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Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2000 --Gambling and the Christian Faith, Member

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Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statement concerning gambling. - Keeping gambling legal is necessary to preserve American freedom, regardless of the problems that it may cause.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Disagree
	4) Strongly disagree
	5) Uncertain

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	18	2.8%	2.8%	-2.48
Agree	76	11.7%	14.5%	-1.45
Disagree	272	41.8%	56.3%	-.43
Strongly disagree	185	28.5%	84.8%	.6
Uncertain	99	15.2%	100%	1.63

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 9	3.6% 9	2.8% 18
Agree	10.2% 39	13.5% 34	11.5% 73
Disagree	45.1% 172	36.9% 93	41.9% 265
Strongly disagree	25.7% 98	32.1% 81	28.3% 179
Uncertain	16.5% 63	13.9% 35	15.5% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 252	633

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 13	2.9% 4	2.7% 17
Agree	10.7% 52	13.9% 19	11.4% 71
Disagree	42.9% 209	40.1% 55	42.3% 264
Strongly disagree	29.6% 144	24.1% 33	28.4% 177
Uncertain	14.2% 69	19.0% 26	15.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 487	100.0% 137	624

Party preference (I-DEM_REP)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Libertarian	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.4% 5	2.7% 3	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 17
Agree	14.1% 21	5.3% 6	12.6% 43	6.7% 1	100.0% 1	11.6% 72
Disagree	43.0% 64	41.6% 47	43.9% 150	20.0% 3	0.0% 0	42.6% 264
Strongly disagree	24.8% 37	30.1% 34	28.1% 96	53.3% 8	0.0% 0	28.2% 175
Uncertain	14.8% 22	20.4% 23	12.9% 44	20.0% 3	0.0% 0	14.8% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 113	100.0% 342	100.0% 15	100.0% 1	620

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.6% 16	0.0% 0	18.2% 2	2.8% 18
Agree	11.3% 69	25.0% 2	9.1% 1	11.4% 72
Disagree	42.7% 262	37.5% 3	18.2% 2	42.2% 267
Strongly disagree	28.1% 172	25.0% 2	36.4% 4	28.2% 178
Uncertain	15.3% 94	12.5% 1	18.2% 2	15.3% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 8	100.0% 11	632

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	4.1% 4	2.8% 5	3.6% 9	2.9% 18
Agree	19.2% 19	11.2% 11	11.7% 21	8.3% 21	11.4% 72
Disagree	37.4% 37	41.8% 41	47.8% 86	39.1% 99	41.7% 263
Strongly disagree	22.2% 22	22.4% 22	26.1% 47	35.2% 89	28.6% 180
Uncertain	21.2% 21	20.4% 20	11.7% 21	13.8% 35	15.4% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 98	100.0% 180	100.0% 253	630

Household income (I-HH_INCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 2	2.3% 4	3.7% 8	0.8% 1	2.6% 15
Agree	13.5% 7	11.4% 20	10.3% 22	12.8% 17	11.5% 66
Disagree	34.6% 18	42.3% 74	41.6% 89	48.1% 64	42.7% 245
Strongly disagree	25.0% 13	30.3% 53	28.0% 60	27.8% 37	28.4% 163
Uncertain	23.1% 12	13.7% 24	16.4% 35	10.5% 14	14.8% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 175	100.0% 214	100.0% 133	574