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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?- My health is excellent.

	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	258	29.2%	29.2%	-1.04
Mostly true	455	51.5%	80.7%	-.06
Don't know	64	7.2%	87.9%	.92
Mostly false	73	8.3%	96.2%	1.9
Definitely false	34	3.8%	100%	2.88

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely true	28.5% 158	30.5% 100	29.3% 258
Mostly true	51.8% 287	50.6% 166	51.4% 453
Don't know	8.1% 45	5.8% 19	7.3% 64
Mostly false	7.4% 41	9.8% 32	8.3% 73
Definitely false	4.2% 23	3.4% 11	3.9% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 328	882

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely true	30.2% 199	28.6% 55	29.8% 254
Mostly true	52.4% 345	47.4% 91	51.2% 436
Don't know	6.5% 43	8.9% 17	7.1% 60
Mostly false	7.1% 47	12.0% 23	8.2% 70
Definitely false	3.8% 25	3.1% 6	3.6% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 192	851

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely true	24.3% 28	27.4% 88	30.0% 92	35.5% 50	29.2% 258
Mostly true	50.4% 58	54.5% 175	49.5% 152	49.6% 70	51.5% 455
Don't know	13.0% 15	5.6% 18	7.2% 22	6.4% 9	7.2% 64
Mostly false	6.1% 7	8.7% 28	9.4% 29	6.4% 9	8.3% 73
Definitely false	6.1% 7	3.7% 12	3.9% 12	2.1% 3	3.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 321	100.0% 307	100.0% 141	884

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	29.7% 60	35.3% 49	28.1% 141	17.2% 5	29.2% 255
Mostly true	50.0% 101	44.6% 62	53.0% 266	62.1% 18	51.3% 447
Don't know	5.9% 12	5.8% 8	8.2% 41	6.9% 2	7.2% 63
Mostly false	9.4% 19	11.5% 16	7.0% 35	10.3% 3	8.4% 73
Definitely false	5.0% 10	2.9% 4	3.8% 19	3.4% 1	3.9% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 139	100.0% 502	100.0% 29	872

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely true	15.0% 15	25.6% 69	32.3% 97	41.1% 62	29.6% 243
Mostly true	44.0% 44	52.6% 142	54.7% 164	45.0% 68	50.9% 418
Don't know	11.0% 11	10.4% 28	3.7% 11	6.6% 10	7.3% 60
Mostly false	20.0% 20	8.1% 22	6.0% 18	6.0% 9	8.4% 69
Definitely false	10.0% 10	3.3% 9	3.3% 10	1.3% 2	3.8% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 270	100.0% 300	100.0% 151	821

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely true	30.0% 54	38.5% 62	33.5% 70	21.5% 69	29.3% 255
Mostly true	55.6% 100	47.8% 77	52.6% 110	49.5% 159	51.2% 446
Don't know	7.8% 14	8.1% 13	4.8% 10	8.4% 27	7.3% 64
Mostly false	6.1% 11	3.1% 5	5.3% 11	14.3% 46	8.4% 73
Definitely false	0.6% 1	2.5% 4	3.8% 8	6.2% 20	3.8% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 161	100.0% 209	100.0% 321	871

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Definitely true	29.2% 236	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	25.0% 1	29.0% 238
Mostly true	51.8% 418	25.0% 1	33.3% 2	75.0% 3	51.6% 424
Don't know	7.1% 57	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	7.2% 59
Mostly false	8.1% 65	50.0% 2	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	8.3% 68
Definitely false	3.8% 31	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 807	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	821