[daniel1212]

The full national survey collected a national random sample of 1,208 adults conducted by telephone in the fall of 2009 in both English and Spanish (with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points and a response rate of 36 percent). A fourth and final survey was an oversample of 400 African American and 400 Hispanic pentecostals, using the same questionnaire as the national sample and also conducted by telephone. The pilot, national, and oversample surveys were conducted by the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University Akron under the direction of the project leaders.

For the full national survey, women comprised 51.4% of the sample. Whites accounted for 70.6%, follow by Latinos (13.5%), and Blacks (12.6%). Conservatives were the largest political group with 40.9% of respondents choosing that label (34.6% were moderate and 21.7% were liberal). Over half (55.8%) were married. Less than half (42%) had only a high school degree or less, 30% had some college, and 29% had a college degree. Just under half (46.1%) had a yearly income over $54,000, with 16.6% reporting less than $18,000, 22.1% claiming $18,000-$36,000, and 15.2% choosing the $36,000-$54,000 range. Following standard practices, both the pilot and national surveys have been weighted to match the demographic characteristics of the 2009 American Community Survey of the U.S. Bureau of Census .

Download the Godly Love National Survey (pdf)

.http://www3.uakron.edu/sociology/flameweb/natsurvey/index.html

[daniel1212]

See if interested

[metmom]

Spending quality time with God appears to make benevolent love possible for many Americans, new research indicates.

Like spending time in prayer with HIM, reading HIS word, memorizing it, meditating it.

The only way to build a relationship with anyone is to spend time talking to them. Same with God. We speak to Him in prayer, He speaks to us through prayer and Scripture.

[CynicalBear]

I don’t suppose those figures surprised anyone who spends time with God on a personal level.