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

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CREA_TRU The account of Creation presented in Genesis - (Check the one box that best describes your view)   1) Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world   2) Is a true account of how God created the world   3) Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	38	6.4%	6.4%	-2.23
Is a true account of how God created the world	338	57.2%	63.6%	-.51
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	215	36.4%	100%	1.2

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Political party Household income Marital status

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-54	65+	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	9.9% 9	7.0% 7	3.7% 6	6.8% 16	6.5% 38
Is a true account of how God created the world	67.0% 61	56.0% 56	53.7% 88	56.0% 131	57.0% 336
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	23.1% 21	37.0% 37	42.7% 70	37.2% 87	36.5% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 100	100.0% 164	100.0% 234	589

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	6.2% 22	6.8% 16	6.4% 38
Is a true account of how God created the world	61.8% 218	50.2% 119	57.1% 337
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	32.0% 113	43.0% 102	36.4% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 237	590

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	5.8% 33	22.2% 2	50.0% 3	0.0% 0	6.5% 38
Is a true account of how God created the world	56.9% 325	77.8% 7	33.3% 2	100.0% 2	57.1% 336
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	37.3% 213	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	36.4% 214
TOTAL	100.0% 571	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 2	588

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	8.1% 12	4.0% 4	6.3% 20	11.8% 2	6.5% 38
Is a true account of how God created the world	53.0% 79	50.5% 50	59.9% 190	64.7% 11	56.7% 330
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	38.9% 58	45.5% 45	33.8% 107	23.5% 4	36.8% 214
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 99	100.0% 317	100.0% 17	582

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	10.2% 5	6.7% 11	6.3% 13	4.1% 5	6.3% 34
Is a true account of how God created the world	61.2% 30	59.1% 97	53.8% 112	54.1% 66	56.2% 305
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	28.6% 14	34.1% 56	39.9% 83	41.8% 51	37.6% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 164	100.0% 208	100.0% 122	543

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible--that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	5.9% 27	8.4% 10	6.4% 37
Is a true account of how God created the world	58.4% 268	53.8% 64	57.4% 332
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	35.7% 164	37.8% 45	36.2% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 459	100.0% 119	578