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

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REPUNISH

QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE TO THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE THE RESPONDENT SPECIFIED HE OR SHE HAD FACED: We are interested in learning more about how you responded or reacted when this most recent problem happened. Here is a strategy that people sometimes use to deal with difficulties like this. Please indicate how much you relied on this strategy in the process of grappling with your most recent serious problem.- I felt that this problem was God's way of punishing me for my sins or lack of spirituality.

	1) Not at all
	2) Somewhat
	3) Quite a bit
	4) A great deal

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not at all	750	87.7%	87.7%	-.34
Somewhat	77	9%	96.7%	1.7
Quite a bit	20	2.3%	99.1%	3.74
A great deal	8	.9%	100%	5.77

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not at all	87.8% 467	88.1% 282	87.9% 749
Somewhat	9.2% 49	8.4% 27	8.9% 76
Quite a bit	2.3% 12	2.5% 8	2.3% 20
A great deal	0.8% 4	0.9% 3	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 532	100.0% 320	852

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Not at all	87.2% 558	89.6% 164	87.7% 722
Somewhat	9.7% 62	6.6% 12	9.0% 74
Quite a bit	2.0% 13	3.8% 7	2.4% 20
A great deal	1.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 640	100.0% 183	823

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not at all	83.8% 93	85.7% 258	89.1% 269	92.2% 130	87.7% 750
Somewhat	14.4% 16	9.6% 29	7.6% 23	6.4% 9	9.0% 77
Quite a bit	0.0% 0	3.3% 10	2.6% 8	1.4% 2	2.3% 20
A great deal	1.8% 2	1.3% 4	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 301	100.0% 302	100.0% 141	855

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Not at all	85.1% 165	87.2% 116	88.7% 432	93.1% 27	87.8% 740
Somewhat	11.9% 23	8.3% 11	8.6% 42	3.4% 1	9.1% 77
Quite a bit	1.0% 2	3.8% 5	2.3% 11	3.4% 1	2.3% 19
A great deal	2.1% 4	0.8% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 133	100.0% 487	100.0% 29	843

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Not at all	88.2% 82	87.4% 222	87.7% 264	89.0% 129	87.9% 697
Somewhat	8.6% 8	10.2% 26	9.0% 27	8.3% 12	9.2% 73
Quite a bit	3.2% 3	1.6% 4	2.3% 7	2.1% 3	2.1% 17
A great deal	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.0% 3	0.7% 1	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 254	100.0% 301	100.0% 145	793

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Not at all	80.2% 142	87.2% 136	88.3% 181	91.8% 280	87.7% 739
Somewhat	12.4% 22	12.2% 19	7.8% 16	6.2% 19	9.0% 76
Quite a bit	5.1% 9	0.6% 1	2.4% 5	1.6% 5	2.4% 20
A great deal	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 156	100.0% 205	100.0% 305	843

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Not at all	88.0% 689	100.0% 3	83.3% 5	100.0% 4	88.1% 701
Somewhat	8.4% 66	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	8.4% 67
Quite a bit	2.6% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 20
A great deal	1.0% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 783	100.0% 3	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	796