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

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JES_TRUE

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement. - The only absolute truth for humanity is in Jesus Christ.
  1) Strongly agree
  2) Agree
  3) Not sure
  4) Disagree
  5) Strongly disagree

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Strongly agree 297 47.8% 47.8% -.84
Agree 168 27.1% 74.9% .09
Not sure 87 14% 88.9% 1.01
Disagree 55 8.9% 97.7% 1.94
Strongly disagree 14 2.3% 100% 2.86

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Less than 40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 45.2%
19
46.7%
64
49.6%
117
47.8%
97
48.1%
297
Agree 11.9%
5
29.2%
40
25.0%
59
30.5%
62
26.9%
166
Not sure 21.4%
9
16.8%
23
10.6%
25
14.3%
29
13.9%
86
Disagree 14.3%
6
6.6%
9
11.4%
27
6.4%
13
8.9%
55
Strongly disagree 7.1%
3
0.7%
1
3.4%
8
1.0%
2
2.3%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
42
100.0%
137
100.0%
236
100.0%
203

618


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Strongly agree 44.5%
142
51.3%
154
47.8%
296
Agree 27.9%
89
26.0%
78
27.0%
167
Not sure 15.7%
50
12.3%
37
14.1%
87
Disagree 8.2%
26
9.7%
29
8.9%
55
Strongly disagree 3.8%
12
0.7%
2
2.3%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
319
100.0%
300

619


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian TOTAL
Strongly agree 46.7%
278
66.7%
10
83.3%
5
47.6%
293
Agree 27.4%
163
26.7%
4
16.7%
1
27.3%
168
Not sure 14.5%
86
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
14.0%
86
Disagree 9.2%
55
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
8.9%
55
Strongly disagree 2.2%
13
6.7%
1
0.0%
0
2.3%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
595
100.0%
15
100.0%
6

616


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than $20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 50.0%
14
50.3%
74
50.2%
124
40.7%
68
47.5%
280
Agree 32.1%
9
28.6%
42
25.5%
63
27.5%
46
27.2%
160
Not sure 14.3%
4
13.6%
20
11.3%
28
18.0%
30
13.9%
82
Disagree 3.6%
1
5.4%
8
10.5%
26
10.8%
18
9.0%
53
Strongly disagree 0.0%
0
2.0%
3
2.4%
6
3.0%
5
2.4%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
28
100.0%
147
100.0%
247
100.0%
167

589


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Strongly agree 48.0%
251
48.9%
45
48.1%
296
Agree 26.4%
138
28.3%
26
26.7%
164
Not sure 14.1%
74
13.0%
12
14.0%
86
Disagree 9.0%
47
8.7%
8
8.9%
55
Strongly disagree 2.5%
13
1.1%
1
2.3%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
523
100.0%
92

615


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Strongly agree 40.9%
72
49.1%
52
50.9%
166
60.0%
3
47.8%
293
Agree 23.3%
41
27.4%
29
29.1%
95
20.0%
1
27.1%
166
Not sure 22.7%
40
10.4%
11
10.1%
33
20.0%
1
13.9%
85
Disagree 8.5%
15
10.4%
11
8.9%
29
0.0%
0
9.0%
55
Strongly disagree 4.5%
8
2.8%
3
0.9%
3
0.0%
0
2.3%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
176
100.0%
106
100.0%
326
100.0%
5

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