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

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TFHLTHY

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 am as healthy as anybody I know.

	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	280	31.9%	31.9%	-1.01
Mostly true	407	46.4%	78.3%	-.04
Don't know	97	11.1%	89.4%	.93
Mostly false	57	6.5%	95.9%	1.9
Definitely false	36	4.1%	100%	2.87

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely true	31.9% 175	32.1% 105	32.0% 280
Mostly true	47.4% 260	44.6% 146	46.4% 406
Don't know	10.4% 57	11.9% 39	11.0% 96
Mostly false	6.9% 38	5.8% 19	6.5% 57
Definitely false	3.3% 18	5.5% 18	4.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 327	875

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely true	33.3% 218	30.3% 57	32.6% 275
Mostly true	46.6% 305	43.6% 82	45.9% 387
Don't know	9.8% 64	14.4% 27	10.8% 91
Mostly false	6.6% 43	5.9% 11	6.4% 54
Definitely false	3.8% 25	5.9% 11	4.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 655	100.0% 188	843

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely true	28.3% 32	31.9% 101	31.4% 97	36.2% 50	31.9% 280
Mostly true	46.0% 52	45.7% 145	45.6% 141	50.0% 69	46.4% 407
Don't know	15.9% 18	11.0% 35	11.0% 34	7.2% 10	11.1% 97
Mostly false	8.0% 9	7.3% 23	6.5% 20	3.6% 5	6.5% 57
Definitely false	1.8% 2	4.1% 13	5.5% 17	2.9% 4	4.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 317	100.0% 309	100.0% 138	877

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	28.5% 57	30.7% 42	34.3% 171	24.1% 7	32.0% 277
Mostly true	44.5% 89	46.7% 64	46.7% 233	48.3% 14	46.2% 400
Don't know	14.5% 29	11.7% 16	9.4% 47	13.8% 4	11.1% 96
Mostly false	9.0% 18	4.4% 6	5.8% 29	10.3% 3	6.5% 56
Definitely false	3.5% 7	6.6% 9	3.8% 19	3.4% 1	4.2% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 137	100.0% 499	100.0% 29	865

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely true	17.5% 17	32.5% 86	32.6% 98	41.1% 62	32.3% 263
Mostly true	41.2% 40	48.3% 128	48.2% 145	42.4% 64	46.3% 377
Don't know	21.6% 21	10.6% 28	9.3% 28	4.6% 7	10.3% 84
Mostly false	11.3% 11	5.7% 15	6.3% 19	7.3% 11	6.9% 56
Definitely false	8.2% 8	3.0% 8	3.7% 11	4.6% 7	4.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 265	100.0% 301	100.0% 151	814

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely true	30.4% 55	38.4% 61	41.6% 87	23.5% 74	32.1% 277
Mostly true	50.3% 91	45.9% 73	43.5% 91	46.0% 145	46.3% 400
Don't know	10.5% 19	10.1% 16	5.7% 12	15.2% 48	11.0% 95
Mostly false	6.6% 12	4.4% 7	5.7% 12	8.3% 26	6.6% 57
Definitely false	2.2% 4	1.3% 2	3.3% 7	7.0% 22	4.1% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 159	100.0% 209	100.0% 315	864

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	32.4% 259	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	32.1% 261
Mostly true	46.9% 375	25.0% 1	33.3% 2	50.0% 2	46.7% 380
Don't know	10.4% 83	25.0% 1	50.0% 3	0.0% 0	10.7% 87
Mostly false	6.1% 49	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	6.3% 51
Definitely false	4.3% 34	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 800	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	814