Almost all other panelists rate this definition as good . Members and elders are more divided. Most panelists believe that the amount of free time each of them individually has available for discretionary purposes has not changed appreciably over the last year. Panelists believe that a variety of factors are responsible for shifts in recent decades in the way time is spent on Sundays in the United States. This survey was initially mailed in May 1999, and returns were accepted through July 1999.
Results are subject to sampling and other errors.
Small differences should be interpreted cautiously. Included is a data appendix that presents the percentage responses to each survey question separately for members, elders, pastors, and specialized clergy.