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

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OFTGENDR When you have said public prayers during the last year, how often did you use gender-inclusive or gender-neutral language about God?   1) Always   2) Often   3) Occasionally   4) Rarely   5) Never   6) Not applicable - I never pray privately

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always	51	8.4%	8.4%	-2.26
Often	43	7.1%	15.4%	-1.56
Occasionally	62	10.2%	25.6%	-.86
Rarely	83	13.6%	39.2%	-.16
Never	303	49.8%	89%	.55
Not applicable - I never pray privately	67	11%	100%	1.25

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Race Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Always	7.9% 30	9.2% 21	8.4% 51
Often	6.8% 26	7.5% 17	7.1% 43
Occasionally	8.7% 33	12.7% 29	10.2% 62
Rarely	16.3% 62	9.2% 21	13.7% 83
Never	49.5% 188	50.4% 115	49.8% 303
Not applicable - I never pray privately	10.8% 41	11.0% 25	10.9% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 380	100.0% 228	608

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Always	7.1% 34	12.1% 14	8.1% 48
Often	7.1% 34	7.8% 9	7.3% 43
Occasionally	11.6% 55	5.2% 6	10.3% 61
Rarely	13.0% 62	18.1% 21	14.0% 83
Never	49.8% 237	50.0% 58	49.8% 295
Not applicable - I never pray privately	11.3% 54	6.9% 8	10.5% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 116	592

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Always	7.6% 7	11.0% 23	7.3% 15	5.9% 6	8.4% 51
Often	8.7% 8	5.2% 11	6.3% 13	10.9% 11	7.1% 43
Occasionally	7.6% 7	13.8% 29	8.7% 18	7.9% 8	10.2% 62
Rarely	12.0% 11	17.6% 37	10.7% 22	12.9% 13	13.6% 83
Never	50.0% 46	42.4% 89	54.9% 113	54.5% 55	49.8% 303
Not applicable - I never pray privately	14.1% 13	10.0% 21	12.1% 25	7.9% 8	11.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 210	100.0% 206	100.0% 101	609

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Always	11.9% 16	3.8% 4	7.8% 27	11.8% 2	8.2% 49
Often	11.9% 16	7.6% 8	4.9% 17	11.8% 2	7.2% 43
Occasionally	9.7% 13	12.4% 13	9.3% 32	11.8% 2	10.0% 60
Rarely	12.7% 17	19.0% 20	12.5% 43	5.9% 1	13.5% 81
Never	38.8% 52	41.9% 44	57.0% 196	47.1% 8	50.0% 300
Not applicable - I never pray privately	14.9% 20	15.2% 16	8.4% 29	11.8% 2	11.2% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 105	100.0% 344	100.0% 17	600

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Always	16.7% 9	9.6% 18	5.8% 13	7.3% 8	8.3% 48
Often	3.7% 2	4.3% 8	8.0% 18	13.8% 15	7.5% 43
Occasionally	7.4% 4	6.9% 13	15.6% 35	9.2% 10	10.8% 62
Rarely	13.0% 7	14.9% 28	15.1% 34	9.2% 10	13.7% 79
Never	50.0% 27	50.0% 94	48.9% 110	49.5% 54	49.5% 285
Not applicable - I never pray privately	9.3% 5	14.4% 27	6.7% 15	11.0% 12	10.2% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 188	100.0% 225	100.0% 109	576

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always	8.6% 48	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.5% 48
Often	7.5% 42	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.4% 42
Occasionally	9.7% 54	25.0% 1	33.3% 1	9.9% 56
Rarely	13.6% 76	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.5% 76
Never	49.0% 273	75.0% 3	66.7% 2	49.3% 278
Not applicable - I never pray privately	11.5% 64	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.3% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 557	100.0% 4	100.0% 3	564

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Always	4.6% 5	4.3% 4	7.3% 12	12.8% 30	8.5% 51
Often	7.4% 8	7.4% 7	12.7% 21	3.0% 7	7.1% 43
Occasionally	16.7% 18	12.8% 12	7.9% 13	8.1% 19	10.3% 62
Rarely	15.7% 17	16.0% 15	12.1% 20	12.3% 29	13.5% 81
Never	47.2% 51	53.2% 50	47.9% 79	50.2% 118	49.5% 298
Not applicable - I never pray privately	8.3% 9	6.4% 6	12.1% 20	13.6% 32	11.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 94	100.0% 165	100.0% 235	602