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Presbyterian Panel Series VII: Member and Elder Background Survey, Fall 1990

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Indicate the strength of your agreement or disagreement with the following statement. - All the different religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Neither agree or disagree
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	146	4.8%	4.8%	-2.05
Agree	724	23.6%	28.3%	-1.18
Neither agree or disagree	584	19%	47.3%	-.32
Disagree	1091	35.5%	82.8%	.55
Strongly disagree	528	17.2%	100%	1.41

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.5% 89	3.9% 56	4.7% 145
Agree	23.2% 374	24.0% 347	23.6% 721
Neither agree or disagree	19.6% 315	18.3% 265	19.0% 580
Disagree	35.8% 577	35.0% 507	35.4% 1084
Strongly disagree	15.8% 255	18.9% 273	17.3% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 1610	100.0% 1448	3058

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 106	7.0% 40	4.8% 146
Agree	23.0% 572	25.7% 148	23.5% 720
Neither agree or disagree	18.5% 459	21.4% 123	19.0% 582
Disagree	36.2% 899	32.3% 186	35.4% 1085
Strongly disagree	18.1% 450	13.6% 78	17.2% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 2486	100.0% 575	3061

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.7% 39	2.5% 12	6.7% 44	5.6% 46	4.7% 141
Agree	21.8% 232	22.1% 106	25.2% 165	24.8% 204	23.4% 707
Neither agree or disagree	18.2% 194	15.0% 72	19.5% 128	22.4% 184	19.1% 578
Disagree	37.5% 399	37.0% 177	34.3% 225	33.5% 275	35.6% 1076
Strongly disagree	18.8% 200	23.4% 112	14.3% 94	13.7% 113	17.2% 519
TOTAL	100.0% 1064	100.0% 479	100.0% 656	100.0% 822	3021

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.9% 36	4.7% 48	4.0% 39	3.0% 8	4.6% 131
Agree	27.1% 165	24.1% 245	22.3% 218	14.6% 39	23.2% 667
Neither agree or disagree	19.6% 119	17.7% 180	20.3% 199	15.0% 40	18.7% 538
Disagree	34.7% 211	35.8% 364	34.9% 341	46.4% 124	36.2% 1040
Strongly disagree	12.7% 77	17.7% 180	18.5% 181	21.0% 56	17.2% 494
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 1017	100.0% 978	100.0% 267	2870

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.3% 5	4.7% 57	4.6% 48	4.9% 33	4.7% 143
Agree	34.7% 33	27.1% 326	21.9% 231	18.3% 122	23.6% 712
Neither agree or disagree	22.1% 21	19.9% 239	16.8% 177	19.3% 129	18.8% 566
Disagree	23.2% 22	33.9% 408	38.3% 403	36.5% 244	35.7% 1077
Strongly disagree	14.7% 14	14.3% 172	18.4% 194	21.0% 140	17.2% 520
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 1202	100.0% 1053	100.0% 668	3018

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60-69 yrs	70+ yrs	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 39	4.5% 29	2.4% 14	4.4% 31	6.0% 31	4.7% 144
Agree	24.8% 154	19.8% 127	23.3% 133	22.5% 159	28.8% 148	23.6% 721
Neither agree or disagree	18.2% 113	19.1% 122	19.8% 113	19.8% 140	17.5% 90	18.9% 578
Disagree	33.2% 206	37.3% 239	36.4% 208	37.2% 263	32.5% 167	35.5% 1083
Strongly disagree	17.6% 109	19.2% 123	18.2% 104	16.1% 114	15.2% 78	17.3% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 621	100.0% 640	100.0% 572	100.0% 707	100.0% 514	3054

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 124	9.1% 15	4.6% 139
Agree	23.1% 660	27.9% 46	23.4% 706
Neither agree or disagree	19.0% 542	20.0% 33	19.1% 575
Disagree	35.9% 1025	32.1% 53	35.7% 1078
Strongly disagree	17.6% 501	10.9% 18	17.2% 519
TOTAL	100.0% 2852	100.0% 165	3017

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.8% 36	6.0% 33	4.3% 71	2.2% 1	4.7% 141
Agree	26.8% 199	22.1% 122	22.8% 380	21.7% 10	23.6% 711
Neither agree or disagree	19.4% 144	21.2% 117	18.2% 303	10.9% 5	18.9% 569
Disagree	36.3% 270	34.9% 193	35.4% 589	45.7% 21	35.7% 1073
Strongly disagree	12.7% 94	15.9% 88	19.3% 322	19.6% 9	17.1% 513
TOTAL	100.0% 743	100.0% 553	100.0% 1665	100.0% 46	3007

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.4% 104	2.9% 42	4.8% 146
Agree	26.4% 430	20.4% 294	23.6% 724
Neither agree or disagree	19.6% 319	18.4% 265	19.0% 584
Disagree	32.6% 531	38.8% 560	35.5% 1091
Strongly disagree	15.0% 245	19.6% 283	17.2% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 1629	100.0% 1444	3073