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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. - Religious ideas should be the result of the individual's search, without regard to any churches or church teachings.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	57	1.9%	1.9%	-3.15
Agree	395	12.9%	14.8%	-1.88
Neither agree or disagree	617	20.2%	35%	-.61
Disagree	1988	65%	100%	.65

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 26	2.1% 31	1.9% 57
Agree	12.0% 192	14.0% 203	13.0% 395
Neither agree or disagree	22.0% 351	18.1% 263	20.1% 614
Disagree	64.4% 1029	65.7% 954	65.0% 1983
TOTAL	100.0% 1598	100.0% 1451	3049

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 43	2.5% 14	1.9% 57
Agree	12.3% 306	15.9% 89	13.0% 395
Neither agree or disagree	19.8% 494	21.8% 122	20.2% 616
Disagree	66.1% 1647	59.8% 335	65.0% 1982
TOTAL	100.0% 2490	100.0% 560	3050

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 18	1.9% 9	2.0% 13	2.0% 16	1.9% 56
Agree	12.0% 128	12.7% 61	14.0% 90	13.5% 110	12.9% 389
Neither agree or disagree	17.6% 188	21.9% 105	19.9% 128	22.0% 179	20.0% 600
Disagree	68.7% 733	63.5% 305	64.1% 413	62.6% 510	65.2% 1961
TOTAL	100.0% 1067	100.0% 480	100.0% 644	100.0% 815	3006

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 16	1.6% 16	1.1% 11	2.2% 6	1.7% 49
Agree	13.7% 82	13.4% 136	12.3% 120	7.7% 21	12.6% 359
Neither agree or disagree	22.7% 136	19.0% 193	20.6% 200	18.7% 51	20.3% 580
Disagree	61.0% 366	66.0% 670	65.9% 641	71.4% 195	65.5% 1872
TOTAL	100.0% 600	100.0% 1015	100.0% 972	100.0% 273	2860

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.0% 3	2.1% 25	1.9% 20	1.2% 8	1.9% 56
Agree	16.2% 16	14.5% 172	11.3% 119	11.8% 79	12.8% 386
Neither agree or disagree	33.3% 33	20.9% 248	18.2% 191	20.2% 135	20.2% 607
Disagree	47.5% 47	62.5% 742	68.6% 720	66.8% 446	65.1% 1955
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 1187	100.0% 1050	100.0% 668	3004

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60-69 yrs	70+ yrs	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 13	1.4% 9	2.4% 14	1.3% 9	2.2% 11	1.8% 56
Agree	15.1% 94	12.8% 82	10.8% 62	11.5% 81	15.1% 76	13.0% 395
Neither agree or disagree	25.6% 159	17.8% 114	17.2% 99	19.5% 137	20.7% 104	20.1% 613
Disagree	57.2% 355	68.1% 437	69.6% 400	67.7% 476	62.0% 312	65.0% 1980
TOTAL	100.0% 621	100.0% 642	100.0% 575	100.0% 703	100.0% 503	3044

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 48	3.7% 6	1.8% 54
Agree	12.7% 361	14.6% 24	12.8% 385
Neither agree or disagree	20.1% 570	20.7% 34	20.1% 604
Disagree	65.5% 1860	61.0% 100	65.3% 1960
TOTAL	100.0% 2839	100.0% 164	3003

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.9% 14	2.3% 13	1.6% 26	4.3% 2	1.8% 55
Agree	12.7% 94	14.9% 83	11.8% 194	17.0% 8	12.7% 379
Neither agree or disagree	19.9% 147	23.5% 131	19.0% 313	27.7% 13	20.2% 604
Disagree	65.5% 485	59.3% 331	67.6% 1114	51.1% 24	65.3% 1954
TOTAL	100.0% 740	100.0% 558	100.0% 1647	100.0% 47	2992

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 35	1.5% 22	1.9% 57
Agree	15.0% 242	10.6% 153	12.9% 395
Neither agree or disagree	23.5% 380	16.5% 237	20.2% 617
Disagree	59.4% 960	71.4% 1028	65.0% 1988
TOTAL	100.0% 1617	100.0% 1440	3057