Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1998 - Communications Across the Church, Specialized Clergy

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AGDIFF Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: All the different religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	6	1.5%	1.5%	-2.82
Agree	52	13.4%	14.9%	-1.84
Not sure	35	9%	24%	-.86
Disagree	184	47.4%	71.4%	.12
Strongly disagree	111	28.6%	100%	1.1

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 1	1.7% 5	1.5% 6
Agree	27.0% 27	8.7% 25	13.4% 52
Not sure	12.0% 12	8.0% 23	9.0% 35
Disagree	44.0% 44	48.6% 140	47.4% 184
Strongly disagree	16.0% 16	33.0% 95	28.6% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 288	388

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 5	1.6% 1	1.6% 6
Agree	12.6% 41	16.4% 10	13.2% 51
Not sure	8.3% 27	11.5% 7	8.8% 34
Disagree	47.1% 153	50.8% 31	47.7% 184
Strongly disagree	30.5% 99	19.7% 12	28.8% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 61	386

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.6% 6
Agree	13.7% 10	18.6% 16	10.4% 17	14.1% 9	13.5% 52
Not sure	8.2% 6	9.3% 8	8.6% 14	10.9% 7	9.1% 35
Disagree	39.7% 29	45.3% 39	55.8% 91	39.1% 25	47.7% 184
Strongly disagree	31.5% 23	26.7% 23	25.2% 41	34.4% 22	28.2% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 86	100.0% 163	100.0% 64	386

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 4	3.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
Agree	16.5% 45	7.5% 4	3.6% 2	33.3% 1	13.5% 52
Not sure	10.3% 28	7.5% 4	5.4% 3	0.0% 0	9.1% 35
Disagree	49.8% 136	43.4% 23	39.3% 22	33.3% 1	47.3% 182
Strongly disagree	22.0% 60	37.7% 20	51.8% 29	33.3% 1	28.6% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 53	100.0% 56	100.0% 3	385

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	Less than 20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.4% 3	4.0% 2	1.6% 6
Agree	0.0% 0	9.7% 11	15.2% 32	18.0% 9	13.5% 52
Not sure	16.7% 2	9.7% 11	9.0% 19	6.0% 3	9.1% 35
Disagree	66.7% 8	46.0% 52	47.9% 101	44.0% 22	47.4% 183
Strongly disagree	16.7% 2	33.6% 38	26.5% 56	28.0% 14	28.5% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 113	100.0% 211	100.0% 50	386

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 1	2.1% 2	1.0% 2	1.7% 1	1.6% 6
Agree	21.6% 8	14.4% 14	13.1% 25	6.8% 4	13.3% 51
Not sure	10.8% 4	11.3% 11	8.9% 17	5.1% 3	9.1% 35
Disagree	37.8% 14	44.3% 43	47.6% 91	57.6% 34	47.4% 182
Strongly disagree	27.0% 10	27.8% 27	29.3% 56	28.8% 17	28.6% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 97	100.0% 191	100.0% 59	384

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	1.6% 6
Agree	13.3% 48	0.0% 0	25.0% 4	13.5% 52
Not sure	7.5% 27	50.0% 4	18.8% 3	8.8% 34
Disagree	48.5% 175	37.5% 3	37.5% 6	47.8% 184
Strongly disagree	29.4% 106	12.5% 1	12.5% 2	28.3% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 8	100.0% 16	385