Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in the United States

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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	22.5%	22.5%
Once or twice a month	36.0%	58.5%
Once or twice a week	20.1%	78.6%
Three or four times a week	10.6%	89.2%
Every day	9.3%	98.5%
Don't know	.9%	99.4%
Refused	.5%	99.9%
Total N = 1074

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 59	60 +	TOTAL
Never	40.2%	18.6%	21.9%	16.2%	17.3%	24.7%	22.6%
Once or twice a month	26.1%	44.1%	36.5%	45.9%	33.1%	29.5%	35.5%
Once or twice a week	8.7%	15.3%	24.1%	20.9%	27.6%	18.1%	20.0%
Three or four times a week	16.3%	8.5%	10.9%	6.1%	11.0%	12.7%	10.8%
Every day	8.7%	11.9%	6.6%	10.1%	9.4%	11.4%	9.6%
Don't know	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.7%	0.8%	2.4%	1.0%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	1.2%	0.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1044

Education (I-EDUC)

	Did not complete high school	High school graduate	Tech./voc. school after HS	Some college or assoc. degree	College graduate	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Never	45.3%	30.4%	21.7%	16.6%	6.7%	7.8%	22.6%
Once or twice a month	35.8%	33.2%	34.8%	42.6%	36.7%	27.3%	35.8%
Once or twice a week	11.3%	21.2%	21.7%	16.6%	27.5%	24.7%	20.1%
Three or four times a week	5.7%	6.9%	10.9%	13.0%	13.3%	19.5%	10.7%
Every day	1.9%	6.0%	6.5%	10.1%	15.0%	19.5%	9.3%
Don't know	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	1.3%	1.0%
Refused	0.0%	0.5%	4.3%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1064

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	17.7%	26.9%	22.5%
Once or twice a month	36.6%	35.2%	35.9%
Once or twice a week	22.0%	18.1%	20.0%
Three or four times a week	10.1%	11.1%	10.7%
Every day	12.7%	6.2%	9.3%
Don't know	0.8%	1.3%	1.1%
Refused	0.0%	1.0%	0.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1074

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20- to under $30,000	$30- to under $50,000	$50- to under $75,000	$75- to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Never	41.0%	23.4%	22.1%	4.1%	14.1%	10.5%	21.7%
Once or twice a month	30.1%	42.9%	40.7%	41.8%	36.6%	24.4%	35.8%
Once or twice a week	15.4%	20.8%	17.9%	33.7%	22.5%	23.3%	21.3%
Three or four times a week	6.4%	9.1%	9.3%	10.2%	12.7%	20.9%	10.7%
Every day	6.4%	2.6%	8.6%	10.2%	14.1%	19.8%	9.7%
Don't know	0.6%	1.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	907

Race (I-RACE)

	White (not Hispanic)	Black (not Hispanic)	Asian (not Hispanic)	Other or mixed race (not Hispanic)	Hispanic (any mention)	TOTAL
Never	18.0%	31.6%	0.0%	6.9%	47.3%	22.5%
Once or twice a month	37.9%	31.6%	28.6%	17.2%	34.1%	35.8%
Once or twice a week	20.3%	19.0%	57.1%	37.9%	11.0%	20.0%
Three or four times a week	13.3%	5.1%	0.0%	6.9%	2.2%	10.6%
Every day	9.7%	10.1%	0.0%	24.1%	3.3%	9.4%
Don't know	0.8%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%	1.1%
Refused	0.2%	0.0%	14.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1063

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not at all important	TOTAL
Never	17.5%	27.8%	16.8%	24.6%	18.6%	22.6%
Once or twice a month	37.3%	37.3%	38.3%	33.3%	23.7%	36.1%
Once or twice a week	19.8%	19.0%	22.8%	17.5%	18.6%	19.8%
Three or four times a week	16.7%	5.2%	12.0%	19.3%	15.3%	10.6%
Every day	5.6%	8.6%	10.2%	5.3%	23.7%	9.4%
Don't know	2.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%
Refused	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1068