Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 1998 - Science, Technology, and Faith, Clergy

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FAMRELTV The following is a contemporary scientific theory or principle. Please indicate your familiarity with: Theory of relativity   1) Understand it thoroughly   2) Understand it generally   3) Understand it vaguely   4) Don't understand it but have heard of it

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Understand it thoroughly	92	8.3%	8.3%	-1.86
Understand it generally	510	46.3%	54.6%	-.6
Understand it vaguely	382	34.7%	89.3%	.66
Don't understand it but have heard of it	118	10.7%	100%	1.92

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	5.3% 11	9.1% 81	8.4% 92
Understand it generally	41.5% 86	47.2% 419	46.2% 505
Understand it vaguely	40.6% 84	33.3% 295	34.6% 379
Don't understand it but have heard of it	12.6% 26	10.4% 92	10.8% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 887	1094

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	8.3% 80	7.8% 10	8.3% 90
Understand it generally	46.5% 447	44.2% 57	46.2% 504
Understand it vaguely	34.9% 335	33.3% 43	34.7% 378
Don't understand it but have heard of it	10.3% 99	14.7% 19	10.8% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 961	100.0% 129	1090

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	6.3% 13	11.2% 34	6.8% 28	10.2% 17	8.4% 92
Understand it generally	45.9% 95	43.9% 133	46.4% 192	50.9% 85	46.3% 505
Understand it vaguely	35.3% 73	34.7% 105	36.2% 150	28.7% 48	34.5% 376
Don't understand it but have heard of it	12.6% 26	10.2% 31	10.6% 44	10.2% 17	10.8% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 303	100.0% 414	100.0% 167	1091

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	7.1% 46	11.8% 22	9.5% 23	10.0% 1	8.5% 92
Understand it generally	46.5% 302	48.7% 91	44.0% 106	30.0% 3	46.2% 502
Understand it vaguely	35.3% 229	29.9% 56	35.7% 86	40.0% 4	34.5% 375
Don't understand it but have heard of it	11.1% 72	9.6% 18	10.8% 26	20.0% 2	10.9% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 649	100.0% 187	100.0% 241	100.0% 10	1087

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	7.1% 2	8.9% 36	7.7% 42	10.0% 11	8.3% 91
Understand it generally	32.1% 9	47.5% 193	44.9% 245	51.8% 57	46.2% 504
Understand it vaguely	46.4% 13	34.0% 138	35.5% 194	30.0% 33	34.7% 378
Don't understand it but have heard of it	14.3% 4	9.6% 39	11.9% 65	8.2% 9	10.7% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 406	100.0% 546	100.0% 110	1090

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	11.6% 17	8.4% 30	7.9% 38	7.9% 7	8.6% 92
Understand it generally	53.4% 78	46.5% 166	42.9% 207	46.1% 41	45.8% 492
Understand it vaguely	26.7% 39	35.9% 128	37.3% 180	31.5% 28	34.9% 375
Don't understand it but have heard of it	8.2% 12	9.2% 33	12.0% 58	14.6% 13	10.8% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 357	100.0% 483	100.0% 89	1075

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	8.5% 89	14.3% 2	3.6% 1	8.4% 92
Understand it generally	46.4% 486	35.7% 5	39.3% 11	46.1% 502
Understand it vaguely	34.2% 358	42.9% 6	50.0% 14	34.7% 378
Don't understand it but have heard of it	10.9% 114	7.1% 1	7.1% 2	10.7% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 1047	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	1089