Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Nigeria

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DISCPOLI (Percentages are weighted by GPWGT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) How often, if ever, do you discuss politics with your family or friends: never, once or twice a month, once or twice a week, three or four times a week, or every day?   1) Never   2) Once or twice a month   3) Once or twice a week   4) Three or four times a week   5) Every day   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	24.9%	24.9%
Once or twice a month	27.4%	52.3%
Once or twice a week	14.5%	66.8%
Three or four times a week	14.5%	81.3%
Every day	16.5%	97.8%
Don't know	1.7%	99.5%
Refused	.6%	100.1%
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
Never	23.8%	26.1%	23.4%	26.3%	27.4%	25.0%
Once or twice a month	26.0%	29.7%	29.1%	28.4%	20.5%	27.3%
Once or twice a week	13.8%	10.1%	17.1%	14.7%	16.4%	14.3%
Three or four times a week	15.5%	15.2%	12.7%	12.6%	17.8%	14.6%
Every day	18.2%	16.7%	16.5%	16.8%	12.3%	16.6%
Don't know	1.7%	1.4%	0.6%	1.1%	5.5%	1.7%
Refused	1.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
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
Never	31.3%	26.0%	27.4%	19.0%	33.3%	10.0%	24.8%
Once or twice a month	20.8%	20.6%	27.9%	36.9%	26.4%	34.4%	27.3%
Once or twice a week	11.5%	19.1%	12.8%	11.9%	9.7%	18.9%	14.3%
Three or four times a week	21.9%	12.2%	13.4%	14.3%	16.7%	11.1%	14.6%
Every day	13.5%	18.3%	15.6%	17.9%	12.5%	21.1%	16.6%
Don't know	0.0%	3.8%	1.7%	0.0%	1.4%	3.3%	1.8%
Refused	1.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	997

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	12.7%	38.1%	25.1%
Once or twice a month	23.5%	31.4%	27.4%
Once or twice a week	16.0%	12.6%	14.3%
Three or four times a week	19.3%	9.4%	14.5%
Every day	25.3%	7.2%	16.5%
Don't know	2.7%	0.6%	1.7%
Refused	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
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
Never	26.3%	20.0%	13.3%	20.5%
Once or twice a month	21.7%	23.2%	37.8%	27.4%
Once or twice a week	16.0%	22.1%	16.3%	17.5%
Three or four times a week	18.9%	16.8%	15.6%	17.3%
Every day	15.4%	15.8%	13.3%	14.8%
Don't know	1.1%	1.1%	3.0%	1.7%
Refused	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	633

Race/Ethnicity (I-ETHNIC)

	Hausa	Ibo	Yoruba	All others	TOTAL
Never	22.2%	22.6%	37.2%	22.1%	25.1%
Once or twice a month	16.1%	31.4%	34.7%	29.8%	27.2%
Once or twice a week	11.7%	13.9%	10.7%	19.7%	14.6%
Three or four times a week	21.7%	12.4%	5.8%	14.9%	14.6%
Every day	28.3%	16.1%	9.1%	10.6%	16.4%
Don't know	0.0%	2.9%	2.5%	1.4%	1.5%
Refused	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	1.4%	0.6%
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
Never	27.3%	23.7%	17.6%	24.9%
Once or twice a month	22.3%	30.1%	35.3%	27.3%
Once or twice a week	9.2%	16.9%	23.5%	14.3%
Three or four times a week	20.2%	11.6%	5.9%	14.6%
Every day	21.0%	13.9%	17.6%	16.6%
Don't know	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	1.7%
Refused	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	999