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

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FAMCHAOS The following is a contemporary scientific theory or principle. Please indicate your familiarity with: Chaos theory   1) Understand it thoroughly   2) Understand it generally   3) Understand it vaguely   4) Don't understand it but have heard of it   5) Have never heard of it

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Understand it thoroughly	46	4.2%	4.2%	-2.02
Understand it generally	280	25.3%	29.5%	-1.08
Understand it vaguely	383	34.6%	64.1%	-.14
Don't understand it but have heard of it	263	23.8%	87.9%	.81
Have never heard of it	134	12.1%	100%	1.75

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	4.8% 10	3.9% 35	4.1% 45
Understand it generally	23.7% 49	25.5% 227	25.1% 276
Understand it vaguely	37.7% 78	34.1% 304	34.8% 382
Don't understand it but have heard of it	25.6% 53	23.6% 210	24.0% 263
Have never heard of it	8.2% 17	12.9% 115	12.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 891	1098

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	3.4% 33	7.9% 10	3.9% 43
Understand it generally	25.6% 248	22.0% 28	25.2% 276
Understand it vaguely	35.0% 338	33.9% 43	34.8% 381
Don't understand it but have heard of it	23.6% 228	26.8% 34	23.9% 262
Have never heard of it	12.4% 120	9.4% 12	12.1% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 967	100.0% 127	1094

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	3.4% 7	5.3% 16	4.1% 17	3.0% 5	4.1% 45
Understand it generally	23.8% 49	24.7% 75	22.8% 95	33.9% 57	25.2% 276
Understand it vaguely	37.9% 78	34.9% 106	35.7% 149	29.2% 49	34.9% 382
Don't understand it but have heard of it	23.8% 49	22.4% 68	24.9% 104	23.8% 40	23.8% 261
Have never heard of it	11.2% 23	12.8% 39	12.5% 52	10.1% 17	12.0% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 304	100.0% 417	100.0% 168	1095

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	3.7% 24	5.8% 11	4.1% 10	0.0% 0	4.1% 45
Understand it generally	25.4% 165	24.9% 47	25.2% 61	10.0% 1	25.1% 274
Understand it vaguely	36.8% 239	31.7% 60	30.2% 73	60.0% 6	34.6% 378
Don't understand it but have heard of it	23.2% 151	25.4% 48	25.2% 61	30.0% 3	24.1% 263
Have never heard of it	10.9% 71	12.2% 23	15.3% 37	0.0% 0	12.0% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 650	100.0% 189	100.0% 242	100.0% 10	1091

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	3.6% 1	5.9% 24	2.7% 15	4.5% 5	4.1% 45
Understand it generally	21.4% 6	20.6% 84	27.7% 152	30.0% 33	25.1% 275
Understand it vaguely	25.0% 7	38.1% 155	32.8% 180	36.4% 40	34.9% 382
Don't understand it but have heard of it	25.0% 7	21.9% 89	26.4% 145	18.2% 20	23.9% 261
Have never heard of it	25.0% 7	13.5% 55	10.4% 57	10.9% 12	12.0% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 407	100.0% 549	100.0% 110	1094

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	4.8% 7	4.8% 17	3.3% 16	4.5% 4	4.1% 44
Understand it generally	28.8% 42	23.8% 85	24.3% 118	30.3% 27	25.2% 272
Understand it vaguely	41.1% 60	37.8% 135	32.3% 157	24.7% 22	34.7% 374
Don't understand it but have heard of it	17.1% 25	23.5% 84	25.5% 124	27.0% 24	23.8% 257
Have never heard of it	8.2% 12	10.1% 36	14.6% 71	13.5% 12	12.2% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 357	100.0% 486	100.0% 89	1078

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	4.2% 44	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.1% 45
Understand it generally	25.5% 268	21.4% 3	14.3% 4	25.2% 275
Understand it vaguely	34.4% 362	28.6% 4	42.9% 12	34.6% 378
Don't understand it but have heard of it	23.8% 250	35.7% 5	28.6% 8	24.1% 263
Have never heard of it	12.1% 127	7.1% 1	14.3% 4	12.1% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 1051	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	1093