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Bible Reading During A Typical Week By Year 1988- 36%; 1991- 45%; 1992- 47%;
1993- 34%; 1994- 37%; 1995-31% ; 1996 34% 1997-36%; 1999- 34%; 2000- 40%;
2001 - 37% 2002-42%; 2004-44%; 2005-45%; 2006-47%
96% of evangelical Christians have read the Bible in the past seven days. (2006)
Women (51%) are more likely than are men (42%) to have read the Bible in the past
week. (2006) Women 2004-49%; 2002-46%; 2000- 46%; 1997-38%; 1993-40%; Men 2004-38%;
2002-37%; 2000-35%; 1997-34%; 1993-28%
Nearly seven out of ten born again Christians (67%) have read the Bible in the
past week, compared to 35% of those who adhere to a non-Christian faith. (2006)
62% of Protestants have read the Bible in the past week versus 28% of
Catholics (29%) (2006)
Bible reading during a typical week drops as age drops: 58% of Elders
(Builders and Seniors); 47% of Boomers; 42% of Busters and 32% of Mosaics read
the Bible in a typical week. (2006)
Blacks (66%) are the ethnic group most likely to have read the Bible in the
past week, follwed by whites (45%), Hispanics (41%) and Asians (20%). (2006)
Bible reading by adults during the week by region-Northeast 38%; West 42%;
Midwest 45%; South 57%. (2006)
The percent of adults in California, Oregon, and Washington that read the
Bible during the past week (other than while at church), has risen from 29% in
1994 to 42% in 2006. |
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