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

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PARTNERS Gay partners who make a legal commitment to each other should be entitled to the same rights and benefits as couples in traditional marriages.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Uncertain   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	56	9.8%	9.8%	-1.84
Agree	105	18.3%	28.1%	-1.14
Uncertain	79	13.8%	41.9%	-.43
Disagree	97	16.9%	58.8%	.27
Strongly disagree	236	41.2%	100%	.98

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Political party Household income Marital status

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-54	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.7% 14	18.1% 17	7.6% 12	5.9% 13	10.0% 56
Agree	24.7% 22	21.3% 20	19.0% 30	14.5% 32	18.5% 104
Uncertain	10.1% 9	14.9% 14	13.3% 21	15.9% 35	14.1% 79
Disagree	10.1% 9	12.8% 12	17.7% 28	20.9% 46	16.9% 95
Strongly disagree	39.3% 35	33.0% 31	42.4% 67	42.7% 94	40.5% 227
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 94	100.0% 158	100.0% 220	561

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.3% 31	11.0% 25	10.0% 56
Agree	21.0% 70	15.4% 35	18.7% 105
Uncertain	17.4% 58	9.2% 21	14.1% 79
Disagree	17.7% 59	15.8% 36	16.9% 95
Strongly disagree	34.7% 116	48.7% 111	40.4% 227
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 228	562

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.7% 53	0.0% 0	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	9.8% 55
Agree	19.1% 104	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.8% 105
Uncertain	13.6% 74	37.5% 3	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	13.9% 78
Disagree	17.1% 93	0.0% 0	40.0% 2	50.0% 1	17.1% 96
Strongly disagree	40.6% 221	50.0% 4	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	40.4% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 545	100.0% 8	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	560

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.0% 32	13.3% 13	3.3% 10	6.7% 1	10.1% 56
Agree	28.8% 40	25.5% 25	12.6% 38	13.3% 2	19.0% 105
Uncertain	13.7% 19	17.3% 17	12.6% 38	26.7% 4	14.1% 78
Disagree	12.2% 17	13.3% 13	20.2% 61	13.3% 2	16.8% 93
Strongly disagree	22.3% 31	30.6% 30	51.3% 155	40.0% 6	40.1% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 98	100.0% 302	100.0% 15	554

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 4	7.0% 11	11.6% 23	13.7% 16	10.5% 54
Agree	20.5% 9	17.2% 27	18.2% 36	23.1% 27	19.2% 99
Uncertain	18.2% 8	16.6% 26	13.1% 26	12.0% 14	14.3% 74
Disagree	13.6% 6	22.9% 36	13.6% 27	15.4% 18	16.9% 87
Strongly disagree	38.6% 17	36.3% 57	43.4% 86	35.9% 42	39.1% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 157	100.0% 198	100.0% 117	516

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 38	14.2% 16	9.8% 54
Agree	17.6% 77	22.1% 25	18.5% 102
Uncertain	12.4% 54	21.2% 24	14.2% 78
Disagree	17.4% 76	14.2% 16	16.7% 92
Strongly disagree	43.9% 192	28.3% 32	40.7% 224
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 113	550