Presbyterian Panel Study, 1997-1999 - Demographic Information, Members and Elders

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GEN1996 At its 1996 meeting, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved the following amendment to the church's constitution, and sent it to the presbyteries for a vote: "Those who are called to office in the church are to lead a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage of a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness. Persons refusing to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin shall not be ordained and/or installed as deacons, elders, or ministers of the Word and Sacrament." What is your opinion on this proposed amendment? Would you like to see it approved by a majority of the presbyteries, or not?   1) Definitely favor approval   2) Probably favor approval   3) Not sure   4) Probably do not favor approval   5) Definitely do not favor approval

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely favor approval	1211	45.9%	45.9%	-.87
Probably favor approval	488	18.5%	64.4%	-.19
Not sure	271	10.3%	74.7%	.5
Probably do not favor approval	334	12.7%	87.3%	1.18
Definitely do not favor approval	334	12.7%	100%	1.87

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	42.0% 595	50.6% 615	46.0% 1210
Probably favor approval	18.0% 255	18.8% 228	18.4% 483
Not sure	12.1% 171	8.2% 100	10.3% 271
Probably do not favor approval	14.2% 201	10.9% 133	12.7% 334
Definitely do not favor approval	13.8% 195	11.4% 139	12.7% 334
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1215	2632

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	46.6% 980	41.3% 193	45.6% 1173
Probably favor approval	19.2% 405	14.8% 69	18.4% 474
Not sure	9.8% 206	12.2% 57	10.2% 263
Probably do not favor approval	12.7% 268	13.3% 62	12.8% 330
Definitely do not favor approval	11.7% 246	18.4% 86	12.9% 332
TOTAL	100.0% 2105	100.0% 467	2572

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	33.2% 219	37.2% 159	54.0% 781	48.5% 32	45.8% 1191
Probably favor approval	18.8% 124	19.7% 84	18.0% 261	15.2% 10	18.4% 479
Not sure	11.7% 77	13.3% 57	8.5% 123	15.2% 10	10.3% 267
Probably do not favor approval	16.4% 108	13.8% 59	11.1% 161	6.1% 4	12.8% 332
Definitely do not favor approval	20.0% 132	15.9% 68	8.3% 120	15.2% 10	12.7% 330
TOTAL	100.0% 660	100.0% 427	100.0% 1446	100.0% 66	2599

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	48.3% 101	48.6% 361	45.8% 443	40.5% 222	45.7% 1127
Probably favor approval	17.7% 37	18.0% 134	20.0% 193	18.2% 100	18.8% 464
Not sure	17.7% 37	10.9% 81	8.9% 86	8.0% 44	10.1% 248
Probably do not favor approval	8.1% 17	11.8% 88	12.4% 120	16.8% 92	12.8% 317
Definitely do not favor approval	8.1% 17	10.6% 79	12.9% 125	16.4% 90	12.6% 311
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 743	100.0% 967	100.0% 548	2467

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	33.6% 153	38.4% 218	48.8% 371	55.5% 455	46.0% 1197
Probably favor approval	21.1% 96	18.7% 106	18.0% 137	17.1% 140	18.4% 479
Not sure	14.3% 65	12.5% 71	8.2% 62	8.7% 71	10.3% 269
Probably do not favor approval	16.9% 77	15.9% 90	11.3% 86	9.4% 77	12.7% 330
Definitely do not favor approval	14.3% 65	14.5% 82	13.7% 104	9.4% 77	12.6% 328
TOTAL	100.0% 456	100.0% 567	100.0% 760	100.0% 820	2603

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	46.1% 1139	51.7% 30	46.2% 1169
Probably favor approval	18.6% 459	13.8% 8	18.5% 467
Not sure	10.0% 247	6.9% 4	9.9% 251
Probably do not favor approval	12.5% 309	13.8% 8	12.5% 317
Definitely do not favor approval	12.8% 316	13.8% 8	12.8% 324
TOTAL	100.0% 2470	100.0% 58	2528