Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 1995 - The Bible

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WITHGRP2 Please think back over the past 12 months. In general, about how often over this year did you read the Bible or hear the Bible read (excluding during worship services) -- In connection with a group devoted specifically to Bible study?   1) Never   2) Rarely, but no regular pattern   3) At times, but no regular pattern   4) Once a month or less   5) Once every 2-3 weeks   6) Weekly/almost weekly   7) Daily/almost daily

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	859	30%	30%	-1.23
Rarely, but no regular pattern	248	8.7%	38.6%	-.76
At times, but no regular pattern	267	9.3%	47.9%	-.3
Once a month or less	258	9%	56.9%	.17
Once every 2-3 weeks	221	7.7%	64.7%	.64
Weekly/almost weekly	981	34.2%	98.9%	1.11
Daily/almost daily	32	1.1%	100%	1.58

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Political party Region Race Sex Education Education Member/elder income Clergy income Type of respondent

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Never	27.9% 467	31.5% 98	28.5% 565
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.0% 134	9.6% 30	8.3% 164
At times, but no regular pattern	10.2% 170	10.3% 32	10.2% 202
Once a month or less	9.1% 153	9.6% 30	9.2% 183
Once every 2-3 weeks	8.7% 146	6.8% 21	8.4% 167
Weekly/almost weekly	35.2% 589	30.9% 96	34.5% 685
Daily/almost daily	0.9% 15	1.3% 4	1.0% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 1674	100.0% 311	1985

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Never	23.2% 184	26.4% 105	34.7% 266	32.3% 10	28.4% 565
Rarely, but no regular pattern	9.0% 71	9.0% 36	7.0% 54	6.5% 2	8.2% 163
At times, but no regular pattern	11.4% 90	9.8% 39	8.9% 68	9.7% 3	10.1% 200
Once a month or less	8.5% 67	8.3% 33	10.6% 81	3.2% 1	9.2% 182
Once every 2-3 weeks	9.1% 72	9.8% 39	7.4% 57	9.7% 3	8.6% 171
Weekly/almost weekly	38.0% 301	35.2% 140	30.6% 235	38.7% 12	34.6% 688
Daily/almost daily	0.9% 7	1.5% 6	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.0% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 792	100.0% 398	100.0% 767	100.0% 31	1988

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Never	29.1% 300	32.5% 153	29.1% 178	30.6% 227	30.0% 858
Rarely, but no regular pattern	9.0% 93	9.8% 46	8.3% 51	7.4% 55	8.6% 245
At times, but no regular pattern	10.5% 108	8.7% 41	9.2% 56	8.1% 60	9.3% 265
Once a month or less	8.8% 91	8.1% 38	8.8% 54	10.1% 75	9.0% 258
Once every 2-3 weeks	8.5% 88	5.7% 27	7.0% 43	8.3% 62	7.7% 220
Weekly/almost weekly	33.3% 344	34.2% 161	35.7% 218	34.5% 256	34.3% 979
Daily/almost daily	0.8% 8	1.1% 5	1.8% 11	1.1% 8	1.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 1032	100.0% 471	100.0% 611	100.0% 743	2857

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Never	25.3% 21	28.7% 535	27.8% 10	28.5% 566
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.4% 7	8.2% 153	8.3% 3	8.2% 163
At times, but no regular pattern	10.8% 9	10.1% 188	5.6% 2	10.0% 199
Once a month or less	13.3% 11	8.9% 167	13.9% 5	9.2% 183
Once every 2-3 weeks	6.0% 5	8.6% 161	11.1% 4	8.6% 170
Weekly/almost weekly	36.1% 30	34.6% 646	33.3% 12	34.6% 688
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	0.9% 17	0.0% 0	0.9% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 1867	100.0% 36	1986

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Never	38.3% 272	23.2% 301	28.6% 573
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.6% 61	8.0% 104	8.2% 165
At times, but no regular pattern	11.8% 84	9.1% 118	10.1% 202
Once a month or less	8.5% 60	9.6% 125	9.2% 185
Once every 2-3 weeks	6.9% 49	9.3% 121	8.5% 170
Weekly/almost weekly	24.8% 176	39.8% 516	34.5% 692
Daily/almost daily	1.1% 8	0.8% 11	0.9% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 710	100.0% 1296	2006

Education (I-EDUC:LAY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Never	42.8% 86	44.3% 89	43.9% 104	44.9% 48	44.9% 111	44.1% 438
Rarely, but no regular pattern	7.5% 15	12.4% 25	9.7% 23	10.3% 11	8.1% 20	9.5% 94
At times, but no regular pattern	13.4% 27	6.5% 13	10.5% 25	8.4% 9	8.5% 21	9.6% 95
Once a month or less	10.0% 20	10.0% 20	11.0% 26	7.5% 8	8.9% 22	9.7% 96
Once every 2-3 weeks	6.0% 12	6.0% 12	5.1% 12	8.4% 9	8.1% 20	6.5% 65
Weekly/almost weekly	19.4% 39	20.9% 42	19.8% 47	19.6% 21	20.2% 50	20.0% 199
Daily/almost daily	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.2% 3	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 201	100.0% 237	100.0% 107	100.0% 247	993

Education (I-EDUC:CLR)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Never	11.3% 66	15.1% 32	15.1% 29	12.8% 127
Rarely, but no regular pattern	5.6% 33	10.4% 22	7.8% 15	7.1% 70
At times, but no regular pattern	12.1% 71	8.0% 17	6.8% 13	10.2% 101
Once a month or less	8.4% 49	7.1% 15	11.5% 22	8.7% 86
Once every 2-3 weeks	10.3% 60	10.4% 22	12.5% 24	10.7% 106
Weekly/almost weekly	50.3% 294	49.1% 104	45.8% 88	49.1% 486
Daily/almost daily	2.1% 12	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 212	100.0% 192	989

Member/elder income (I-INCM:LAY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Never	42.9% 78	44.1% 138	44.5% 149	46.5% 53	44.3% 418
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.8% 16	8.9% 28	9.0% 30	14.9% 17	9.6% 91
At times, but no regular pattern	11.5% 21	8.3% 26	9.0% 30	8.8% 10	9.2% 87
Once a month or less	9.9% 18	10.5% 33	10.7% 36	5.3% 6	9.9% 93
Once every 2-3 weeks	5.5% 10	6.7% 21	7.5% 25	4.4% 5	6.5% 61
Weekly/almost weekly	21.4% 39	20.4% 64	18.8% 63	19.3% 22	19.9% 188
Daily/almost daily	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.6% 2	0.9% 1	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 313	100.0% 335	100.0% 114	944

Clergy income (I-INCM:CLR)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Never	16.0% 12	9.6% 47	15.2% 57	21.6% 11	12.8% 127
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.0% 6	6.5% 32	6.7% 25	11.8% 6	7.0% 69
At times, but no regular pattern	8.0% 6	11.7% 57	9.6% 36	7.8% 4	10.4% 103
Once a month or less	13.3% 10	7.2% 35	9.6% 36	7.8% 4	8.6% 85
Once every 2-3 weeks	5.3% 4	12.3% 60	9.9% 37	9.8% 5	10.7% 106
Weekly/almost weekly	48.0% 36	51.3% 251	47.9% 179	39.2% 20	49.1% 486
Daily/almost daily	1.3% 1	1.4% 7	1.1% 4	2.0% 1	1.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 489	100.0% 374	100.0% 51	989

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Never	51.6% 390	39.1% 288	6.7% 61	25.7% 120	30.0% 859
Rarely, but no regular pattern	8.9% 67	10.9% 80	4.9% 44	12.2% 57	8.7% 248
At times, but no regular pattern	7.4% 56	10.1% 74	9.4% 85	11.1% 52	9.3% 267
Once a month or less	7.5% 57	10.3% 76	8.7% 79	9.9% 46	9.0% 258
Once every 2-3 weeks	6.2% 47	5.7% 42	11.1% 101	6.6% 31	7.7% 221
Weekly/almost weekly	18.0% 136	22.8% 168	57.3% 520	33.6% 157	34.2% 981
Daily/almost daily	0.4% 3	1.1% 8	1.9% 17	0.9% 4	1.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 756	100.0% 736	100.0% 907	100.0% 467	2866