Presbyterian Panel Study, August 2000 --Ministry to Families and Same-Sex Issues in the PC(USA), Elders

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LIB_CONS Which of the following terms best describes your current stand on theological issues?   1) Very conservative   2) Conservative   3) Moderate   4) Liberal   5) Very Liberal

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very conservative	33	5.2%	5.2%	-2.05
Conservative	216	33.8%	38.9%	-.88
Moderate	281	43.9%	82.8%	.28
Liberal	93	14.5%	97.3%	1.45
Very Liberal	17	2.7%	100%	2.61

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Household income Marital status Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very conservative	7.0% 3	5.2% 7	5.3% 13	4.7% 10	5.2% 33
Conservative	32.6% 14	32.6% 44	33.3% 81	35.5% 76	33.9% 215
Moderate	34.9% 15	46.7% 63	40.7% 99	47.7% 102	43.9% 279
Liberal	20.9% 9	13.3% 18	16.9% 41	10.7% 23	14.3% 91
Very Liberal	4.7% 2	2.2% 3	3.7% 9	1.4% 3	2.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 135	100.0% 243	100.0% 214	635

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very conservative	2.7% 9	7.8% 24	5.2% 33
Conservative	27.9% 92	40.1% 123	33.8% 215
Moderate	48.8% 161	38.4% 118	43.8% 279
Liberal	17.0% 56	12.1% 37	14.6% 93
Very Liberal	3.6% 12	1.6% 5	2.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 307	637

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	TOTAL
Very conservative	4.9% 30	6.7% 1	16.7% 1	5.0% 32
Conservative	33.7% 207	26.7% 4	33.3% 2	33.5% 213
Moderate	44.0% 270	60.0% 9	16.7% 1	44.1% 280
Liberal	14.7% 90	6.7% 1	33.3% 2	14.6% 93
Very Liberal	2.8% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 614	100.0% 15	100.0% 6	635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very conservative	0.0% 0	3.9% 6	4.7% 12	7.6% 13	5.1% 31
Conservative	43.3% 13	36.6% 56	32.3% 82	28.8% 49	32.9% 200
Moderate	53.3% 16	45.8% 70	43.3% 110	41.8% 71	44.0% 267
Liberal	3.3% 1	12.4% 19	16.9% 43	17.1% 29	15.2% 92
Very Liberal	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	2.8% 7	4.7% 8	2.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 153	100.0% 254	100.0% 170	607

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very conservative	5.0% 27	6.3% 6	5.2% 33
Conservative	34.8% 187	28.1% 27	33.8% 214
Moderate	42.4% 228	51.0% 49	43.7% 277
Liberal	15.1% 81	12.5% 12	14.7% 93
Very Liberal	2.8% 15	2.1% 2	2.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 538	100.0% 96	634

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very conservative	0.5% 1	1.9% 2	8.4% 28	40.0% 2	5.2% 33
Conservative	20.1% 37	26.9% 29	43.6% 146	0.0% 0	33.5% 212
Moderate	41.3% 76	50.0% 54	43.3% 145	40.0% 2	43.8% 277
Liberal	30.4% 56	18.5% 20	4.8% 16	20.0% 1	14.7% 93
Very Liberal	7.6% 14	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 108	100.0% 335	100.0% 5	632