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

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FAM2NDLW The following is a contemporary scientific theory or principle. Please indicate your familiarity with: Second law of thermodynamics (entropy)   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	84	7.6%	7.6%	-1.82
Understand it generally	293	26.4%	34%	-.97
Understand it vaguely	271	24.4%	58.4%	-.12
Don't understand it but have heard of it	308	27.7%	86.1%	.73
Have never heard of it	154	13.9%	100%	1.58

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	2.9% 6	8.6% 77	7.5% 83
Understand it generally	13.4% 28	29.5% 263	26.4% 291
Understand it vaguely	28.2% 59	23.7% 212	24.6% 271
Don't understand it but have heard of it	40.2% 84	24.9% 222	27.8% 306
Have never heard of it	15.3% 32	13.3% 119	13.7% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 893	1102

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	7.4% 72	7.0% 9	7.4% 81
Understand it generally	27.6% 267	17.8% 23	26.4% 290
Understand it vaguely	23.9% 232	30.2% 39	24.7% 271
Don't understand it but have heard of it	27.5% 266	31.0% 40	27.9% 306
Have never heard of it	13.6% 132	14.0% 18	13.7% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 969	100.0% 129	1098

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	5.3% 11	8.5% 26	7.4% 31	8.9% 15	7.6% 83
Understand it generally	30.4% 63	21.3% 65	25.6% 107	32.5% 55	26.4% 290
Understand it vaguely	25.1% 52	24.9% 76	25.4% 106	20.7% 35	24.5% 269
Don't understand it but have heard of it	28.5% 59	31.5% 96	23.9% 100	30.2% 51	27.8% 306
Have never heard of it	10.6% 22	13.8% 42	17.7% 74	7.7% 13	13.7% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 305	100.0% 418	100.0% 169	1099

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	6.3% 41	10.5% 20	8.6% 21	10.0% 1	7.6% 83
Understand it generally	26.2% 171	23.2% 44	29.2% 71	20.0% 2	26.3% 288
Understand it vaguely	25.3% 165	22.1% 42	23.5% 57	40.0% 4	24.5% 268
Don't understand it but have heard of it	29.3% 191	30.0% 57	22.6% 55	30.0% 3	27.9% 306
Have never heard of it	12.9% 84	14.2% 27	16.0% 39	0.0% 0	13.7% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 652	100.0% 190	100.0% 243	100.0% 10	1095

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	0.0% 0	8.6% 35	6.9% 38	8.2% 9	7.5% 82
Understand it generally	25.0% 7	26.9% 110	25.0% 138	31.8% 35	26.4% 290
Understand it vaguely	14.3% 4	23.0% 94	25.8% 142	28.2% 31	24.7% 271
Don't understand it but have heard of it	35.7% 10	28.4% 116	28.7% 158	20.0% 22	27.9% 306
Have never heard of it	25.0% 7	13.2% 54	13.6% 75	11.8% 13	13.6% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 409	100.0% 551	100.0% 110	1098

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	11.0% 16	7.8% 28	6.0% 29	11.0% 10	7.7% 83
Understand it generally	32.2% 47	34.5% 124	19.8% 96	20.9% 19	26.4% 286
Understand it vaguely	23.3% 34	24.5% 88	25.3% 123	24.2% 22	24.7% 267
Don't understand it but have heard of it	26.7% 39	23.4% 84	31.3% 152	25.3% 23	27.5% 298
Have never heard of it	6.8% 10	9.7% 35	17.7% 86	18.7% 17	13.7% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 359	100.0% 486	100.0% 91	1082

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Understand it thoroughly	7.5% 79	7.1% 1	10.7% 3	7.6% 83
Understand it generally	27.1% 286	7.1% 1	10.7% 3	26.4% 290
Understand it vaguely	24.8% 262	14.3% 2	14.3% 4	24.4% 268
Don't understand it but have heard of it	27.0% 285	42.9% 6	50.0% 14	27.8% 305
Have never heard of it	13.6% 143	28.6% 4	14.3% 4	13.8% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 1055	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	1097