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

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IND_BEL

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement. - An individual should arrive at his or her own religious beliefs independent of any church.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	18	2%	2%	-3.58
Agree	55	6%	7.9%	-2.45
Not sure	23	2.5%	10.4%	-1.32
Disagree	475	51.6%	62.1%	-.2
Strongly disagree	349	37.9%	100%	.93

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 1	1.3% 4	2.9% 12	1.5% 1	2.0% 18
Agree	4.1% 5	4.8% 15	6.7% 28	10.4% 7	6.0% 55
Not sure	0.8% 1	3.5% 11	2.1% 9	3.0% 2	2.5% 23
Disagree	55.4% 67	55.8% 173	48.0% 201	46.3% 31	51.5% 472
Strongly disagree	38.8% 47	34.5% 107	40.3% 169	38.8% 26	38.1% 349
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 310	100.0% 419	100.0% 67	917

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 3	2.1% 15	2.0% 18
Agree	6.1% 13	5.9% 42	6.0% 55
Not sure	2.8% 6	2.4% 17	2.5% 23
Disagree	57.5% 122	49.7% 351	51.5% 473
Strongly disagree	32.1% 68	39.8% 281	38.0% 349
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 706	918

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Indian	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 14	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	27.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 18
Agree	5.6% 49	11.1% 1	25.0% 1	27.3% 3	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	6.0% 55
Not sure	2.3% 20	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 23
Disagree	52.4% 461	33.3% 3	0.0% 0	27.3% 3	50.0% 4	66.7% 2	51.7% 473
Strongly disagree	38.2% 336	22.2% 2	75.0% 3	18.2% 2	25.0% 2	33.3% 1	37.8% 346
TOTAL	100.0% 880	100.0% 9	100.0% 4	100.0% 11	100.0% 8	100.0% 3	915

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Natural Law	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 9	1.7% 3	2.3% 5	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	2.0% 18
Agree	5.7% 29	7.4% 13	6.1% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 55
Not sure	3.0% 15	1.7% 3	1.9% 4	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 23
Disagree	54.1% 273	52.8% 93	45.8% 98	50.0% 8	0.0% 0	51.8% 472
Strongly disagree	35.4% 179	36.4% 64	43.9% 94	43.8% 7	0.0% 0	37.7% 344
TOTAL	100.0% 505	100.0% 176	100.0% 214	100.0% 16	100.0% 1	912

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 16	2.0% 2	2.0% 18
Agree	5.7% 46	8.9% 9	6.0% 55
Not sure	2.3% 19	4.0% 4	2.5% 23
Disagree	50.9% 414	56.4% 57	51.5% 471
Strongly disagree	39.1% 318	28.7% 29	38.0% 347
TOTAL	100.0% 813	100.0% 101	914

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$10K-19,999	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	2.7% 7	1.6% 8	2.2% 3	2.0% 18
Agree	25.0% 1	8.0% 21	5.1% 26	3.6% 5	5.8% 53
Not sure	25.0% 1	2.3% 6	2.6% 13	2.2% 3	2.5% 23
Disagree	25.0% 1	47.3% 124	53.9% 274	52.6% 72	51.7% 471
Strongly disagree	25.0% 1	39.7% 104	36.8% 187	39.4% 54	38.0% 346
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 262	100.0% 508	100.0% 137	911