Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2001 -- Presbyterians in the 21st Century, Members

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MORIMPRT Which is more important to you?   1) A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices   2) A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice   3) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices	290	52.5%	52.5%	-.94
A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice	258	46.7%	99.3%	1.01
Other	4	.7%	100%	2.95

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices	54.8% 40	70.2% 66	55.9% 90	41.0% 89	52.3% 285
A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice	45.2% 33	29.8% 28	42.2% 68	58.5% 127	47.0% 256
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	0.5% 1	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 94	100.0% 161	100.0% 217	545

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices	54.0% 177	49.8% 108	52.3% 285
A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice	44.8% 147	50.2% 109	47.0% 256
Other	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 217	545

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices	51.0% 214	56.0% 65	52.1% 279
A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice	48.3% 203	43.1% 50	47.2% 253
Other	0.7% 3	0.9% 1	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 116	536

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices	52.0% 278	33.3% 1	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	52.3% 285
A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice	47.3% 253	66.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	47.0% 256
Other	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 535	100.0% 3	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	100.0% 1	545

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
A "big-tent" church that tolerates diversity of beliefs and practices	39.5% 15	46.6% 69	58.6% 119	62.8% 71	54.6% 274
A strict church that requires more uniformity of belief and practice	60.5% 23	52.0% 77	40.9% 83	36.3% 41	44.6% 224
Other	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.5% 1	0.9% 1	0.8% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 148	100.0% 203	100.0% 113	502