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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2003 - Presbyterians Today, Clergy

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BELIEFS

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: 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	12	1.7%	1.7%	-3.4
Agree	54	7.6%	9.2%	-2.29
Not sure	35	4.9%	14.1%	-1.18
Disagree	390	54.5%	68.7%	-.07
Strongly disagree	224	31.3%	100%	1.04

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	1.8% 7	1.9% 1	1.7% 12
Agree	6.8% 5	3.7% 7	9.3% 37	9.6% 5	7.6% 54
Not sure	1.4% 1	5.3% 10	4.8% 19	7.7% 4	4.8% 34
Disagree	58.1% 43	55.6% 104	54.3% 217	48.1% 25	54.6% 389
Strongly disagree	33.8% 25	33.2% 62	30.0% 120	32.7% 17	31.4% 224
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 187	100.0% 400	100.0% 52	713

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 4	1.5% 8	1.7% 12
Agree	7.4% 14	7.6% 40	7.6% 54
Not sure	3.2% 6	5.5% 29	4.9% 35
Disagree	57.4% 109	53.4% 280	54.5% 389
Strongly disagree	30.0% 57	31.9% 167	31.4% 224
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 524	714

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20K	$20K–$49,999	$50K–$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	1.6% 6	2.2% 3	1.7% 12
Agree	0.0% 0	8.0% 14	7.0% 27	8.7% 12	7.5% 53
Not sure	0.0% 0	4.6% 8	4.7% 18	5.8% 8	4.8% 34
Disagree	100.0% 4	54.3% 95	56.3% 218	50.7% 70	55.0% 387
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	31.4% 55	30.5% 118	32.6% 45	31.0% 218
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 175	100.0% 387	100.0% 138	704

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.3% 9	0.8% 1	0.6% 1	5.0% 1	1.7% 12
Agree	8.4% 33	7.2% 9	5.2% 9	10.0% 2	7.5% 53
Not sure	6.1% 24	3.2% 4	2.9% 5	10.0% 2	4.9% 35
Disagree	56.7% 223	56.8% 71	49.4% 85	45.0% 9	54.6% 388
Strongly disagree	26.5% 104	32.0% 40	41.9% 72	30.0% 6	31.3% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 125	100.0% 172	100.0% 20	710

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 3	1.2% 2	0.7% 2	4.0% 5	1.7% 12
Agree	8.7% 12	6.9% 12	8.3% 23	5.6% 7	7.6% 54
Not sure	5.8% 8	2.3% 4	4.7% 13	7.9% 10	4.9% 35
Disagree	50.0% 69	61.8% 107	51.3% 142	56.3% 71	54.5% 389
Strongly disagree	33.3% 46	27.7% 48	35.0% 97	26.2% 33	31.4% 224
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 173	100.0% 277	100.0% 126	714