Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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Q2GROUP 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 another church-based class or group (e.g., prayer group, church school class, women's circle, session meeting, etc.)?   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	121	21.1%	21.1%	-1.47
Rarely, but no regular pattern	48	8.4%	29.4%	-.93
At times, but no regular pattern	65	11.3%	40.8%	-.4
Once a month or less	117	20.4%	61.1%	.13
Once every 2-3 weeks	66	11.5%	72.6%	.66
Weekly/almost weekly	154	26.8%	99.5%	1.2
Daily/almost daily	3	.5%	100%	1.73

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Gender Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	23.3% 7	22.0% 18	18.8% 45	22.9% 49	21.0% 119
Rarely, but no regular pattern	10.0% 3	14.6% 12	7.9% 19	6.5% 14	8.5% 48
At times, but no regular pattern	10.0% 3	15.9% 13	11.3% 27	10.3% 22	11.5% 65
Once a month or less	16.7% 5	19.5% 16	20.4% 49	22.0% 47	20.7% 117
Once every 2-3 weeks	20.0% 6	11.0% 9	11.3% 27	9.8% 21	11.1% 63
Weekly/almost weekly	20.0% 6	17.1% 14	29.6% 71	28.0% 60	26.7% 151
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 82	100.0% 240	100.0% 214	566

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Never	21.4% 3	19.8% 26	19.5% 44	23.1% 37	20.7% 110
Rarely, but no regular pattern	14.3% 2	10.7% 14	7.1% 16	8.8% 14	8.7% 46
At times, but no regular pattern	21.4% 3	9.2% 12	12.4% 28	9.4% 15	10.9% 58
Once a month or less	7.1% 1	22.9% 30	21.7% 49	16.9% 27	20.2% 107
Once every 2-3 weeks	0.0% 0	9.9% 13	13.3% 30	11.9% 19	11.7% 62
Weekly/almost weekly	28.6% 4	27.5% 36	25.7% 58	29.4% 47	27.3% 145
Daily/almost daily	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 131	100.0% 226	100.0% 160	531

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Never	19.4% 35	22.0% 22	21.6% 58	18.2% 2	20.9% 117
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.9% 16	7.0% 7	9.0% 24	9.1% 1	8.6% 48
At times, but no regular pattern	11.1% 20	13.0% 13	10.4% 28	18.2% 2	11.3% 63
Once a month or less	23.3% 42	22.0% 22	18.3% 49	18.2% 2	20.6% 115
Once every 2-3 weeks	12.8% 23	12.0% 12	9.7% 26	18.2% 2	11.3% 63
Weekly/almost weekly	23.3% 42	23.0% 23	31.0% 83	18.2% 2	26.8% 150
Daily/almost daily	1.1% 2	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 100	100.0% 268	100.0% 11	559

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	15.3% 48	28.2% 72	21.1% 120
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.3% 26	8.6% 22	8.5% 48
At times, but no regular pattern	11.5% 36	11.4% 29	11.4% 65
Once a month or less	25.6% 80	14.5% 37	20.6% 117
Once every 2-3 weeks	12.1% 38	9.8% 25	11.1% 63
Weekly/almost weekly	26.2% 82	27.5% 70	26.8% 152
Daily/almost daily	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 255	568

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Never	50.0% 1	22.2% 12	16.3% 14	21.3% 50	22.4% 43	21.1% 120
Rarely, but no regular pattern	0.0% 0	9.3% 5	7.0% 6	9.4% 22	7.8% 15	8.4% 48
At times, but no regular pattern	0.0% 0	11.1% 6	17.4% 15	11.9% 28	8.3% 16	11.4% 65
Once a month or less	0.0% 0	22.2% 12	19.8% 17	20.4% 48	20.8% 40	20.6% 117
Once every 2-3 weeks	0.0% 0	11.1% 6	9.3% 8	9.4% 22	14.6% 28	11.2% 64
Weekly/almost weekly	50.0% 1	24.1% 13	30.2% 26	27.7% 65	24.5% 47	26.7% 152
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 54	100.0% 86	100.0% 235	100.0% 192	569