Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 2001, The U.S. Congregational Life Survey (Presbyterian Panel Version), Clergy

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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.

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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.	16	1.8%	1.8%	-2.67
Is a true account of how God created the world.	496	56%	57.9%	-.77
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	373	42.1%	100%	1.13

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Political party Marital status 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.	2.5% 3	1.0% 3	1.2% 5	7.9% 5	1.8% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world.	60.0% 72	60.3% 179	53.7% 216	41.3% 26	55.9% 493
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	37.5% 45	38.7% 115	45.0% 181	50.8% 32	42.3% 373
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 297	100.0% 402	100.0% 63	882

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.	0.0% 0	2.4% 16	1.8% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world.	45.6% 94	59.1% 400	55.9% 494
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	54.4% 112	38.6% 261	42.2% 373
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 677	883

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Indian	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.	1.5% 13	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 1	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world.	55.4% 468	66.7% 6	100.0% 4	63.6% 7	62.5% 5	33.3% 1	55.8% 491
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	43.1% 364	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	27.3% 3	25.0% 2	66.7% 2	42.4% 373
TOTAL	100.0% 845	100.0% 9	100.0% 4	100.0% 11	100.0% 8	100.0% 3	880

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Natural Law	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.	0.8% 4	1.2% 2	4.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world.	45.4% 220	57.6% 98	78.2% 165	75.0% 9	0.0% 0	56.0% 492
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	53.8% 261	41.2% 70	17.1% 36	25.0% 3	100.0% 1	42.2% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 485	100.0% 170	100.0% 211	100.0% 12	100.0% 1	879

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.	1.9% 15	0.0% 0	1.7% 15
Is a true account of how God created the world.	57.5% 449	44.9% 44	56.1% 493
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	40.6% 317	55.1% 54	42.2% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 781	100.0% 98	879

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$10K-19,999	$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.	25.0% 1	2.3% 6	1.7% 8	0.7% 1	1.8% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world.	25.0% 1	61.7% 158	53.3% 257	53.7% 72	55.7% 488
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created.	50.0% 2	35.9% 92	45.0% 217	45.5% 61	42.5% 372
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 256	100.0% 482	100.0% 134	876