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

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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	403	45.5%	45.5%	-.87
Probably favor approval	182	20.5%	66%	-.15
Not sure	98	11.1%	77.1%	.57
Probably do not favor approval	115	13%	90.1%	1.28
Definitely do not favor approval	88	9.9%	100%	2

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	44.2% 244	48.0% 159	45.6% 403
Probably favor approval	19.4% 107	21.8% 72	20.3% 179
Not sure	11.2% 62	10.9% 36	11.1% 98
Probably do not favor approval	14.1% 78	11.2% 37	13.0% 115
Definitely do not favor approval	11.1% 61	8.2% 27	10.0% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 331	883

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	45.1% 299	46.1% 88	45.3% 387
Probably favor approval	22.2% 147	14.7% 28	20.5% 175
Not sure	10.7% 71	12.0% 23	11.0% 94
Probably do not favor approval	12.4% 82	15.2% 29	13.0% 111
Definitely do not favor approval	9.7% 64	12.0% 23	10.2% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 663	100.0% 191	854

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	41.9% 49	38.3% 123	53.2% 164	47.9% 67	45.5% 403
Probably favor approval	21.4% 25	21.5% 69	18.8% 58	21.4% 30	20.5% 182
Not sure	11.1% 13	13.7% 44	10.1% 31	7.1% 10	11.1% 98
Probably do not favor approval	16.2% 19	15.0% 48	9.7% 30	12.9% 18	13.0% 115
Definitely do not favor approval	9.4% 11	11.5% 37	8.1% 25	10.7% 15	9.9% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 321	100.0% 308	100.0% 140	886

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	34.7% 70	36.7% 51	52.9% 266	41.4% 12	45.7% 399
Probably favor approval	17.8% 36	22.3% 31	21.1% 106	17.2% 5	20.4% 178
Not sure	11.9% 24	12.2% 17	9.5% 48	17.2% 5	10.8% 94
Probably do not favor approval	17.8% 36	16.5% 23	10.7% 54	3.4% 1	13.1% 114
Definitely do not favor approval	17.8% 36	12.2% 17	5.8% 29	20.7% 6	10.1% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 139	100.0% 503	100.0% 29	873

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	53.5% 53	48.1% 130	40.5% 123	43.0% 65	45.0% 371
Probably favor approval	17.2% 17	20.0% 54	24.0% 73	19.2% 29	21.0% 173
Not sure	15.2% 15	13.0% 35	8.6% 26	8.6% 13	10.8% 89
Probably do not favor approval	9.1% 9	12.6% 34	14.1% 43	15.2% 23	13.2% 109
Definitely do not favor approval	5.1% 5	6.3% 17	12.8% 39	13.9% 21	10.0% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 270	100.0% 304	100.0% 151	824

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	28.2% 51	42.5% 68	47.9% 101	55.3% 178	45.5% 398
Probably favor approval	21.0% 38	24.4% 39	17.5% 37	19.6% 63	20.3% 177
Not sure	16.6% 30	10.0% 16	10.0% 21	9.0% 29	11.0% 96
Probably do not favor approval	19.3% 35	12.5% 20	12.3% 26	10.6% 34	13.2% 115
Definitely do not favor approval	14.9% 27	10.6% 17	12.3% 26	5.6% 18	10.1% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 160	100.0% 211	100.0% 322	874

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	45.9% 371	50.0% 2	50.0% 3	25.0% 1	45.8% 377
Probably favor approval	20.8% 168	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.5% 169
Not sure	10.5% 85	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	10.4% 86
Probably do not favor approval	12.9% 104	25.0% 1	33.3% 2	25.0% 1	13.1% 108
Definitely do not favor approval	10.0% 81	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	10.1% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	823