Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1999 -- Public Role of Presbyterians, Member

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LIFEBIBL When you think about the qualities of a good Christian life, how important is the following to you? - Reading and studying the Bible regularly.   1) Essential   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	126	27.3%	27.3%	-1.32
Very important	155	33.6%	61%	-.19
Somewhat important	157	34.1%	95%	.94
Not at all important	23	5%	100%	2.07

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	29.4% 84	24.1% 42	27.4% 126
Very important	34.6% 99	31.6% 55	33.5% 154
Somewhat important	30.8% 88	39.7% 69	34.1% 157
Not at all important	5.2% 15	4.6% 8	5.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 286	100.0% 174	460

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	27.0% 95	26.3% 26	26.8% 121
Very important	34.9% 123	31.3% 31	34.1% 154
Somewhat important	33.2% 117	36.4% 36	33.9% 153
Not at all important	4.8% 17	6.1% 6	5.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 352	100.0% 99	451

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	19.4% 12	22.2% 37	30.3% 47	39.0% 30	27.3% 126
Very important	35.5% 22	29.3% 49	38.7% 60	31.2% 24	33.6% 155
Somewhat important	40.3% 25	42.5% 71	27.1% 42	24.7% 19	34.1% 157
Not at all important	4.8% 3	6.0% 10	3.9% 6	5.2% 4	5.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 167	100.0% 155	100.0% 77	461

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	24.5% 26	17.1% 14	30.6% 76	50.0% 8	27.4% 124
Very important	23.6% 25	46.3% 38	33.9% 84	25.0% 4	33.4% 151
Somewhat important	42.5% 45	32.9% 27	31.9% 79	25.0% 4	34.3% 155
Not at all important	9.4% 10	3.7% 3	3.6% 9	0.0% 0	4.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 82	100.0% 248	100.0% 16	452

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	18.4% 14	27.3% 21	28.5% 39	30.7% 51	27.4% 125
Very important	26.3% 20	27.3% 21	30.7% 42	42.8% 71	33.8% 154
Somewhat important	46.1% 35	39.0% 30	36.5% 50	24.1% 40	34.0% 155
Not at all important	9.2% 7	6.5% 5	4.4% 6	2.4% 4	4.8% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 77	100.0% 137	100.0% 166	456

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	31.4% 11	25.5% 36	29.4% 53	23.2% 19	27.2% 119
Very important	42.9% 15	41.8% 59	28.3% 51	28.0% 23	33.8% 148
Somewhat important	25.7% 9	29.1% 41	36.1% 65	41.5% 34	34.0% 149
Not at all important	0.0% 0	3.5% 5	6.1% 11	7.3% 6	5.0% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 141	100.0% 180	100.0% 82	438

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Essential	27.0% 114	33.3% 1	27.1% 115
Very important	34.4% 145	0.0% 0	34.1% 145
Somewhat important	33.6% 142	66.7% 2	33.9% 144
Not at all important	5.0% 21	0.0% 0	4.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 3	425