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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: 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	30	3.4%	3.4%	-2.42
Agree	151	17.2%	20.6%	-1.45
Not sure	160	18.2%	38.8%	-.49
Disagree	415	47.3%	86.1%	.47
Strongly disagree	122	13.9%	100%	1.44

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.7% 20	2.7% 9	3.3% 29
Agree	17.6% 96	16.4% 54	17.1% 150
Not sure	18.1% 99	18.5% 61	18.3% 160
Disagree	46.5% 254	48.6% 160	47.3% 414
Strongly disagree	14.1% 77	13.7% 45	13.9% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 546	100.0% 329	875

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.6% 17	5.7% 11	3.3% 28
Agree	18.0% 118	15.0% 29	17.3% 147
Not sure	17.1% 112	22.8% 44	18.4% 156
Disagree	48.5% 318	42.0% 81	47.1% 399
Strongly disagree	13.7% 90	14.5% 28	13.9% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 655	100.0% 193	848

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 5	3.8% 12	1.6% 5	5.7% 8	3.4% 30
Agree	15.4% 18	20.1% 63	15.6% 48	15.7% 22	17.2% 151
Not sure	16.2% 19	20.1% 63	18.6% 57	15.0% 21	18.2% 160
Disagree	52.1% 61	42.0% 132	49.2% 151	50.7% 71	47.3% 415
Strongly disagree	12.0% 14	14.0% 44	15.0% 46	12.9% 18	13.9% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 314	100.0% 307	100.0% 140	878

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.0% 10	2.2% 3	2.6% 13	10.7% 3	3.4% 29
Agree	17.4% 35	20.3% 28	16.9% 84	7.1% 2	17.2% 149
Not sure	18.4% 37	19.6% 27	16.5% 82	32.1% 9	17.9% 155
Disagree	50.2% 101	45.7% 63	47.6% 237	39.3% 11	47.6% 412
Strongly disagree	9.0% 18	12.3% 17	16.5% 82	10.7% 3	13.9% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 138	100.0% 498	100.0% 28	865

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 2	1.5% 4	5.0% 15	2.6% 4	3.1% 25
Agree	15.2% 15	17.9% 48	17.6% 53	13.9% 21	16.7% 137
Not sure	23.2% 23	19.0% 51	14.6% 44	19.9% 30	18.1% 148
Disagree	44.4% 44	47.8% 128	48.5% 146	49.7% 75	48.0% 393
Strongly disagree	15.2% 15	13.8% 37	14.3% 43	13.9% 21	14.2% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 268	100.0% 301	100.0% 151	819

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 9	1.9% 3	3.8% 8	2.9% 9	3.4% 29
Agree	19.2% 35	25.0% 40	17.2% 36	12.1% 38	17.2% 149
Not sure	24.7% 45	18.1% 29	16.3% 34	15.9% 50	18.3% 158
Disagree	41.2% 75	43.1% 69	49.8% 104	51.3% 161	47.3% 409
Strongly disagree	9.9% 18	11.9% 19	12.9% 27	17.8% 56	13.9% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 160	100.0% 209	100.0% 314	865

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.2% 26	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	3.3% 27
Agree	17.4% 139	25.0% 1	20.0% 1	20.0% 1	17.4% 142
Not sure	18.0% 144	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	20.0% 1	17.9% 146
Disagree	48.2% 386	50.0% 2	40.0% 2	20.0% 1	48.0% 391
Strongly disagree	13.2% 106	25.0% 1	20.0% 1	20.0% 1	13.4% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 801	100.0% 4	100.0% 5	100.0% 5	815