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

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THIS QUESTION ASKS FOR YOUR VIEWS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, PLEASE GIVE THE BEST ANSWER YOU CAN: How true or false is the following statement for you?- I seem to get sick a little easier than other people.

	1) Definitely true
	2) Mostly true
	3) Don't know
	4) Mostly false
	5) Definitely false

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely true	9	1%	1%	-3.99
Mostly true	31	3.5%	4.6%	-2.82
Don't know	66	7.6%	12.1%	-1.65
Mostly false	254	29.1%	41.2%	-.48
Definitely false	514	58.8%	100%	.69

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely true	1.5% 8	0.3% 1	1.0% 9
Mostly true	4.0% 22	2.4% 8	3.4% 30
Don't know	8.1% 44	6.4% 21	7.5% 65
Mostly false	28.3% 154	30.6% 100	29.2% 254
Definitely false	58.1% 316	60.2% 197	58.9% 513
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 327	871

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely true	0.9% 6	1.6% 3	1.1% 9
Mostly true	3.7% 24	3.2% 6	3.6% 30
Don't know	7.0% 46	7.0% 13	7.0% 59
Mostly false	29.3% 192	29.0% 54	29.3% 246
Definitely false	59.1% 387	59.1% 110	59.1% 497
TOTAL	100.0% 655	100.0% 186	841

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely true	1.8% 2	0.9% 3	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 9
Mostly true	2.6% 3	4.4% 14	2.9% 9	3.6% 5	3.5% 31
Don't know	10.5% 12	5.7% 18	9.8% 30	4.4% 6	7.6% 66
Mostly false	36.0% 41	29.0% 92	29.7% 91	21.9% 30	29.1% 254
Definitely false	49.1% 56	59.9% 190	56.2% 172	70.1% 96	58.8% 514
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 317	100.0% 306	100.0% 137	874

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	1.5% 3	2.2% 3	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 9
Mostly true	3.5% 7	2.2% 3	4.0% 20	3.4% 1	3.6% 31
Don't know	10.1% 20	5.9% 8	7.2% 36	6.9% 2	7.7% 66
Mostly false	29.8% 59	26.5% 36	29.1% 145	24.1% 7	28.7% 247
Definitely false	55.1% 109	63.2% 86	59.0% 294	65.5% 19	59.0% 508
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 136	100.0% 498	100.0% 29	861

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely true	2.0% 2	0.4% 1	1.3% 4	0.7% 1	1.0% 8
Mostly true	2.0% 2	4.1% 11	3.7% 11	3.3% 5	3.6% 29
Don't know	16.3% 16	6.8% 18	5.7% 17	4.0% 6	7.0% 57
Mostly false	25.5% 25	29.3% 78	31.6% 94	25.2% 38	28.9% 235
Definitely false	54.1% 53	59.4% 158	57.6% 171	66.9% 101	59.5% 483
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 266	100.0% 297	100.0% 151	812

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely true	1.1% 2	0.6% 1	1.4% 3	1.0% 3	1.0% 9
Mostly true	6.7% 12	3.1% 5	2.9% 6	2.5% 8	3.6% 31
Don't know	6.7% 12	5.0% 8	5.7% 12	10.2% 32	7.4% 64
Mostly false	39.1% 70	30.2% 48	20.5% 43	28.7% 90	29.1% 251
Definitely false	46.4% 83	61.0% 97	69.5% 146	57.6% 181	58.8% 507
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 159	100.0% 210	100.0% 314	862

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	1.1% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 9
Mostly true	3.5% 28	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.6% 29
Don't know	7.4% 59	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	7.5% 61
Mostly false	29.3% 234	25.0% 1	33.3% 2	40.0% 2	29.4% 239
Definitely false	58.6% 468	50.0% 2	33.3% 2	60.0% 3	58.4% 475
TOTAL	100.0% 798	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	813