Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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BELIEF8 Please indicate the strength of your agreement or disagreement with each of the following statements -- I believe in a divine judgment after death where some shall be rewarded and others punished (For information on Index Construction, see Data File Summary).   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Neither agree nor disagree   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	635	18.4%	18.4%	-1.34
Agree	1486	43%	61.4%	-.39
Neither agree nor disagree	764	22.1%	83.5%	.56
Disagree	428	12.4%	95.9%	1.52
Strongly disagree	141	4.1%	100%	2.47

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Political party Region Race Sex Type of respondent

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.4% 526	18.5% 101	18.4% 627
Agree	43.8% 1250	39.4% 215	43.1% 1465
Neither agree nor disagree	21.6% 617	24.2% 132	22.0% 749
Disagree	12.4% 354	12.3% 67	12.4% 421
Strongly disagree	3.7% 107	5.7% 31	4.1% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 2854	100.0% 546	3400

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.4% 146	18.3% 123	25.1% 354	15.1% 8	18.5% 631
Agree	40.5% 518	42.5% 285	45.8% 645	39.6% 21	43.0% 1469
Neither agree nor disagree	25.4% 325	24.3% 163	17.3% 244	35.8% 19	22.0% 751
Disagree	16.3% 208	11.9% 80	9.4% 132	5.7% 3	12.4% 423
Strongly disagree	6.5% 83	3.0% 20	2.4% 34	3.8% 2	4.1% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 1280	100.0% 671	100.0% 1409	100.0% 53	3413

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.0% 235	16.3% 93	19.6% 143	18.1% 164	18.4% 635
Agree	41.5% 514	42.9% 245	44.0% 322	44.3% 401	43.0% 1482
Neither agree nor disagree	22.2% 275	24.3% 139	20.5% 150	21.9% 198	22.1% 762
Disagree	13.2% 164	12.1% 69	11.9% 87	11.8% 107	12.4% 427
Strongly disagree	4.1% 51	4.4% 25	4.0% 29	4.0% 36	4.1% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 1239	100.0% 571	100.0% 731	100.0% 906	3447

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.7% 38	17.7% 575	22.4% 11	18.3% 624
Agree	49.2% 63	42.7% 1385	44.9% 22	43.0% 1470
Neither agree nor disagree	11.7% 15	22.6% 732	20.4% 10	22.2% 757
Disagree	4.7% 6	12.9% 418	4.1% 2	12.5% 426
Strongly disagree	4.7% 6	4.0% 130	8.2% 4	4.1% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 3240	100.0% 49	3417

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.0% 212	19.9% 420	18.4% 632
Agree	39.5% 525	45.2% 954	43.0% 1479
Neither agree nor disagree	24.5% 326	20.5% 433	22.1% 759
Disagree	14.9% 198	10.9% 230	12.4% 428
Strongly disagree	5.0% 67	3.5% 73	4.1% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 1328	100.0% 2110	3438

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.7% 81	21.5% 137	18.3% 130	13.8% 34	19.9% 382
Agree	41.2% 135	40.8% 260	42.0% 298	47.2% 116	42.1% 809
Neither agree nor disagree	23.5% 77	23.5% 150	24.0% 170	19.1% 47	23.1% 444
Disagree	8.2% 27	11.4% 73	12.3% 87	13.8% 34	11.5% 221
Strongly disagree	2.4% 8	2.8% 18	3.4% 24	6.1% 15	3.4% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 638	100.0% 709	100.0% 246	1921

(I-INCMCL)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.5% 25	17.8% 122	11.6% 60	15.1% 11	15.7% 218
Agree	40.5% 45	47.8% 327	43.9% 228	30.1% 22	44.8% 622
Neither agree nor disagree	17.1% 19	18.9% 129	22.7% 118	24.7% 18	20.5% 284
Disagree	11.7% 13	11.8% 81	15.6% 81	20.5% 15	13.7% 190
Strongly disagree	8.1% 9	3.7% 25	6.2% 32	9.6% 7	5.3% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 73	1387

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.8% 97	21.5% 94	16.0% 79	22.0% 56	16.6% 78	20.0% 404
Agree	38.7% 140	42.6% 186	44.6% 220	36.2% 92	44.2% 208	41.9% 846
Neither agree nor disagree	23.5% 85	21.5% 94	22.7% 112	27.6% 70	22.3% 105	23.1% 466
Disagree	9.4% 34	10.8% 47	13.8% 68	9.1% 23	13.2% 62	11.6% 234
Strongly disagree	1.7% 6	3.7% 16	2.8% 14	5.1% 13	3.8% 18	3.3% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 437	100.0% 493	100.0% 254	100.0% 471	2017

(I-EDUCCL)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.9% 140	17.5% 51	9.7% 26	15.6% 217
Agree	45.6% 377	42.1% 123	45.5% 122	44.8% 622
Neither agree nor disagree	20.7% 171	20.9% 61	19.8% 53	20.5% 285
Disagree	12.9% 107	13.7% 40	16.4% 44	13.8% 191
Strongly disagree	3.9% 32	5.8% 17	8.6% 23	5.2% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 827	100.0% 292	100.0% 268	1387

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.2% 195	21.2% 221	17.8% 163	11.7% 56	18.4% 635
Agree	39.7% 403	43.8% 456	47.5% 436	39.9% 191	43.0% 1486
Neither agree nor disagree	26.0% 264	20.5% 214	19.1% 175	23.2% 111	22.1% 764
Disagree	12.3% 125	10.7% 112	11.5% 105	18.0% 86	12.4% 428
Strongly disagree	2.9% 29	3.7% 39	4.1% 38	7.3% 35	4.1% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 1016	100.0% 1042	100.0% 917	100.0% 479	3454