Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q2BSTUDY Please think back over the past twelve months. In general, about how often over this year did you read the Bible or hear the Bible read (excluding during worship services) in connection with a group devoted specifically to Bible study?   1) Never   2) Rarely, but no regular pattern   3) At times, but no regular pattern   4) Once a month or less   5) Once every 2-3 weeks   6) Weekly/almost weekly   7) Daily/almost daily

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	199	35%	35%	-1.09
Rarely, but no regular pattern	54	9.5%	44.5%	-.61
At times, but no regular pattern	71	12.5%	56.9%	-.13
Once a month or less	50	8.8%	65.7%	.35
Once every 2-3 weeks	35	6.2%	71.9%	.84
Weekly/almost weekly	158	27.8%	99.6%	1.32
Daily/almost daily	2	.4%	100%	1.8

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	46.7% 14	34.1% 28	33.5% 79	35.2% 75	34.9% 196
Rarely, but no regular pattern	10.0% 3	8.5% 7	11.4% 27	7.5% 16	9.4% 53
At times, but no regular pattern	13.3% 4	23.2% 19	12.7% 30	8.5% 18	12.7% 71
Once a month or less	3.3% 1	9.8% 8	8.9% 21	9.4% 20	8.9% 50
Once every 2-3 weeks	3.3% 1	2.4% 2	7.6% 18	6.1% 13	6.1% 34
Weekly/almost weekly	23.3% 7	22.0% 18	25.4% 60	32.9% 70	27.6% 155
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 82	100.0% 236	100.0% 213	561

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Never	42.9% 6	33.8% 44	36.3% 81	34.0% 54	35.2% 185
Rarely, but no regular pattern	14.3% 2	6.9% 9	10.3% 23	10.1% 16	9.5% 50
At times, but no regular pattern	0.0% 0	8.5% 11	15.7% 35	14.5% 23	13.1% 69
Once a month or less	7.1% 1	10.8% 14	7.2% 16	10.7% 17	9.1% 48
Once every 2-3 weeks	0.0% 0	8.5% 11	5.8% 13	5.0% 8	6.1% 32
Weekly/almost weekly	35.7% 5	31.5% 41	23.8% 53	25.8% 41	26.6% 140
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 130	100.0% 223	100.0% 159	526

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Never	37.6% 67	35.0% 35	32.7% 87	50.0% 5	35.0% 194
Rarely, but no regular pattern	9.6% 17	7.0% 7	10.9% 29	0.0% 0	9.6% 53
At times, but no regular pattern	10.7% 19	16.0% 16	12.8% 34	10.0% 1	12.6% 70
Once a month or less	11.8% 21	10.0% 10	6.4% 17	0.0% 0	8.7% 48
Once every 2-3 weeks	4.5% 8	8.0% 8	6.8% 18	10.0% 1	6.3% 35
Weekly/almost weekly	25.8% 46	23.0% 23	30.1% 80	30.0% 3	27.4% 152
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 100	100.0% 266	100.0% 10	554

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	34.0% 104	36.2% 93	35.0% 197
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.5% 26	10.5% 27	9.4% 53
At times, but no regular pattern	14.1% 43	10.9% 28	12.6% 71
Once a month or less	8.8% 27	8.9% 23	8.9% 50
Once every 2-3 weeks	6.5% 20	5.4% 14	6.0% 34
Weekly/almost weekly	27.5% 84	28.0% 72	27.7% 156
Daily/almost daily	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 257	563

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Never	66.7% 2	50.0% 27	30.2% 26	31.9% 74	36.0% 68	34.9% 197
Rarely, but no regular pattern	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	9.3% 8	10.3% 24	10.6% 20	9.4% 53
At times, but no regular pattern	0.0% 0	16.7% 9	12.8% 11	12.9% 30	11.1% 21	12.6% 71
Once a month or less	33.3% 1	5.6% 3	7.0% 6	10.8% 25	7.9% 15	8.9% 50
Once every 2-3 weeks	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	5.8% 5	7.3% 17	6.3% 12	6.2% 35
Weekly/almost weekly	0.0% 0	24.1% 13	34.9% 30	26.3% 61	27.5% 52	27.7% 156
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 54	100.0% 86	100.0% 232	100.0% 189	564