Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2000 --Racism and Racial Justice, Elders

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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	43	7.3%	7.3%	-2.19
Is a true account of how God created the world	311	52.7%	60%	-.54
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	236	40%	100%	1.11

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Household income Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	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	6.7% 2	7.1% 9	5.7% 13	9.4% 19	7.3% 43
Is a true account of how God created the world	66.7% 20	61.9% 78	46.9% 107	51.7% 105	52.8% 310
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	26.7% 8	31.0% 39	47.4% 108	38.9% 79	39.9% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 126	100.0% 228	100.0% 203	587

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	4.2% 12	10.3% 31	7.3% 43
Is a true account of how God created the world	52.4% 150	52.6% 159	52.6% 309
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	43.4% 124	37.1% 112	40.1% 236
TOTAL	100.0% 286	100.0% 302	588

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	6.8% 38	20.0% 3	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	7.4% 43
Is a true account of how God created the world	52.7% 296	60.0% 9	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	52.5% 307
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	40.6% 228	20.0% 3	42.9% 3	100.0% 1	40.2% 235
TOTAL	100.0% 562	100.0% 15	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	585

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	7.1% 35	8.3% 8	7.3% 43
Is a true account of how God created the world	51.4% 252	58.3% 56	52.6% 308
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	41.4% 203	33.3% 32	40.1% 235
TOTAL	100.0% 490	100.0% 96	586

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	0.0% 0	12.1% 18	7.6% 17	4.3% 7	7.4% 42
Is a true account of how God created the world	74.2% 23	55.0% 82	50.2% 112	50.3% 82	52.8% 299
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	25.8% 8	32.9% 49	42.2% 94	45.4% 74	39.8% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 149	100.0% 223	100.0% 163	566

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Reform	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	8.7% 14	3.8% 4	7.7% 24	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	7.4% 43
Is a true account of how God created the world	44.1% 71	53.8% 57	56.9% 178	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	52.6% 308
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	47.2% 76	42.5% 45	35.5% 111	25.0% 1	100.0% 1	40.0% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 106	100.0% 313	100.0% 4	100.0% 1	585