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Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 1997 - Spirituality and Health, Members

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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: An individual should arrive at his or her own religious beliefs independent of any church.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	82	9.4%	9.4%	-1.79
Agree	229	26.4%	35.8%	-.96
Not sure	134	15.4%	51.2%	-.12
Disagree	332	38.2%	89.4%	.72
Strongly disagree	92	10.6%	100%	1.55

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.9% 53	8.5% 28	9.4% 81
Agree	24.0% 129	29.9% 98	26.2% 227
Not sure	15.6% 84	15.2% 50	15.5% 134
Disagree	39.8% 214	36.0% 118	38.3% 332
Strongly disagree	10.8% 58	10.4% 34	10.6% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 538	100.0% 328	866

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.1% 66	7.0% 13	9.4% 79
Agree	25.9% 169	27.8% 52	26.3% 221
Not sure	14.4% 94	17.6% 33	15.1% 127
Disagree	38.8% 253	37.4% 70	38.5% 323
Strongly disagree	10.7% 70	10.2% 19	10.6% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 652	100.0% 187	839

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 10	10.9% 34	9.9% 30	5.7% 8	9.4% 82
Agree	32.2% 37	30.9% 96	20.8% 63	23.6% 33	26.4% 229
Not sure	14.8% 17	13.2% 41	16.2% 49	19.3% 27	15.4% 134
Disagree	35.7% 41	36.0% 112	40.3% 122	40.7% 57	38.2% 332
Strongly disagree	8.7% 10	9.0% 28	12.9% 39	10.7% 15	10.6% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 311	100.0% 303	100.0% 140	869

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 17	8.8% 12	9.9% 49	11.5% 3	9.5% 81
Agree	30.0% 60	21.3% 29	26.1% 129	19.2% 5	26.1% 223
Not sure	16.0% 32	17.6% 24	14.2% 70	23.1% 6	15.4% 132
Disagree	36.5% 73	42.6% 58	38.3% 189	42.3% 11	38.7% 331
Strongly disagree	9.0% 18	9.6% 13	11.5% 57	3.8% 1	10.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 136	100.0% 494	100.0% 26	856

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 6	8.7% 23	9.7% 29	8.7% 13	8.8% 71
Agree	30.2% 29	27.7% 73	26.0% 78	24.7% 37	26.8% 217
Not sure	19.8% 19	18.6% 49	12.3% 37	12.0% 18	15.2% 123
Disagree	34.4% 33	34.8% 92	39.7% 119	45.3% 68	38.5% 312
Strongly disagree	9.4% 9	10.2% 27	12.3% 37	9.3% 14	10.7% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 96	100.0% 264	100.0% 300	100.0% 150	810

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.6% 23	10.1% 16	7.2% 15	8.5% 26	9.3% 80
Agree	31.3% 57	27.0% 43	24.0% 50	24.4% 75	26.3% 225
Not sure	22.0% 40	10.7% 17	13.5% 28	15.3% 47	15.4% 132
Disagree	29.1% 53	42.1% 67	42.3% 88	39.1% 120	38.3% 328
Strongly disagree	4.9% 9	10.1% 16	13.0% 27	12.7% 39	10.6% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 159	100.0% 208	100.0% 307	856

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 74	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	9.6% 77
Agree	25.4% 201	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	25.3% 204
Not sure	15.7% 124	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	15.6% 126
Disagree	39.1% 309	50.0% 2	16.7% 1	40.0% 2	39.0% 314
Strongly disagree	10.5% 83	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	10.5% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 791	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	806