Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2005 - Hymnals, 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

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 24-hour periods for God to create the world	12	1.8%	1.8%	-2.72
Is a true account of how God created the world	332	50.9%	52.8%	-.85
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	308	47.2%	100%	1.02

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender 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	1.4% 1	3.1% 5	1.3% 5	2.6% 1	1.8% 12
Is a true account of how God created the world	67.6% 48	52.1% 85	49.1% 185	33.3% 13	50.9% 331
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	31.0% 22	44.8% 73	49.6% 187	64.1% 25	47.2% 307
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 163	100.0% 377	100.0% 39	650

Gender (I-GENDER)

	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	0.0% 0	2.6% 12	1.8% 12
Is a true account of how God created the world	37.6% 68	56.2% 264	51.0% 332
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	62.4% 113	41.3% 194	47.2% 307
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 470	651

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K - $49,999	$50K - $99,999	$100K+	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	12.5% 1	3.3% 5	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	1.9% 12
Is a true account of how God created the world	12.5% 1	54.2% 83	53.6% 192	41.7% 50	51.0% 326
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	75.0% 6	42.5% 65	44.7% 160	58.3% 70	47.1% 301
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 153	100.0% 358	100.0% 120	639

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	1.6% 2	6.3% 10	0.0% 0	1.8% 12
Is a true account of how God created the world	37.2% 131	50.8% 62	78.1% 125	76.5% 13	50.8% 331
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	62.8% 221	47.5% 58	15.6% 25	23.5% 4	47.3% 308
TOTAL	100.0% 352	100.0% 122	100.0% 160	100.0% 17	651

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	1.5% 2	3.6% 6	1.3% 3	0.8% 1	1.8% 12
Is a true account of how God created the world	49.6% 65	50.6% 85	53.4% 124	48.3% 58	51.0% 332
Reflects human feelings about how the world might have been created	48.9% 64	45.8% 77	45.3% 105	50.8% 61	47.2% 307
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 168	100.0% 232	100.0% 120	651