U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001, Southern Baptist Attenders

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DEVOTION How often do you spend time in private devotional activities (such as prayer, meditation, reading the Bible alone)?   1) Every day/most days   2) A few times a week   3) Once a week   4) Occasionally   5) Hardly ever   6) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Every day/most days	6622	58.1%	58.1%	-.68
A few times a week	2485	21.8%	79.9%	.13
Once a week	426	3.7%	83.6%	.94
Occasionally	1344	11.8%	95.4%	1.74
Hardly ever	434	3.8%	99.2%	2.55
Never	93	.8%	100%	3.36

Variable Comparisons

Gender Household income Education Marital status Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Every day/most days	61.8% 3983	51.9% 2207	57.8% 6190
A few times a week	21.3% 1375	22.7% 967	21.9% 2342
Once a week	3.5% 228	3.9% 168	3.7% 396
Occasionally	10.3% 666	14.5% 615	12.0% 1281
Hardly ever	2.6% 170	5.6% 240	3.8% 410
Never	0.4% 28	1.3% 57	0.8% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 6450	100.0% 4254	10704

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<=24K	25K-49K	50K-74K	75K-99K	100K+	TOTAL
Every day/most days	61.9% 1683	59.7% 1802	53.9% 1249	53.5% 561	52.9% 459	57.7% 5754
A few times a week	19.1% 520	21.9% 660	25.2% 584	22.8% 239	24.3% 211	22.2% 2214
Once a week	4.2% 114	3.3% 101	3.5% 80	4.0% 42	3.8% 33	3.7% 370
Occasionally	10.2% 276	11.0% 332	13.5% 313	15.1% 158	13.1% 114	12.0% 1193
Hardly ever	3.6% 98	3.6% 110	3.3% 77	3.8% 40	4.8% 42	3.7% 367
Never	1.0% 27	0.5% 14	0.6% 15	0.8% 8	0.9% 8	0.7% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 2718	100.0% 3019	100.0% 2318	100.0% 1048	100.0% 867	9970

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS grad	Trade/Asso	Bachelors	Grad degr	TOTAL
Every day/most days	50.8% 870	61.4% 2947	58.3% 1008	53.9% 998	61.0% 535	57.9% 6358
A few times a week	20.9% 358	19.9% 958	22.7% 393	25.9% 480	24.6% 216	21.9% 2405
Once a week	5.7% 97	3.0% 146	3.5% 60	4.3% 79	2.7% 24	3.7% 406
Occasionally	14.4% 246	11.6% 556	11.9% 206	11.9% 221	9.0% 79	11.9% 1308
Hardly ever	6.9% 118	3.1% 149	3.3% 57	3.7% 68	2.2% 19	3.7% 411
Never	1.5% 25	1.0% 47	0.3% 6	0.4% 7	0.5% 4	0.8% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1714	100.0% 4803	100.0% 1730	100.0% 1853	100.0% 877	10977

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never	Married	Com Relat	Sep/Div	Widowed	TOTAL
Every day/most days	43.1% 656	58.3% 4522	43.1% 75	63.0% 411	77.8% 738	58.0% 6402
A few times a week	21.9% 333	23.2% 1800	26.4% 46	19.0% 124	13.3% 126	22.0% 2429
Once a week	5.4% 82	3.5% 272	4.6% 8	3.4% 22	2.3% 22	3.7% 406
Occasionally	17.8% 271	11.4% 884	17.2% 30	11.2% 73	5.3% 50	11.8% 1308
Hardly ever	9.7% 147	2.9% 228	6.3% 11	2.8% 18	0.9% 9	3.7% 413
Never	2.2% 33	0.6% 44	2.3% 4	0.6% 4	0.3% 3	0.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 1522	100.0% 7750	100.0% 174	100.0% 652	100.0% 948	11046

Age (I-AGE)

	<=24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Every day/most days	38.1% 510	49.5% 1627	58.5% 1151	65.7% 1104	72.4% 1970	57.9% 6362
A few times a week	21.8% 292	25.8% 849	24.6% 485	19.5% 327	16.8% 456	21.9% 2409
Once a week	5.8% 77	4.5% 148	2.9% 58	3.3% 56	2.6% 72	3.7% 411
Occasionally	21.0% 281	15.0% 492	11.1% 219	9.1% 153	6.1% 166	11.9% 1311
Hardly ever	10.4% 139	4.6% 151	2.5% 50	2.0% 33	1.5% 42	3.8% 415
Never	2.8% 38	0.7% 22	0.3% 6	0.5% 8	0.5% 14	0.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 1337	100.0% 3289	100.0% 1969	100.0% 1681	100.0% 2720	10996