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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2003 - Presbyterians Today, Clergy

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EQUALLY

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: All the different religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	14	2%	2%	-3.02
Agree	69	9.7%	11.7%	-2.02
Not sure	56	7.9%	19.5%	-1.03
Disagree	309	43.4%	62.9%	-.04
Strongly disagree	264	37.1%	100%	.95

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	2.5% 10	1.9% 1	1.8% 13
Agree	4.1% 3	10.1% 19	11.1% 44	5.8% 3	9.7% 69
Not sure	6.8% 5	8.5% 16	7.8% 31	7.7% 4	7.9% 56
Disagree	41.9% 31	39.4% 74	45.5% 180	46.2% 24	43.5% 309
Strongly disagree	47.3% 35	41.0% 77	33.1% 131	38.5% 20	37.0% 263
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 188	100.0% 396	100.0% 52	710

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.2% 6	1.3% 7	1.8% 13
Agree	13.2% 25	8.4% 44	9.7% 69
Not sure	15.9% 30	5.0% 26	7.9% 56
Disagree	48.1% 91	41.8% 218	43.5% 309
Strongly disagree	19.6% 37	43.5% 227	37.1% 264
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 522	711

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20K	$20K–$49,999	$50K–$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	2.3% 4	1.8% 7	2.2% 3	2.0% 14
Agree	0.0% 0	7.4% 13	10.6% 41	9.4% 13	9.5% 67
Not sure	33.3% 1	8.0% 14	7.0% 27	8.7% 12	7.7% 54
Disagree	66.7% 2	42.3% 74	43.0% 166	44.2% 61	43.2% 303
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	40.0% 70	37.6% 145	35.5% 49	37.6% 264
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 175	100.0% 386	100.0% 138	702

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 12	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	2.0% 14
Agree	14.4% 56	8.0% 10	0.6% 1	5.0% 1	9.6% 68
Not sure	10.8% 42	7.2% 9	0.6% 1	20.0% 4	7.9% 56
Disagree	50.8% 197	47.2% 59	26.6% 46	20.0% 4	43.3% 306
Strongly disagree	20.9% 81	36.8% 46	72.3% 125	50.0% 10	37.1% 262
TOTAL	100.0% 388	100.0% 125	100.0% 173	100.0% 20	706

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 2	1.7% 3	1.1% 3	4.8% 6	2.0% 14
Agree	11.8% 16	7.6% 13	8.3% 23	13.5% 17	9.7% 69
Not sure	8.8% 12	7.6% 13	6.5% 18	10.3% 13	7.9% 56
Disagree	39.7% 54	50.0% 86	46.2% 128	31.7% 40	43.3% 308
Strongly disagree	38.2% 52	33.1% 57	37.9% 105	39.7% 50	37.1% 264
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 172	100.0% 277	100.0% 126	711