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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 expect my health to get worse.

	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	30	3.4%	3.4%	-2.28
Mostly true	104	11.9%	15.3%	-1.38
Don't know	348	39.7%	55%	-.48
Mostly false	155	17.7%	72.6%	.42
Definitely false	240	27.4%	100%	1.31

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely true	2.4% 13	5.2% 17	3.4% 30
Mostly true	9.9% 54	15.2% 50	11.9% 104
Don't know	41.0% 224	37.2% 122	39.5% 346
Mostly false	17.4% 95	18.3% 60	17.7% 155
Definitely false	29.4% 161	24.1% 79	27.4% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 328	875

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely true	3.2% 21	3.6% 7	3.3% 28
Mostly true	12.7% 83	9.4% 18	11.9% 101
Don't know	37.7% 247	43.8% 84	39.1% 331
Mostly false	18.9% 124	15.1% 29	18.1% 153
Definitely false	27.5% 180	28.1% 54	27.6% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 655	100.0% 192	847

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely true	3.5% 4	2.9% 9	4.2% 13	2.9% 4	3.4% 30
Mostly true	13.0% 15	9.6% 30	13.0% 40	13.6% 19	11.9% 104
Don't know	44.3% 51	43.6% 137	34.4% 106	38.6% 54	39.7% 348
Mostly false	16.5% 19	16.9% 53	20.1% 62	15.0% 21	17.7% 155
Definitely false	22.6% 26	27.1% 85	28.2% 87	30.0% 42	27.4% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 314	100.0% 308	100.0% 140	877

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	3.5% 7	2.9% 4	3.2% 16	6.9% 2	3.4% 29
Mostly true	10.9% 22	11.7% 16	12.9% 64	3.4% 1	11.9% 103
Don't know	42.8% 86	46.0% 63	36.8% 183	41.4% 12	39.8% 344
Mostly false	17.9% 36	13.9% 19	18.5% 92	24.1% 7	17.8% 154
Definitely false	24.9% 50	25.5% 35	28.6% 142	24.1% 7	27.1% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 137	100.0% 497	100.0% 29	864

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely true	4.1% 4	3.8% 10	3.0% 9	3.3% 5	3.4% 28
Mostly true	12.2% 12	13.9% 37	10.0% 30	10.6% 16	11.6% 95
Don't know	52.0% 51	39.8% 106	36.5% 110	39.1% 59	40.0% 326
Mostly false	12.2% 12	18.0% 48	17.6% 53	19.9% 30	17.5% 143
Definitely false	19.4% 19	24.4% 65	32.9% 99	27.2% 41	27.5% 224
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 266	100.0% 301	100.0% 151	816

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely true	2.2% 4	2.5% 4	1.9% 4	5.4% 17	3.4% 29
Mostly true	5.6% 10	10.6% 17	10.5% 22	17.1% 54	11.9% 103
Don't know	33.3% 60	33.8% 54	45.9% 96	42.2% 133	39.7% 343
Mostly false	20.6% 37	21.3% 34	16.7% 35	14.9% 47	17.7% 153
Definitely false	38.3% 69	31.9% 51	24.9% 52	20.3% 64	27.3% 236
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 160	100.0% 209	100.0% 315	864

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	3.4% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 27
Mostly true	12.4% 99	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	12.3% 100
Don't know	39.9% 319	50.0% 2	50.0% 3	25.0% 1	40.0% 325
Mostly false	17.0% 136	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	25.0% 1	17.1% 139
Definitely false	27.3% 218	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	50.0% 2	27.3% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 799	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	813