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

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AGRETRN Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: Jesus will return to the earth some day.   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	404	48.9%	48.9%	-.85
Agree	268	32.4%	81.3%	.29
Not sure	123	14.9%	96.1%	1.42
Disagree	24	2.9%	99%	2.55
Strongly disagree	8	1%	100%	3.69

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.1% 206	47.5% 197	48.8% 403
Agree	33.8% 139	31.1% 129	32.4% 268
Not sure	13.1% 54	16.6% 69	14.9% 123
Disagree	1.9% 8	3.9% 16	2.9% 24
Strongly disagree	1.0% 4	1.0% 4	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 415	826

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.9% 339	55.5% 61	48.9% 400
Agree	32.1% 227	32.7% 36	32.2% 263
Not sure	16.4% 116	6.4% 7	15.0% 123
Disagree	3.0% 21	2.7% 3	2.9% 24
Strongly disagree	0.7% 5	2.7% 3	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 110	818

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.0% 56	49.6% 128	47.5% 144	60.0% 75	48.8% 403
Agree	30.7% 43	31.0% 80	37.0% 112	26.4% 33	32.4% 268
Not sure	22.9% 32	14.7% 38	13.2% 40	10.4% 13	14.9% 123
Disagree	5.7% 8	3.1% 8	1.7% 5	2.4% 3	2.9% 24
Strongly disagree	0.7% 1	1.6% 4	0.7% 2	0.8% 1	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 258	100.0% 303	100.0% 125	826

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.1% 83	42.0% 58	54.6% 253	53.3% 8	49.1% 402
Agree	38.1% 77	37.0% 51	28.1% 130	26.7% 4	32.0% 262
Not sure	15.3% 31	18.1% 25	13.8% 64	20.0% 3	15.0% 123
Disagree	4.5% 9	1.4% 2	2.6% 12	0.0% 0	2.8% 23
Strongly disagree	1.0% 2	1.4% 2	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 8
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	51.4% 19	52.5% 124	50.6% 162	43.3% 84	49.4% 389
Agree	35.1% 13	33.5% 79	31.9% 102	29.9% 58	32.0% 252
Not sure	13.5% 5	11.0% 26	13.4% 43	21.1% 41	14.6% 115
Disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 5	3.1% 10	4.6% 9	3.0% 24
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.9% 3	1.0% 2	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 236	100.0% 320	100.0% 194	787

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	60.5% 49	48.3% 84	49.3% 147	45.1% 121	48.8% 401
Agree	27.2% 22	35.6% 62	32.2% 96	31.7% 85	32.3% 265
Not sure	9.9% 8	14.4% 25	14.8% 44	17.2% 46	15.0% 123
Disagree	1.2% 1	0.6% 1	3.0% 9	4.9% 13	2.9% 24
Strongly disagree	1.2% 1	1.1% 2	0.7% 2	1.1% 3	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 298	100.0% 268	821

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.9% 396	0.0% 0	50.0% 5	48.7% 401
Agree	32.1% 260	75.0% 3	40.0% 4	32.4% 267
Not sure	15.0% 121	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	14.9% 123
Disagree	3.0% 24	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 24
Strongly disagree	1.0% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	823