Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q19THEME How often are the sermons in your congregation based on themes or topical issues (e.g., Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, a contemporary problem, etc.)?   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	25	4.6%	4.6%	-1.74
Often	156	28.9%	33.6%	-.89
Sometimes	224	41.6%	75.1%	-.03
Rarely	75	13.9%	89.1%	.82
Never	25	4.6%	93.7%	1.68
Don't know	34	6.3%	100%	2.53

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Always	3.4% 1	2.6% 2	3.9% 9	6.1% 12	4.5% 24
Often	37.9% 11	26.0% 20	30.7% 71	26.0% 51	28.7% 153
Sometimes	31.0% 9	49.4% 38	38.1% 88	44.4% 87	41.7% 222
Rarely	13.8% 4	11.7% 9	15.2% 35	13.8% 27	14.1% 75
Never	3.4% 1	2.6% 2	6.5% 15	3.6% 7	4.7% 25
Don't know	10.3% 3	7.8% 6	5.6% 13	6.1% 12	6.4% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 77	100.0% 231	100.0% 196	533

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Always	21.4% 3	5.8% 7	4.2% 9	2.0% 3	4.4% 22
Often	14.3% 2	25.6% 31	29.9% 64	28.5% 43	28.0% 140
Sometimes	50.0% 7	41.3% 50	38.8% 83	46.4% 70	42.0% 210
Rarely	7.1% 1	15.7% 19	16.8% 36	10.6% 16	14.4% 72
Never	0.0% 0	3.3% 4	5.1% 11	6.6% 10	5.0% 25
Don't know	7.1% 1	8.3% 10	5.1% 11	6.0% 9	6.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 121	100.0% 214	100.0% 151	500

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always	6.6% 11	4.3% 4	3.9% 10	0.0% 0	4.8% 25
Often	25.7% 43	25.5% 24	30.7% 78	60.0% 6	28.8% 151
Sometimes	40.7% 68	43.6% 41	40.9% 104	40.0% 4	41.3% 217
Rarely	15.6% 26	13.8% 13	14.2% 36	0.0% 0	14.3% 75
Never	6.6% 11	2.1% 2	4.3% 11	0.0% 0	4.6% 24
Don't know	4.8% 8	10.6% 10	5.9% 15	0.0% 0	6.3% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 94	100.0% 254	100.0% 10	525

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	5.2% 15	3.7% 9	4.5% 24
Often	29.8% 86	27.3% 67	28.7% 153
Sometimes	39.8% 115	44.1% 108	41.8% 223
Rarely	13.1% 38	15.1% 37	14.0% 75
Never	5.5% 16	3.7% 9	4.7% 25
Don't know	6.6% 19	6.1% 15	6.4% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 289	100.0% 245	534

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Always	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	6.3% 5	3.6% 8	5.5% 10	4.7% 25
Often	0.0% 0	19.1% 9	29.1% 23	31.3% 70	28.0% 51	28.6% 153
Sometimes	100.0% 3	48.9% 23	38.0% 30	42.4% 95	39.6% 72	41.7% 223
Rarely	0.0% 0	10.6% 5	16.5% 13	12.9% 29	15.4% 28	14.0% 75
Never	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	5.1% 4	3.6% 8	6.6% 12	4.7% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	14.9% 7	5.1% 4	6.3% 14	4.9% 9	6.4% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 47	100.0% 79	100.0% 224	100.0% 182	535