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

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AGTRUTH Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: The only absolute Truth for humankind is in Jesus Christ.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	398	48.2%	48.2%	-.84
Agree	220	26.6%	74.8%	.08
Not sure	107	13%	87.8%	1
Disagree	87	10.5%	98.3%	1.93
Strongly disagree	14	1.7%	100%	2.85

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	49.1% 202	47.1% 195	48.1% 397
Agree	25.8% 106	27.5% 114	26.7% 220
Not sure	11.9% 49	14.0% 58	13.0% 107
Disagree	10.5% 43	10.6% 44	10.5% 87
Strongly disagree	2.7% 11	0.7% 3	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 414	825

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.3% 335	54.5% 60	48.3% 395
Agree	28.4% 201	15.5% 17	26.7% 218
Not sure	12.9% 91	12.7% 14	12.8% 105
Disagree	9.9% 70	14.5% 16	10.5% 86
Strongly disagree	1.6% 11	2.7% 3	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 110	818

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.0% 56	42.8% 110	53.0% 161	56.5% 70	48.1% 397
Agree	29.3% 41	28.0% 72	27.3% 83	19.4% 24	26.7% 220
Not sure	10.7% 15	15.2% 39	11.8% 36	13.7% 17	13.0% 107
Disagree	15.7% 22	11.7% 30	7.2% 22	10.5% 13	10.5% 87
Strongly disagree	4.3% 6	2.3% 6	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 257	100.0% 304	100.0% 124	825

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.6% 86	40.6% 56	52.9% 245	60.0% 9	48.4% 396
Agree	27.7% 56	23.2% 32	26.3% 122	40.0% 6	26.4% 216
Not sure	10.4% 21	18.8% 26	13.0% 60	0.0% 0	13.1% 107
Disagree	15.3% 31	14.5% 20	7.3% 34	0.0% 0	10.4% 85
Strongly disagree	4.0% 8	2.9% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 138	100.0% 463	100.0% 15	818

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	56.8% 21	54.5% 128	49.4% 158	36.6% 71	48.1% 378
Agree	29.7% 11	26.4% 62	23.4% 75	30.9% 60	26.5% 208
Not sure	8.1% 3	11.1% 26	14.4% 46	14.4% 28	13.1% 103
Disagree	5.4% 2	7.2% 17	10.0% 32	16.5% 32	10.6% 83
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	2.8% 9	1.5% 3	1.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 235	100.0% 320	100.0% 194	786

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.8% 39	43.7% 76	48.5% 145	50.0% 134	48.0% 394
Agree	25.0% 20	28.7% 50	26.8% 80	25.7% 69	26.7% 219
Not sure	15.0% 12	10.9% 19	12.7% 38	14.2% 38	13.0% 107
Disagree	8.8% 7	16.1% 28	9.7% 29	8.6% 23	10.6% 87
Strongly disagree	2.5% 2	0.6% 1	2.3% 7	1.5% 4	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 174	100.0% 299	100.0% 268	821

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.3% 391	0.0% 0	55.6% 5	48.2% 396
Agree	26.6% 215	25.0% 1	33.3% 3	26.6% 219
Not sure	13.0% 105	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	13.0% 107
Disagree	10.4% 84	25.0% 1	11.1% 1	10.5% 86
Strongly disagree	1.7% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 4	100.0% 9	822