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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: All the different religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	75	8.6%	8.6%	-1.71
Agree	253	28.8%	37.4%	-.92
Not sure	159	18.1%	55.5%	-.13
Disagree	227	25.9%	81.4%	.65
Strongly disagree	163	18.6%	100%	1.44

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.7% 53	6.7% 22	8.6% 75
Agree	27.1% 148	31.7% 104	28.8% 252
Not sure	18.5% 101	17.4% 57	18.1% 158
Disagree	26.2% 143	25.3% 83	25.9% 226
Strongly disagree	18.5% 101	18.9% 62	18.6% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 546	100.0% 328	874

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.4% 55	7.3% 14	8.2% 69
Agree	29.4% 192	27.6% 53	29.0% 245
Not sure	17.5% 114	19.8% 38	18.0% 152
Disagree	27.0% 176	22.4% 43	25.9% 219
Strongly disagree	17.6% 115	22.9% 44	18.8% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 652	100.0% 192	844

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.5% 11	10.5% 33	7.8% 24	5.0% 7	8.6% 75
Agree	39.7% 46	35.8% 112	23.5% 72	16.3% 23	28.8% 253
Not sure	13.8% 16	19.2% 60	18.2% 56	19.1% 27	18.1% 159
Disagree	22.4% 26	18.5% 58	30.3% 93	35.5% 50	25.9% 227
Strongly disagree	14.7% 17	16.0% 50	20.2% 62	24.1% 34	18.6% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 313	100.0% 307	100.0% 141	877

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.0% 22	9.6% 13	7.6% 38	3.7% 1	8.6% 74
Agree	35.5% 71	25.0% 34	28.3% 142	7.4% 2	28.8% 249
Not sure	20.0% 40	16.2% 22	16.6% 83	37.0% 10	17.9% 155
Disagree	23.5% 47	27.9% 38	26.7% 134	22.2% 6	26.0% 225
Strongly disagree	10.0% 20	21.3% 29	20.8% 104	29.6% 8	18.6% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 136	100.0% 501	100.0% 27	864

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.0% 11	5.6% 15	7.7% 23	11.3% 17	8.1% 66
Agree	32.0% 32	31.2% 83	28.4% 85	25.8% 39	29.3% 239
Not sure	26.0% 26	18.8% 50	15.7% 47	15.9% 24	18.0% 147
Disagree	20.0% 20	25.2% 67	27.8% 83	27.8% 42	26.0% 212
Strongly disagree	11.0% 11	19.2% 51	20.4% 61	19.2% 29	18.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 266	100.0% 299	100.0% 151	816

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.3% 17	8.8% 14	7.2% 15	8.3% 26	8.3% 72
Agree	35.5% 65	33.3% 53	29.3% 61	22.9% 72	29.0% 251
Not sure	18.6% 34	14.5% 23	16.3% 34	20.6% 65	18.0% 156
Disagree	20.2% 37	25.2% 40	28.4% 59	28.3% 89	26.0% 225
Strongly disagree	16.4% 30	18.2% 29	18.8% 39	20.0% 63	18.6% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 159	100.0% 208	100.0% 315	865

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 70	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	8.8% 72
Agree	28.8% 231	50.0% 1	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	28.7% 234
Not sure	17.6% 141	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	20.0% 1	17.7% 144
Disagree	26.3% 211	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	26.2% 213
Strongly disagree	18.5% 148	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	20.0% 1	18.6% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 801	100.0% 2	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	814