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

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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree 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) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	27	3.3%	3.3%	-2.29
Agree	144	17.5%	20.7%	-1.42
Not sure	160	19.4%	40.1%	-.54
Disagree	274	33.2%	73.3%	.33
Strongly disagree	220	26.7%	100%	1.2

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.7% 19	1.9% 8	3.3% 27
Agree	16.9% 69	18.0% 75	17.5% 144
Not sure	20.6% 84	18.3% 76	19.4% 160
Disagree	32.8% 134	33.4% 139	33.1% 273
Strongly disagree	25.0% 102	28.4% 118	26.7% 220
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 416	824

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.8% 20	4.6% 5	3.1% 25
Agree	16.9% 120	22.2% 24	17.6% 144
Not sure	19.6% 139	18.5% 20	19.5% 159
Disagree	33.3% 236	31.5% 34	33.1% 270
Strongly disagree	27.3% 193	23.1% 25	26.7% 218
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 108	816

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.8% 8	5.0% 13	1.0% 3	2.4% 3	3.3% 27
Agree	20.3% 28	21.3% 55	14.8% 45	12.9% 16	17.5% 144
Not sure	21.7% 30	21.7% 56	18.1% 55	15.3% 19	19.4% 160
Disagree	34.8% 48	29.8% 77	37.8% 115	27.4% 34	33.3% 274
Strongly disagree	17.4% 24	22.1% 57	28.3% 86	41.9% 52	26.6% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 258	100.0% 304	100.0% 124	824

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.0% 12	4.3% 6	1.7% 8	0.0% 0	3.2% 26
Agree	16.0% 32	20.3% 28	17.5% 81	13.3% 2	17.5% 143
Not sure	18.5% 37	22.5% 31	18.4% 85	26.7% 4	19.2% 157
Disagree	41.5% 83	29.0% 40	30.9% 143	26.7% 4	33.1% 270
Strongly disagree	18.0% 36	23.9% 33	31.5% 146	33.3% 5	27.0% 220
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 138	100.0% 463	100.0% 15	816

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	2.1% 5	4.4% 14	3.1% 6	3.2% 25
Agree	27.8% 10	20.9% 49	15.6% 50	14.4% 28	17.4% 137
Not sure	27.8% 10	20.1% 47	16.5% 53	21.0% 41	19.2% 151
Disagree	30.6% 11	34.6% 81	33.0% 106	33.3% 65	33.5% 263
Strongly disagree	13.9% 5	22.2% 52	30.5% 98	28.2% 55	26.7% 210
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 234	100.0% 321	100.0% 195	786

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.7% 3	4.1% 7	3.3% 10	2.6% 7	3.3% 27
Agree	21.0% 17	16.9% 29	16.7% 50	17.2% 46	17.3% 142
Not sure	22.2% 18	23.3% 40	18.1% 54	18.0% 48	19.5% 160
Disagree	27.2% 22	32.0% 55	32.8% 98	36.0% 96	33.1% 271
Strongly disagree	25.9% 21	23.8% 41	29.1% 87	26.2% 70	26.7% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 172	100.0% 299	100.0% 267	819

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.2% 26	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.3% 27
Agree	17.5% 141	50.0% 2	10.0% 1	17.5% 144
Not sure	19.5% 157	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	19.2% 158
Disagree	33.2% 268	25.0% 1	40.0% 4	33.3% 273
Strongly disagree	26.6% 215	0.0% 0	40.0% 4	26.7% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 807	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	821