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

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Q21PURPS To what extent do you agree or disagree with these statements about health and spirituality? I have a special purpose for myself in this world.   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Tend to disagree   4) Neutral or not sure   5) Tend to agree   6) Agree   7) Strongly agree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly disagree	4	.5%	.5%	-3.88
Disagree	11	1.2%	1.7%	-3.02
Tend to disagree	20	2.3%	3.9%	-2.15
Neutral or not sure	137	15.4%	19.4%	-1.29
Tend to agree	234	26.4%	45.7%	-.42
Agree	302	34%	79.7%	.44
Strongly agree	180	20.3%	100%	1.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Household income Political party Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 3
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.3% 4	1.6% 6	1.3% 11
Tend to disagree	3.3% 2	1.8% 2	1.9% 6	2.6% 10	2.3% 20
Neutral or not sure	10.0% 6	20.5% 23	9.5% 30	20.0% 77	15.6% 136
Tend to agree	18.3% 11	20.5% 23	30.0% 95	26.8% 103	26.5% 232
Agree	43.3% 26	31.3% 35	37.5% 119	30.4% 117	34.0% 297
Strongly agree	25.0% 15	24.1% 27	19.6% 62	18.4% 71	20.0% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 112	100.0% 317	100.0% 385	874

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 3
Disagree	1.2% 6	1.3% 5	1.3% 11
Tend to disagree	1.4% 7	3.4% 13	2.3% 20
Neutral or not sure	13.5% 67	18.1% 69	15.5% 136
Tend to agree	26.4% 131	26.8% 102	26.6% 233
Agree	33.9% 168	34.1% 130	34.0% 298
Strongly agree	23.2% 115	16.0% 61	20.1% 176
TOTAL	100.0% 496	100.0% 381	877

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000+	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Disagree	3.1% 1	1.9% 4	1.2% 4	0.5% 1	1.2% 10
Tend to disagree	3.1% 1	2.4% 5	3.3% 11	1.4% 3	2.5% 20
Neutral or not sure	18.8% 6	14.6% 31	17.0% 57	14.0% 31	15.6% 125
Tend to agree	28.1% 9	25.5% 54	24.5% 82	32.0% 71	27.0% 216
Agree	28.1% 9	33.0% 70	34.3% 115	34.2% 76	33.7% 270
Strongly agree	18.8% 6	21.2% 45	19.4% 65	18.0% 40	19.5% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 212	100.0% 335	100.0% 222	801

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Disagree	1.2% 3	1.4% 2	1.1% 5	5.0% 1	1.3% 11
Tend to disagree	2.4% 6	2.8% 4	2.0% 9	0.0% 0	2.2% 19
Neutral or not sure	15.7% 40	21.3% 30	13.3% 60	15.0% 3	15.4% 133
Tend to agree	25.9% 66	29.1% 41	26.4% 119	30.0% 6	26.8% 232
Agree	37.3% 95	26.2% 37	34.9% 157	30.0% 6	34.1% 295
Strongly agree	17.6% 45	18.4% 26	21.6% 97	20.0% 4	19.9% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 141	100.0% 450	100.0% 20	866

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Disagree	0.6% 1	1.7% 4	1.2% 4	1.4% 2	1.3% 11
Tend to disagree	2.4% 4	3.0% 7	1.2% 4	3.6% 5	2.3% 20
Neutral or not sure	12.6% 21	19.7% 46	12.9% 44	18.0% 25	15.5% 136
Tend to agree	27.5% 46	24.4% 57	27.6% 94	25.9% 36	26.5% 233
Agree	34.7% 58	32.9% 77	34.4% 117	34.5% 48	34.1% 300
Strongly agree	22.2% 37	17.5% 41	22.1% 75	16.5% 23	20.0% 176
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 234	100.0% 340	100.0% 139	880