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NRSHDVTN In your spiritual life, how helpful have you found the following in nourishing your relationship with God? -- Devotional magazines such as These Days   1) Very helpful   2) Helpful   3) Somewhat helpful   4) Not helpful

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very helpful	285	10.6%	10.6%	-1.98
Helpful	520	19.4%	30%	-.99
Somewhat helpful	796	29.6%	59.6%	0
Not helpful	1085	40.4%	100%	.99

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Political party Region Race Sex Type of respondent

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very helpful	10.0% 224	13.5% 55	10.6% 279
Helpful	18.8% 418	22.1% 90	19.3% 508
Somewhat helpful	30.5% 679	26.3% 107	29.8% 786
Not helpful	40.7% 908	38.1% 155	40.3% 1063
TOTAL	100.0% 2229	100.0% 407	2636

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Very helpful	9.4% 96	10.1% 53	11.7% 123	7.1% 3	10.4% 275
Helpful	17.9% 184	17.5% 92	21.9% 231	14.3% 6	19.4% 513
Somewhat helpful	31.0% 318	30.8% 162	27.7% 292	33.3% 14	29.7% 786
Not helpful	41.7% 428	41.6% 219	38.7% 407	45.2% 19	40.5% 1073
TOTAL	100.0% 1026	100.0% 526	100.0% 1053	100.0% 42	2647

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very helpful	10.2% 97	9.9% 44	13.3% 77	9.5% 67	10.6% 285
Helpful	19.5% 185	20.2% 90	17.2% 100	20.5% 145	19.4% 520
Somewhat helpful	29.1% 276	26.3% 117	31.8% 185	30.6% 216	29.6% 794
Not helpful	41.1% 389	43.6% 194	37.7% 219	39.4% 278	40.3% 1080
TOTAL	100.0% 947	100.0% 445	100.0% 581	100.0% 706	2679

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	18.1% 15	10.1% 255	16.1% 5	10.4% 275
Helpful	25.3% 21	19.1% 483	22.6% 7	19.3% 511
Somewhat helpful	30.1% 25	29.8% 753	25.8% 8	29.7% 786
Not helpful	26.5% 22	41.1% 1040	35.5% 11	40.6% 1073
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 2531	100.0% 31	2645

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very helpful	15.1% 155	7.7% 126	10.6% 281
Helpful	22.9% 235	17.0% 278	19.3% 513
Somewhat helpful	26.0% 267	32.1% 524	29.7% 791
Not helpful	35.9% 368	43.2% 706	40.4% 1074
TOTAL	100.0% 1025	100.0% 1634	2659

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Very helpful	23.4% 51	13.0% 64	11.5% 61	5.2% 10	13.0% 186
Helpful	29.8% 65	24.8% 122	17.7% 94	11.0% 21	21.1% 302
Somewhat helpful	22.5% 49	22.4% 110	27.7% 147	20.9% 40	24.2% 346
Not helpful	24.3% 53	39.8% 196	43.1% 229	62.8% 120	41.8% 598
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 492	100.0% 531	100.0% 191	1432

(I-INCMCL)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Very helpful	8.0% 7	8.3% 48	6.0% 26	6.9% 4	7.4% 85
Helpful	21.8% 19	18.1% 104	15.2% 66	8.6% 5	16.8% 194
Somewhat helpful	39.1% 34	35.8% 206	38.3% 166	27.6% 16	36.6% 422
Not helpful	31.0% 27	37.8% 218	40.4% 175	56.9% 33	39.3% 453
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 576	100.0% 433	100.0% 58	1154

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Very helpful	19.1% 44	10.7% 33	12.5% 47	16.6% 32	8.9% 33	12.8% 189
Helpful	29.1% 67	24.3% 75	17.2% 65	15.5% 30	19.5% 72	20.9% 309
Somewhat helpful	22.2% 51	26.9% 83	23.6% 89	24.4% 47	24.9% 92	24.5% 362
Not helpful	29.6% 68	38.2% 118	46.7% 176	43.5% 84	46.8% 173	41.9% 619
TOTAL	100.0% 230	100.0% 309	100.0% 377	100.0% 193	100.0% 370	1479

(I-EDUCCL)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Very helpful	7.6% 52	7.7% 19	5.4% 12	7.2% 83
Helpful	18.2% 124	14.1% 35	15.8% 35	16.8% 194
Somewhat helpful	36.2% 247	36.3% 90	37.8% 84	36.5% 421
Not helpful	38.1% 260	41.9% 104	41.0% 91	39.5% 455
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 248	100.0% 222	1153

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Very helpful	13.3% 99	12.9% 100	7.3% 55	7.6% 31	10.6% 285
Helpful	21.1% 157	21.3% 166	16.5% 125	17.6% 72	19.4% 520
Somewhat helpful	19.8% 147	28.8% 224	37.7% 285	34.3% 140	29.6% 796
Not helpful	45.8% 341	37.0% 288	38.5% 291	40.4% 165	40.4% 1085
TOTAL	100.0% 744	100.0% 778	100.0% 756	100.0% 408	2686