Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2000, Racism and Racial Justice, Member

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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	35	6.1%	6.1%	-2.26
Is a true account of how God created the world	318	55.3%	61.4%	-.56
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	222	38.6%	100%	1.15

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Political party Household income

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	8.9% 7	8.3% 8	2.9% 5	6.7% 15	6.1% 35
Is a true account of how God created the world	64.6% 51	54.2% 52	54.0% 94	52.9% 118	55.1% 315
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	26.6% 21	37.5% 36	43.1% 75	40.4% 90	38.8% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 96	100.0% 174	100.0% 223	572

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	6.6% 23	5.3% 12	6.1% 35
Is a true account of how God created the world	57.3% 200	52.0% 117	55.2% 317
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	36.1% 126	42.7% 96	38.7% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 225	574

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	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	5.6% 31	14.3% 1	16.7% 1	33.3% 1	0.00% 0	5.9% 34
Is a true account of how God created the world	55.2% 307	85.7% 6	33.3% 2	66.7% 2	0.00% 0	55.4% 317
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	39.2% 218	0.0% 0	50.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	38.6% 221
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 7	100.0% 6	100.0% 3	100.0% 0	572

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	5.7% 25	8.2% 10	6.2% 35
Is a true account of how God created the world	56.2% 248	51.6% 63	55.2% 311
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	38.1% 168	40.2% 49	38.5% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 122	563

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Libertarian	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	7.4% 11	2.0% 2	6.0% 18	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	5.8% 33
Is a true account of how God created the world	46.3% 69	51.5% 51	60.6% 183	57.1% 8	100.0% 1	55.2% 312
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	46.3% 69	46.5% 46	33.4% 101	28.6% 4	0.0% 0	38.9% 220
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 99	100.0% 302	100.0% 14	100.0% 1	565

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	6.4% 3	7.0% 11	6.5% 13	2.4% 3	5.7% 30
Is a true account of how God created the world	66.0% 31	56.3% 89	55.0% 110	52.0% 64	55.7% 294
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	27.7% 13	36.7% 58	38.5% 77	45.5% 56	38.6% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 158	100.0% 200	100.0% 123	528