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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: Individuals should seek out religious truth for themselves and not conform to any church's doctrines.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	16	1.9%	1.9%	-2.83
Agree	108	13.1%	15.1%	-1.81
Not sure	87	10.6%	25.6%	-.79
Disagree	443	53.8%	79.5%	.23
Strongly disagree	169	20.5%	100%	1.24

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 9	1.7% 7	1.9% 16
Agree	14.5% 59	11.8% 49	13.1% 108
Not sure	11.5% 47	9.6% 40	10.6% 87
Disagree	53.1% 216	54.5% 226	53.8% 442
Strongly disagree	18.7% 76	22.4% 93	20.6% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 415	822

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 15	0.9% 1	2.0% 16
Agree	11.6% 82	20.9% 23	12.9% 105
Not sure	11.3% 80	6.4% 7	10.7% 87
Disagree	54.2% 382	50.9% 56	53.7% 438
Strongly disagree	20.7% 146	20.9% 23	20.7% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 705	100.0% 110	815

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 2	2.4% 6	2.0% 6	1.6% 2	1.9% 16
Agree	15.2% 21	13.3% 34	11.8% 36	13.7% 17	13.1% 108
Not sure	14.5% 20	11.8% 30	9.5% 29	6.5% 8	10.6% 87
Disagree	55.1% 76	55.7% 142	52.8% 161	51.6% 64	53.9% 443
Strongly disagree	13.8% 19	16.9% 43	23.9% 73	26.6% 33	20.4% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 255	100.0% 305	100.0% 124	822

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.5% 5	2.2% 3	1.5% 7	7.1% 1	2.0% 16
Agree	13.9% 28	21.0% 29	10.2% 47	14.3% 2	13.0% 106
Not sure	14.9% 30	10.1% 14	8.9% 41	0.0% 0	10.4% 85
Disagree	47.3% 95	54.3% 75	56.6% 261	57.1% 8	53.9% 439
Strongly disagree	21.4% 43	12.3% 17	22.8% 105	21.4% 3	20.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 138	100.0% 461	100.0% 14	814

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.9% 1	1.3% 3	2.5% 8	1.5% 3	1.9% 15
Agree	17.1% 6	13.6% 32	11.9% 38	12.8% 25	12.9% 101
Not sure	14.3% 5	11.9% 28	9.7% 31	10.8% 21	10.8% 85
Disagree	48.6% 17	57.0% 134	51.9% 166	52.8% 103	53.5% 420
Strongly disagree	17.1% 6	16.2% 38	24.1% 77	22.1% 43	20.9% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 235	100.0% 320	100.0% 195	785

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.5% 2	1.2% 2	1.7% 5	2.6% 7	2.0% 16
Agree	12.3% 10	14.5% 25	14.0% 42	11.7% 31	13.2% 108
Not sure	13.6% 11	11.6% 20	9.0% 27	10.9% 29	10.6% 87
Disagree	58.0% 47	53.5% 92	52.0% 156	54.3% 144	53.7% 439
Strongly disagree	13.6% 11	19.2% 33	23.3% 70	20.4% 54	20.5% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 172	100.0% 300	100.0% 265	818

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 14	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	2.0% 16
Agree	13.4% 108	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.2% 108
Not sure	10.4% 84	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	10.5% 86
Disagree	53.7% 432	50.0% 2	60.0% 6	53.7% 440
Strongly disagree	20.7% 167	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	20.6% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	819