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DC/LA '97 Research:

Gender Differences

  • 62% of respondents were female and 37% were males

  • Males attend church more frequently than females (less than few times/week)

  • Females read the Bible on their own more frequently than males (more than once/week)

  • Males do things to build friendships with non-Christians more frequently than females (less than once/week)

  • Females pray for opportunities to tell someone about Jesus more frequently than males (slightly less than once/week)

  • Females pray for one particular friend to become a Christian more frequently than males (slightly more than once/week)

  • Females pray with others for specific friends to become Christians more frequently than males (about once/month)

  • Females recruit others to pray (salvifically) more frequently than males (less than once/month)

  • Females pray with non-Christian friends for special problems more frequently than males (only more than seldom)

 

Gender Differences (modified)

  • The overall percentages remain 62% female and 37% male

  • The differences cited above continue to be in place when additional surveys are included, with the following additional findings:

  • Females reported that they open themselves honestly to non-Christian friends more frequently than do males (less than once/week vs. slightly more than once/month)

  • Females also open themselves honestly to Christian friends more frequently than do males (more than once/week vs. less than once/week)

  • Females pray and journal CONSIDERABLY more frequently than males (slightly more than once/week vs. once/month) This finding might need further attention as this particular behavior is encouraged.

  • Females discover personal needs of non-Christian friends more frequently than males (less than once/week vs. slightly more than once/month)

  • It is significantly more likely to be true--either because of DC/LA or before DC/LA--that females rather than males have a plan for sharing their faith with their friends