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

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BIBL_ACC Which statement best summarizes your view of the Bible? (Check one box)   1) The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.   2) The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.   3) The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	133	24.1%	24.1%	-1.44
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	271	49%	73.1%	-.04
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	149	26.9%	100%	1.36

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Political party Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	35.9% 28	28.7% 27	17.8% 30	22.9% 48	24.1% 133
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	44.9% 35	47.9% 45	54.4% 92	46.2% 97	48.8% 269
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	19.2% 15	23.4% 22	27.8% 47	31.0% 65	27.0% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 94	100.0% 169	100.0% 210	551

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	26.2% 88	20.8% 45	24.1% 133
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	48.8% 164	49.1% 106	48.9% 270
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	25.0% 84	30.1% 65	27.0% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 216	552

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	23.6% 126	71.4% 5	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	0.00% 0	24.0% 132
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	49.3% 264	14.3% 1	66.7% 4	66.7% 2	0.00% 0	49.2% 271
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	27.1% 145	14.3% 1	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	26.9% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 535	100.0% 7	100.0% 6	100.0% 3	100.0% 0	551

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	23.2% 98	26.9% 32	24.0% 130
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	50.6% 214	44.5% 53	49.3% 267
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	26.2% 111	28.6% 34	26.8% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 119	542

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Libertarian	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	20.9% 31	18.8% 18	27.5% 79	23.1% 3	0.0% 0	24.0% 131
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	44.6% 66	42.7% 41	52.6% 151	61.5% 8	100.0% 1	49.0% 267
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	34.5% 51	38.5% 37	19.9% 57	15.4% 2	0.0% 0	27.0% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 96	100.0% 287	100.0% 13	100.0% 1	545

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	36.4% 16	30.5% 46	19.5% 38	20.7% 25	24.5% 125
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	36.4% 16	46.4% 70	55.9% 109	46.3% 56	49.1% 251
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	27.3% 12	23.2% 35	24.6% 48	33.1% 40	26.4% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 151	100.0% 195	100.0% 121	511