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Presbyterian Panel Study, Feb 1999 - Language and God, Member

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CHAPOSTL

Take a few moments to think back over Sunday worship services at the church you usually attend or serve. How often, if at all, does worship at your church include: the Apostles' Creed ("I believe in God the Father Almighty")?

	1) Every week
	2) Once or twice a month
	3) Less than once a month
	4) Only on special occasions
	5) Never
	6) Don't recall

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Every week	273	44.5%	44.5%	-.88
Once or twice a month	159	25.9%	70.4%	-.03
Less than once a month	90	14.7%	85%	.82
Only on special occasions	76	12.4%	97.4%	1.66
Never	10	1.6%	99%	2.51
Don't recall	6	1%	100%	3.36

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Every week	45.7% 174	42.2% 98	44.4% 272
Once or twice a month	27.3% 104	23.7% 55	25.9% 159
Less than once a month	12.3% 47	18.5% 43	14.7% 90
Only on special occasions	12.1% 46	12.9% 30	12.4% 76
Never	1.8% 7	1.3% 3	1.6% 10
Don't recall	0.8% 3	1.3% 3	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 232	613

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Every week	43.5% 210	47.4% 55	44.2% 265
Once or twice a month	26.1% 126	25.0% 29	25.9% 155
Less than once a month	14.9% 72	14.7% 17	14.9% 89
Only on special occasions	13.9% 67	6.0% 7	12.4% 74
Never	1.0% 5	4.3% 5	1.7% 10
Don't recall	0.6% 3	2.6% 3	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 483	100.0% 116	599

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Every week	47.3% 44	31.9% 68	71.8% 150	11.1% 11	44.5% 273
Once or twice a month	26.9% 25	32.4% 69	18.2% 38	27.3% 27	25.9% 159
Less than once a month	15.1% 14	16.4% 35	6.7% 14	27.3% 27	14.7% 90
Only on special occasions	9.7% 9	16.4% 35	2.9% 6	26.3% 26	12.4% 76
Never	1.1% 1	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	7.1% 7	1.6% 10
Don't recall	0.0% 0	2.3% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 213	100.0% 209	100.0% 99	614

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Every week	46.3% 63	44.9% 48	44.2% 152	41.2% 7	44.7% 270
Once or twice a month	27.2% 37	26.2% 28	25.0% 86	23.5% 4	25.7% 155
Less than once a month	11.0% 15	16.8% 18	15.4% 53	17.6% 3	14.7% 89
Only on special occasions	11.0% 15	8.4% 9	13.7% 47	17.6% 3	12.3% 74
Never	2.9% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Don't recall	1.5% 2	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 107	100.0% 344	100.0% 17	604

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Every week	60.3% 35	45.0% 86	38.5% 87	47.7% 52	44.5% 260
Once or twice a month	20.7% 12	24.1% 46	29.6% 67	22.0% 24	25.5% 149
Less than once a month	12.1% 7	14.7% 28	12.8% 29	20.2% 22	14.7% 86
Only on special occasions	3.4% 2	14.1% 27	16.4% 37	8.3% 9	12.8% 75
Never	3.4% 2	0.5% 1	2.2% 5	1.8% 2	1.7% 10
Don't recall	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 191	100.0% 226	100.0% 109	584

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Every week	43.2% 243	75.0% 3	33.3% 1	43.4% 247
Once or twice a month	26.7% 150	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	26.5% 151
Less than once a month	14.9% 84	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.8% 84
Only on special occasions	12.6% 71	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	12.7% 72
Never	1.6% 9	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 10
Don't recall	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 562	100.0% 4	100.0% 3	569

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Every week	41.8% 46	52.1% 49	42.5% 71	44.1% 104	44.5% 270
Once or twice a month	32.7% 36	17.0% 16	28.7% 48	24.2% 57	25.9% 157
Less than once a month	7.3% 8	12.8% 12	16.2% 27	17.8% 42	14.7% 89
Only on special occasions	10.0% 11	16.0% 15	11.4% 19	12.7% 30	12.4% 75
Never	4.5% 5	1.1% 1	0.6% 1	1.3% 3	1.6% 10
Don't recall	3.6% 4	1.1% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 94	100.0% 167	100.0% 236	607