Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 2003 - Stewardship, Finances, and Allocation of Resources, 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 24-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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible–that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	16	1.9%	1.9%	-2.68
Is a true account of how God created the world	435	52.9%	54.8%	-.81
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	372	45.2%	100%	1.06

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Household income Political party Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible–that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	2.0% 2	2.7% 6	1.5% 7	2.2% 1	1.9% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world	71.0% 71	57.8% 129	48.4% 220	33.3% 15	52.9% 435
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	27.0% 27	39.5% 88	50.1% 228	64.4% 29	45.2% 372
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 223	100.0% 455	100.0% 45	823

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible–that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	0.5% 1	2.5% 15	1.9% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world	38.2% 83	58.1% 352	52.9% 435
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	61.3% 133	39.4% 239	45.2% 372
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 606	823

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible–that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	4.1% 8	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	1.9% 15
Is a true account of how God created the world	56.7% 110	54.9% 251	44.4% 67	53.4% 428
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	39.2% 76	43.5% 199	55.6% 84	44.8% 359
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 457	100.0% 151	802

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 24-hour periods for God to create the world	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	6.0% 13	0.0% 0	2.0% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world	38.1% 165	55.2% 80	77.8% 168	75.0% 18	52.7% 431
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	61.9% 268	42.8% 62	16.2% 35	25.0% 6	45.4% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 145	100.0% 216	100.0% 24	818

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Is literally true, exactly as we find it in the Bible–that is, it took six 24-hour periods for God to create the world	1.8% 3	3.7% 8	1.0% 3	1.3% 2	1.9% 16
Is a true account of how God created the world	50.3% 82	49.5% 106	54.5% 156	57.2% 91	52.9% 435
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	47.9% 78	46.7% 100	44.4% 127	41.5% 66	45.1% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 214	100.0% 286	100.0% 159	822