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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 2006 - The Bible, Elders

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GAYORDIN

Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with each statement. Decisions on ordination to the ministry of the Word and Sacrament of sexually active gay and lesbian persons should be left for each presbytery to make on a case-by-case basis.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Neutral or not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	35	6.1%	6.1%	-2.18
Agree	80	14%	20.2%	-1.4
Neutral or not sure	88	15.4%	35.6%	-.63
Disagree	120	21.1%	56.7%	.14
Strongly disagree	247	43.3%	100%	.92

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.7% 2	8.5% 7	6.7% 16	4.6% 10	6.2% 35
Agree	23.3% 7	7.3% 6	15.1% 36	14.3% 31	14.1% 80
Neutral or not sure	6.7% 2	19.5% 16	14.7% 35	16.1% 35	15.5% 88
Disagree	26.7% 8	20.7% 17	21.0% 50	20.7% 45	21.2% 120
Strongly disagree	36.7% 11	43.9% 36	42.4% 101	44.2% 96	43.0% 244
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 82	100.0% 238	100.0% 217	567

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.7% 1	6.1% 8	6.2% 14	6.9% 11	6.4% 34
Agree	20.0% 3	14.5% 19	16.3% 37	11.9% 19	14.7% 78
Neutral or not sure	40.0% 6	12.2% 16	12.8% 29	19.5% 31	15.4% 82
Disagree	20.0% 3	22.9% 30	21.1% 48	21.4% 34	21.6% 115
Strongly disagree	13.3% 2	44.3% 58	43.6% 99	40.3% 64	41.9% 223
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 131	100.0% 227	100.0% 159	532

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.0% 16	6.9% 7	3.7% 10	9.1% 1	6.0% 34
Agree	21.9% 39	16.7% 17	7.7% 21	9.1% 1	13.9% 78
Neutral or not sure	19.1% 34	15.7% 16	12.9% 35	0.0% 0	15.1% 85
Disagree	24.2% 43	24.5% 25	18.1% 49	27.3% 3	21.4% 120
Strongly disagree	25.8% 46	36.3% 37	57.6% 156	54.5% 6	43.6% 245
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 102	100.0% 271	100.0% 11	562

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.2% 25	3.8% 10	6.2% 35
Agree	15.0% 46	12.9% 34	14.1% 80
Neutral or not sure	18.3% 56	12.2% 32	15.5% 88
Disagree	20.6% 63	21.7% 57	21.1% 120
Strongly disagree	37.9% 116	49.4% 130	43.2% 246
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 263	569

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High school diploma	Some college, but no degree	College Degree	Advanced Degree	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	5.8% 5	7.1% 17	5.8% 11	6.1% 35
Agree	0.0% 0	15.4% 8	14.0% 12	11.7% 28	16.9% 32	14.0% 80
Neutral or not sure	0.0% 0	15.4% 8	17.4% 15	14.2% 34	16.4% 31	15.4% 88
Disagree	0.0% 0	21.2% 11	17.4% 15	21.3% 51	22.8% 43	21.1% 120
Strongly disagree	100.0% 3	44.2% 23	45.3% 39	45.8% 110	38.1% 72	43.3% 247
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 52	100.0% 86	100.0% 240	100.0% 189	570