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

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GEN1996

At its 1996 meeting, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved the following amendment to the church's constitution, and sent it to the presbyteries for a vote: "Those who are called to office in the church are to lead a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage of a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness. Persons refusing to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin shall not be ordained and/or installed as deacons, elders, or ministers of the Word and Sacrament." What is your opinion on this proposed amendment? Would you like to see it approved by a majority of the presbyteries, or not?

	1) Definitely favor approval
	2) Probably favor approval
	3) Not sure
	4) Probably do not favor approval
	5) Definitely do not favor approval

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely favor approval	379	45.6%	45.6%	-.89
Probably favor approval	141	17%	62.6%	-.24
Not sure	75	9%	71.6%	.42
Probably do not favor approval	103	12.4%	84%	1.07
Definitely do not favor approval	133	16%	100%	1.72

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	40.4% 167	50.6% 211	45.5% 378
Probably favor approval	16.5% 68	17.5% 73	17.0% 141
Not sure	11.9% 49	6.2% 26	9.0% 75
Probably do not favor approval	13.1% 54	11.8% 49	12.4% 103
Definitely do not favor approval	18.2% 75	13.9% 58	16.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 417	830

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	46.4% 330	37.8% 42	45.3% 372
Probably favor approval	18.1% 129	10.8% 12	17.2% 141
Not sure	9.0% 64	8.1% 9	8.9% 73
Probably do not favor approval	12.5% 89	12.6% 14	12.5% 103
Definitely do not favor approval	13.9% 99	30.6% 34	16.2% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 711	100.0% 111	822

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	39.3% 55	36.8% 95	50.3% 154	58.7% 74	45.5% 378
Probably favor approval	12.9% 18	19.8% 51	19.0% 58	11.1% 14	17.0% 141
Not sure	7.9% 11	13.2% 34	7.5% 23	5.6% 7	9.0% 75
Probably do not favor approval	9.3% 13	13.2% 34	15.0% 46	7.9% 10	12.4% 103
Definitely do not favor approval	30.7% 43	17.1% 44	8.2% 25	16.7% 21	16.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 258	100.0% 306	100.0% 126	830

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	31.5% 64	37.7% 52	54.1% 252	46.7% 7	45.6% 375
Probably favor approval	17.2% 35	20.3% 28	15.5% 72	26.7% 4	16.9% 139
Not sure	9.4% 19	10.9% 15	8.6% 40	6.7% 1	9.1% 75
Probably do not favor approval	17.7% 36	9.4% 13	11.2% 52	6.7% 1	12.4% 102
Definitely do not favor approval	24.1% 49	21.7% 30	10.7% 50	13.3% 2	15.9% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 138	100.0% 466	100.0% 15	822

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	43.2% 16	51.1% 121	46.0% 148	37.8% 74	45.3% 359
Probably favor approval	21.6% 8	14.3% 34	17.7% 57	19.9% 39	17.4% 138
Not sure	13.5% 5	9.7% 23	9.0% 29	6.1% 12	8.7% 69
Probably do not favor approval	8.1% 3	11.4% 27	10.6% 34	17.9% 35	12.5% 99
Definitely do not favor approval	13.5% 5	13.5% 32	16.8% 54	18.4% 36	16.0% 127
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 237	100.0% 322	100.0% 196	792

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	33.3% 27	37.7% 66	47.8% 144	51.3% 137	45.4% 374
Probably favor approval	18.5% 15	14.9% 26	19.6% 59	15.4% 41	17.1% 141
Not sure	12.3% 10	13.7% 24	6.3% 19	8.2% 22	9.1% 75
Probably do not favor approval	18.5% 15	14.9% 26	12.0% 36	9.7% 26	12.5% 103
Definitely do not favor approval	17.3% 14	18.9% 33	14.3% 43	15.4% 41	15.9% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 301	100.0% 267	824

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	45.1% 367	0.0% 0	90.0% 9	45.5% 376
Probably favor approval	17.2% 140	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	17.0% 141
Not sure	9.0% 73	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	9.1% 75
Probably do not favor approval	12.5% 102	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 103
Definitely do not favor approval	16.1% 131	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	16.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 813	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	827