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Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1999 - Sabbath-Keeping, Clergy

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How people in the U.S. spend their time on Sundays has changed over the last several decades. To what extent do you think this change is due to: failure of the church to articulate the need for (and meaning of) a day of rest

	1) Very great extent
	2) Great extent
	3) Some extent
	4) A little
	5) None at all

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very great extent	275	24.6%	24.6%	-1.31
Great extent	337	30.1%	54.7%	-.35
Some extent	366	32.7%	87.5%	.61
A little	109	9.7%	97.2%	1.58
None at all	31	2.8%	100%	2.54

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very great extent	29.7% 71	23.3% 204	24.7% 275
Great extent	30.1% 72	30.3% 265	30.2% 337
Some extent	29.3% 70	33.6% 294	32.6% 364
A little	9.6% 23	9.8% 86	9.8% 109
None at all	1.3% 3	3.1% 27	2.7% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 876	1115

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very great extent	24.2% 237	28.0% 37	24.6% 274
Great extent	31.0% 304	24.2% 32	30.2% 336
Some extent	32.6% 319	34.1% 45	32.7% 364
A little	9.9% 97	9.1% 12	9.8% 109
None at all	2.3% 23	4.5% 6	2.6% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 980	100.0% 132	1112

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very great extent	29.9% 64	22.3% 68	24.9% 105	22.2% 38	24.7% 275
Great extent	28.0% 60	27.9% 85	30.8% 130	35.1% 60	30.1% 335
Some extent	27.1% 58	38.7% 118	32.2% 136	29.8% 51	32.6% 363
A little	10.3% 22	8.9% 27	10.0% 42	10.5% 18	9.8% 109
None at all	4.7% 10	2.3% 7	2.1% 9	2.3% 4	2.7% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 305	100.0% 422	100.0% 171	1112

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very great extent	20.2% 131	29.4% 58	31.3% 77	43.8% 7	24.7% 273
Great extent	28.9% 187	31.5% 62	32.9% 81	31.3% 5	30.3% 335
Some extent	36.8% 238	25.4% 50	29.3% 72	18.8% 3	32.8% 363
A little	11.0% 71	11.2% 22	4.9% 12	6.3% 1	9.6% 106
None at all	3.1% 20	2.5% 5	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	2.6% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 647	100.0% 197	100.0% 246	100.0% 16	1106

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very great extent	25.8% 8	26.7% 110	21.6% 121	30.8% 33	24.5% 272
Great extent	25.8% 8	30.6% 126	30.8% 172	29.0% 31	30.4% 337
Some extent	29.0% 9	33.5% 138	33.1% 185	28.0% 30	32.6% 362
A little	16.1% 5	7.5% 31	11.1% 62	9.3% 10	9.7% 108
None at all	3.2% 1	1.7% 7	3.4% 19	2.8% 3	2.7% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 412	100.0% 559	100.0% 107	1109

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very great extent	37.0% 57	24.7% 91	21.1% 103	23.5% 20	24.7% 271
Great extent	30.5% 47	30.9% 114	32.3% 158	20.0% 17	30.6% 336
Some extent	26.6% 41	34.4% 127	32.7% 160	32.9% 28	32.5% 356
A little	5.8% 9	7.6% 28	10.4% 51	20.0% 17	9.6% 105
None at all	0.0% 0	2.4% 9	3.5% 17	3.5% 3	2.6% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 369	100.0% 489	100.0% 85	1097

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very great extent	24.2% 257	38.5% 5	34.3% 12	24.7% 274
Great extent	30.0% 318	30.8% 4	37.1% 13	30.2% 335
Some extent	33.4% 354	7.7% 1	17.1% 6	32.6% 361
A little	9.8% 104	23.1% 3	5.7% 2	9.8% 109
None at all	2.6% 28	0.0% 0	5.7% 2	2.7% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 1061	100.0% 13	100.0% 35	1109