Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Nigeria

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REL_LANG (Percentages are weighted by GPWGT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) How often do you - participate in language or literacy classes - through a church or religious organization… frequently, sometimes, hardly ever or never?   1) Frequently   2) Sometimes   3) Hardly ever   4) Never   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	1.7%	1.7%
Sometimes	13.5%	15.2%
Hardly ever	19.2%	34.4%
Never	64.9%	99.3%
Don't know	.3%	99.6%
Refused	.3%	99.9%
Total N = 999

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race/Ethnicity Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 or more	TOTAL
Frequently	1.1%	0.7%	3.1%	3.1%	1.4%	1.9%
Sometimes	14.9%	12.2%	16.4%	11.5%	9.6%	13.6%
Hardly ever	12.7%	23.7%	24.5%	17.7%	19.2%	19.4%
Never	70.7%	61.9%	55.3%	67.7%	69.9%	64.5%
Don't know	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
Refused	0.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	991

Education (I-EDUC)

	Incomplete primary	Comp primary OR incom secondary (tech/voc.)	Comp secondary: tech./voc.	Incom or com secondary: univ-prep	College of educ or incom/com polythenic	Some university-level educ or more	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	4.8%	4.2%	2.2%	1.5%
Sometimes	6.3%	10.7%	16.9%	10.8%	16.9%	18.9%	13.6%
Hardly ever	24.0%	28.2%	12.9%	16.9%	21.1%	14.4%	19.3%
Never	69.8%	61.1%	68.5%	67.5%	57.7%	62.2%	65.0%
Don't know	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%	0.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	997

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Frequently	2.4%	0.9%	1.7%
Sometimes	13.9%	13.2%	13.5%
Hardly ever	18.1%	20.4%	19.2%
Never	64.8%	65.1%	64.9%
Don't know	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Refused	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	999

Household income (I-INCOME)

	50,000 naira per year or less	50,001 to 150,000 naira per year	150,001 naira per year or more	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.7%
Sometimes	8.0%	7.4%	22.6%	12.7%
Hardly ever	22.7%	33.0%	21.1%	24.6%
Never	69.3%	59.6%	53.4%	61.8%
Don't know	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	633

Race/Ethnicity (I-ETHNIC)

	Hausa	Ibo	Yoruba	All others	TOTAL
Frequently	1.1%	3.6%	1.7%	0.5%	1.5%
Sometimes	10.6%	19.6%	9.9%	14.4%	13.6%
Hardly ever	15.1%	9.4%	14.9%	32.1%	19.3%
Never	73.2%	65.9%	73.6%	52.2%	64.9%
Don't know	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	996

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	SW imp., Not too imp., or Not at all imp.	TOTAL
Frequently	2.1%	1.5%	0.0%	1.7%
Sometimes	10.1%	15.9%	11.1%	13.7%
Hardly ever	13.5%	23.0%	16.7%	19.4%
Never	73.8%	58.8%	72.2%	64.7%
Don't know	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
Refused	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	999