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Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2008 - Spirituality and Health, Members and Elders

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Q16HABIT

To what extent do you agree or disagree with these statements about health and spirituality? With God's help I can develop health habits that can prevent health problems from arising.

	1) Strongly disagree
	2) Disagree
	3) Tend to disagree
	4) Neutral or not sure
	5) Tend to agree
	6) Agree
	7) Strongly agree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly disagree	6	.7%	.7%	-3.67
Disagree	21	2.4%	3.1%	-2.84
Tend to disagree	24	2.7%	5.8%	-2.01
Neutral or not sure	104	11.8%	17.6%	-1.18
Tend to agree	279	31.7%	49.3%	-.35
Agree	277	31.5%	80.8%	.48
Strongly agree	169	19.2%	100%	1.31

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.3% 1	0.8% 3	0.6% 5
Disagree	11.9% 7	1.8% 2	1.6% 5	1.8% 7	2.4% 21
Tend to disagree	3.4% 2	3.6% 4	3.2% 10	2.1% 8	2.8% 24
Neutral or not sure	8.5% 5	10.7% 12	11.7% 37	12.8% 49	11.9% 103
Tend to agree	35.6% 21	31.3% 35	30.5% 96	32.2% 123	31.7% 275
Agree	25.4% 15	32.1% 36	34.0% 107	30.6% 117	31.7% 275
Strongly agree	15.3% 9	19.6% 22	18.7% 59	19.6% 75	19.0% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 112	100.0% 315	100.0% 382	868

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.4% 2	0.8% 3	0.6% 5
Disagree	2.0% 10	2.9% 11	2.4% 21
Tend to disagree	2.4% 12	3.2% 12	2.8% 24
Neutral or not sure	13.8% 68	9.3% 35	11.8% 103
Tend to agree	30.6% 151	33.0% 124	31.6% 275
Agree	29.8% 147	34.0% 128	31.6% 275
Strongly agree	21.1% 104	16.8% 63	19.2% 167
TOTAL	100.0% 494	100.0% 376	870

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000+	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.3% 1	0.9% 2	0.6% 5
Disagree	3.1% 1	1.4% 3	2.4% 8	2.3% 5	2.1% 17
Tend to disagree	0.0% 0	3.4% 7	2.4% 8	3.6% 8	2.9% 23
Neutral or not sure	9.4% 3	10.1% 21	12.9% 43	14.0% 31	12.4% 98
Tend to agree	31.3% 10	30.9% 64	33.9% 113	31.2% 69	32.3% 256
Agree	34.4% 11	30.9% 64	29.1% 97	34.4% 76	31.3% 248
Strongly agree	21.9% 7	22.2% 46	18.9% 63	13.6% 30	18.4% 146
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 207	100.0% 333	100.0% 221	793

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Disagree	3.1% 8	2.8% 4	1.4% 6	15.0% 3	2.4% 21
Tend to disagree	3.9% 10	2.1% 3	2.3% 10	0.0% 0	2.7% 23
Neutral or not sure	11.7% 30	18.4% 26	9.3% 41	15.0% 3	11.7% 100
Tend to agree	34.8% 89	31.9% 45	29.9% 132	30.0% 6	31.7% 272
Agree	27.0% 69	29.1% 41	35.6% 157	25.0% 5	31.7% 272
Strongly agree	19.1% 49	14.9% 21	20.6% 91	15.0% 3	19.1% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 256	100.0% 141	100.0% 441	100.0% 20	858

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	1.4% 2	0.7% 6
Disagree	4.8% 8	3.1% 7	1.2% 4	1.4% 2	2.4% 21
Tend to disagree	4.2% 7	2.6% 6	2.4% 8	2.2% 3	2.8% 24
Neutral or not sure	15.5% 26	15.7% 36	7.1% 24	12.3% 17	11.8% 103
Tend to agree	26.8% 45	31.9% 73	33.5% 113	31.9% 44	31.5% 275
Agree	25.6% 43	32.3% 74	32.9% 111	34.8% 48	31.7% 276
Strongly agree	22.6% 38	14.4% 33	22.0% 74	15.9% 22	19.2% 167
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 229	100.0% 337	100.0% 138	872