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

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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: An individual should arrive at his or her own religious beliefs independent of any church.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	26	2.3%	2.3%	-3.19
Agree	92	8.3%	10.6%	-2.15
Not sure	46	4.1%	14.8%	-1.11
Disagree	555	50%	64.8%	-.08
Strongly disagree	390	35.2%	100%	.96

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 2	2.7% 24	2.3% 26
Agree	6.2% 13	8.8% 79	8.3% 92
Not sure	7.2% 15	3.4% 31	4.1% 46
Disagree	57.9% 121	48.2% 434	50.0% 555
Strongly disagree	27.8% 58	36.9% 332	35.2% 390
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 900	1109

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.5% 24	1.5% 2	2.4% 26
Agree	8.2% 80	7.6% 10	8.1% 90
Not sure	3.9% 38	6.1% 8	4.2% 46
Disagree	48.9% 476	59.5% 78	50.1% 554
Strongly disagree	36.6% 356	25.2% 33	35.2% 389
TOTAL	100.0% 974	100.0% 131	1105

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.7% 10	2.3% 7	0.7% 3	3.6% 6	2.4% 26
Agree	6.6% 14	10.8% 33	7.8% 33	7.1% 12	8.3% 92
Not sure	2.8% 6	4.3% 13	3.3% 14	7.7% 13	4.2% 46
Disagree	49.3% 104	51.5% 157	48.0% 202	53.3% 90	50.0% 553
Strongly disagree	36.5% 77	31.1% 95	40.1% 169	28.4% 48	35.2% 389
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 305	100.0% 421	100.0% 169	1106

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 16	2.6% 5	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	2.4% 26
Agree	10.2% 67	5.8% 11	5.3% 13	0.0% 0	8.3% 91
Not sure	4.9% 32	2.1% 4	3.7% 9	0.0% 0	4.1% 45
Disagree	51.2% 336	51.1% 97	47.6% 117	40.0% 4	50.3% 554
Strongly disagree	31.3% 205	38.4% 73	41.5% 102	60.0% 6	35.0% 386
TOTAL	100.0% 656	100.0% 190	100.0% 246	100.0% 10	1102

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	1.9% 8	2.9% 16	1.8% 2	2.4% 26
Agree	14.3% 4	8.2% 34	8.5% 47	6.4% 7	8.3% 92
Not sure	14.3% 4	3.4% 14	3.8% 21	6.4% 7	4.2% 46
Disagree	42.9% 12	52.7% 218	48.3% 267	50.9% 56	50.0% 553
Strongly disagree	28.6% 8	33.8% 140	36.5% 202	34.5% 38	35.1% 388
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 414	100.0% 553	100.0% 110	1105

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 2	1.1% 4	3.3% 16	4.5% 4	2.4% 26
Agree	9.6% 14	4.4% 16	9.3% 46	15.7% 14	8.3% 90
Not sure	6.2% 9	3.9% 14	4.1% 20	0.0% 0	3.9% 43
Disagree	49.3% 72	52.2% 189	49.2% 242	47.2% 42	50.0% 545
Strongly disagree	33.6% 49	38.4% 139	34.1% 168	32.6% 29	35.4% 385
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 362	100.0% 492	100.0% 89	1089

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 21	0.0% 0	17.9% 5	2.4% 26
Agree	7.3% 78	28.6% 4	32.1% 9	8.2% 91
Not sure	4.2% 45	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	4.2% 46
Disagree	50.8% 540	35.7% 5	28.6% 8	50.1% 553
Strongly disagree	35.6% 378	35.7% 5	17.9% 5	35.1% 388
TOTAL	100.0% 1062	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	1104