Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 1997 - Older Adult Ministries, Elders

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THELVIEW Which of the following terms best describes your current stand on theological issues?   1) Very conservative   2) Conservative   3) Moderate   4) Liberal   5) Very liberal

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very conservative	53	6.4%	6.4%	-1.97
Conservative	280	33.7%	40.1%	-.83
Moderate	359	43.2%	83.3%	.3
Liberal	115	13.8%	97.1%	1.44
Very liberal	24	2.9%	100%	2.58

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very conservative	4.9% 20	7.7% 32	6.3% 52
Conservative	28.9% 119	38.5% 161	33.7% 280
Moderate	47.3% 195	39.2% 164	43.3% 359
Liberal	16.5% 68	11.2% 47	13.9% 115
Very liberal	2.4% 10	3.3% 14	2.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 418	830

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very conservative	6.3% 45	6.3% 7	6.3% 52
Conservative	34.6% 246	28.8% 32	33.8% 278
Moderate	42.6% 303	45.9% 51	43.1% 354
Liberal	13.8% 98	14.4% 16	13.9% 114
Very liberal	2.7% 19	4.5% 5	2.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 711	100.0% 111	822

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very conservative	8.5% 12	5.8% 15	4.6% 14	9.5% 12	6.4% 53
Conservative	22.7% 32	33.3% 86	37.7% 115	36.5% 46	33.6% 279
Moderate	47.5% 67	44.2% 114	43.6% 133	35.7% 45	43.3% 359
Liberal	14.2% 20	14.3% 37	12.8% 39	15.1% 19	13.9% 115
Very liberal	7.1% 10	2.3% 6	1.3% 4	3.2% 4	2.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 258	100.0% 305	100.0% 126	830

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very conservative	2.5% 5	2.2% 3	9.0% 42	20.0% 3	6.4% 53
Conservative	16.7% 34	23.2% 32	44.3% 206	26.7% 4	33.6% 276
Moderate	42.2% 86	52.2% 72	41.3% 192	26.7% 4	43.1% 354
Liberal	31.9% 65	18.1% 25	4.5% 21	26.7% 4	14.0% 115
Very liberal	6.9% 14	4.3% 6	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	2.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 204	100.0% 138	100.0% 465	100.0% 15	822

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very conservative	5.4% 2	6.8% 16	6.5% 21	5.6% 11	6.3% 50
Conservative	29.7% 11	34.7% 82	33.9% 109	31.1% 61	33.2% 263
Moderate	62.2% 23	45.8% 108	40.4% 130	41.8% 82	43.4% 343
Liberal	2.7% 1	12.3% 29	14.6% 47	18.4% 36	14.3% 113
Very liberal	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	4.7% 15	3.1% 6	2.8% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 236	100.0% 322	100.0% 196	791

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very conservative	9.9% 8	2.3% 4	6.6% 20	7.5% 20	6.3% 52
Conservative	27.2% 22	32.0% 56	36.5% 110	34.1% 91	33.9% 279
Moderate	49.4% 40	43.4% 76	40.2% 121	44.2% 118	43.1% 355
Liberal	11.1% 9	19.4% 34	12.6% 38	12.4% 33	13.8% 114
Very liberal	2.5% 2	2.9% 5	4.0% 12	1.9% 5	2.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 301	100.0% 267	824

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very conservative	6.3% 51	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	6.3% 52
Conservative	33.7% 274	25.0% 1	50.0% 5	33.9% 280
Moderate	43.2% 351	50.0% 2	30.0% 3	43.0% 356
Liberal	14.1% 115	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.9% 115
Very liberal	2.7% 22	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	2.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 813	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	827