Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2003 - Presbyterians Today, Clergy

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GENESIS The account of Creation presented in Genesis:   1) Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--hour periods for God to create the world	8	1.2%	1.2%	-2.81
Is a true account of how God created the world	343	50.5%	51.7%	-.9
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	328	48.3%	100%	1.01

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Household income Political party Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--hour periods for God to create the world	1.4% 1	1.1% 2	1.0% 4	2.1% 1	1.2% 8
Is a true account of how God created the world	74.3% 52	55.9% 99	45.2% 173	38.3% 18	50.5% 342
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	24.3% 17	42.9% 76	53.8% 206	59.6% 28	48.3% 327
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 177	100.0% 383	100.0% 47	677

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--hour periods for God to create the world	0.0% 0	1.6% 8	1.2% 8
Is a true account of how God created the world	40.1% 73	54.4% 270	50.6% 343
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	59.9% 109	44.0% 218	48.2% 327
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 496	678

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20K	$20K–$49,999	$50K–$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--hour periods for God to create the world	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	1.6% 6	0.0% 0	1.2% 8
Is a true account of how God created the world	0.0% 0	52.4% 88	52.0% 192	44.5% 57	50.4% 337
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	100.0% 4	46.4% 78	46.3% 171	55.5% 71	48.4% 324
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 168	100.0% 369	100.0% 128	669

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--hour periods for God to create the world	0.3% 1	0.9% 1	3.5% 6	0.0% 0	1.2% 8
Is a true account of how God created the world	36.3% 135	52.2% 60	78.2% 133	65.0% 13	50.4% 341
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	63.4% 236	47.0% 54	18.2% 31	35.0% 7	48.4% 328
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 115	100.0% 170	100.0% 20	677

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible—that is, it took six twenty-four--hour periods for God to create the world	0.8% 1	1.2% 2	1.5% 4	0.8% 1	1.2% 8
Is a true account of how God created the world	47.0% 62	51.8% 86	51.7% 135	50.4% 60	50.6% 343
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	52.3% 69	47.0% 78	46.7% 122	48.7% 58	48.2% 327
TOTAL	100.0% 132	100.0% 166	100.0% 261	100.0% 119	678