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

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CHGGOVT 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: governments, by such things as weakening or eliminating "Sunday closing" laws   1) Very great extent   2) Great extent   3) Some extent   4) A little   5) None at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very great extent	167	15%	15%	-1.64
Great extent	284	25.4%	40.4%	-.65
Some extent	481	43.1%	83.4%	.34
A little	139	12.4%	95.9%	1.33
None at all	46	4.1%	100%	2.32

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very great extent	17.3% 41	14.3% 125	14.9% 166
Great extent	22.4% 53	26.2% 230	25.4% 283
Some extent	45.1% 107	42.6% 374	43.2% 481
A little	12.2% 29	12.5% 110	12.5% 139
None at all	3.0% 7	4.3% 38	4.0% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 877	1114

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very great extent	15.1% 148	13.8% 18	14.9% 166
Great extent	25.1% 246	28.5% 37	25.5% 283
Some extent	43.2% 424	42.3% 55	43.1% 479
A little	12.7% 125	10.8% 14	12.5% 139
None at all	3.9% 38	4.6% 6	4.0% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 981	100.0% 130	1111

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very great extent	15.5% 33	15.4% 47	15.9% 67	11.1% 19	14.9% 166
Great extent	25.4% 54	20.3% 62	31.5% 133	18.7% 32	25.3% 281
Some extent	45.5% 97	45.2% 138	36.7% 155	52.6% 90	43.2% 480
A little	9.9% 21	14.1% 43	13.0% 55	11.7% 20	12.5% 139
None at all	3.8% 8	4.9% 15	2.8% 12	5.8% 10	4.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 305	100.0% 422	100.0% 171	1111

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very great extent	11.7% 76	19.0% 37	21.2% 52	0.0% 0	14.9% 165
Great extent	23.4% 152	28.7% 56	28.6% 70	6.3% 1	25.2% 279
Some extent	45.9% 298	36.9% 72	40.4% 99	62.5% 10	43.3% 479
A little	14.0% 91	11.3% 22	9.0% 22	25.0% 4	12.6% 139
None at all	4.9% 32	4.1% 8	0.8% 2	6.3% 1	3.9% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 649	100.0% 195	100.0% 245	100.0% 16	1105

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very great extent	26.7% 8	13.2% 54	15.9% 89	13.9% 15	15.0% 166
Great extent	30.0% 9	24.1% 99	26.6% 149	22.2% 24	25.4% 281
Some extent	36.7% 11	44.9% 184	41.1% 230	48.1% 52	43.1% 477
A little	0.0% 0	15.1% 62	11.8% 66	10.2% 11	12.5% 139
None at all	6.7% 2	2.7% 11	4.6% 26	5.6% 6	4.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 410	100.0% 560	100.0% 108	1108

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very great extent	12.4% 19	16.5% 61	13.5% 66	21.4% 18	15.0% 164
Great extent	17.0% 26	23.6% 87	28.6% 140	32.1% 27	25.5% 280
Some extent	49.7% 76	44.4% 164	41.4% 203	34.5% 29	43.1% 472
A little	15.7% 24	11.9% 44	12.2% 60	8.3% 7	12.3% 135
None at all	5.2% 8	3.5% 13	4.3% 21	3.6% 3	4.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 369	100.0% 490	100.0% 84	1096

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very great extent	14.2% 151	38.5% 5	25.7% 9	14.9% 165
Great extent	25.3% 268	30.8% 4	25.7% 9	25.4% 281
Some extent	43.8% 464	23.1% 3	31.4% 11	43.1% 478
A little	12.8% 136	0.0% 0	8.6% 3	12.5% 139
None at all	3.9% 41	7.7% 1	8.6% 3	4.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 1060	100.0% 13	100.0% 35	1108