101
Never	13.2% 36	14.6% 36	13.9% 72
Don't know	8.1% 22	7.3% 18	7.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 247	519

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Always	33.3% 1	10.9% 5	11.8% 9	6.5% 14	6.1% 11	7.7% 40
Often	33.3% 1	26.1% 12	28.9% 22	20.9% 45	20.6% 37	22.5% 117
Sometimes	33.3% 1	28.3% 13	27.6% 21	31.6% 68	26.1% 47	28.8% 150
Rarely	0.0% 0	17.4% 8	15.8% 12	19.5% 42	21.7% 39	19.4% 101
Never	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	9.2% 7	12.6% 27	19.4% 35	13.8% 72
Don't know	0.0% 0	10.9% 5	6.6% 5	8.8% 19	6.1% 11	7.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 46	100.0% 76	100.0% 215	100.0% 180	520