Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2002 –- Children's Issues, Clergy

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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.	85	11.5%	11.5%	-1.92
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	402	54.5%	66%	-.35
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	251	34%	100%	1.22

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Race Political party Gender

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	13.6% 12	12.1% 31	10.6% 36	10.0% 5	11.4% 84
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	56.8% 50	59.5% 153	49.9% 170	56.0% 28	54.5% 401
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	29.5% 26	28.4% 73	39.6% 135	34.0% 17	34.1% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 257	100.0% 341	100.0% 50	736

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.	25.0% 1	17.5% 37	9.6% 39	5.5% 6	11.4% 83
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	50.0% 2	55.9% 118	54.9% 223	51.4% 56	54.7% 399
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	25.0% 1	26.5% 56	35.5% 144	43.1% 47	34.0% 248
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 211	100.0% 406	100.0% 109	730

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Indian	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	11.2% 79	28.6% 2	50.0% 1	25.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.6% 85
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	54.2% 383	42.9% 3	50.0% 1	58.3% 7	85.7% 6	0.0% 0	54.4% 400
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	34.6% 244	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	16.7% 2	14.3% 1	100.0% 1	34.0% 250
TOTAL	100.0% 706	100.0% 7	100.0% 2	100.0% 12	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	735

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	2.1% 8	9.6% 14	32.1% 61	14.3% 2	11.6% 85
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	51.4% 196	58.2% 85	56.3% 107	64.3% 9	54.3% 397
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	46.5% 177	32.2% 47	11.6% 22	21.4% 3	34.1% 249
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 146	100.0% 190	100.0% 14	731

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
The Bible is entirely accurate without error of any kind.	3.2% 5	13.6% 79	11.4% 84
The Bible is without error of any kind in spiritual matters, but there are problems in other areas such as science and history.	50.3% 79	55.6% 322	54.5% 401
The Bible contains errors in both spiritual and secular matters.	46.5% 73	30.7% 178	34.1% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 579	736