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

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SCICHNGD Do you believe that science and technology have changed human life for the better or for the worse?   1) Better   2) Worse   3) Some of both   4) No effect

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better	554	49.5%	49.5%	-1.01
Worse	3	.3%	49.8%	-.01
Some of both	559	50%	99.7%	.99
No effect	3	.3%	100%	1.98

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Better	42.3% 88	51.1% 461	49.4% 549
Worse	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.3% 3
Some of both	57.7% 120	48.3% 436	50.0% 556
No effect	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 903	1111

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Better	50.4% 492	41.5% 54	49.3% 546
Worse	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Some of both	49.0% 479	58.5% 76	50.1% 555
No effect	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 977	100.0% 130	1107

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Better	45.3% 96	50.7% 154	50.6% 213	49.7% 85	49.5% 548
Worse	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 1	0.3% 3
Some of both	53.8% 114	49.3% 150	48.7% 205	49.7% 85	50.0% 554
No effect	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 304	100.0% 421	100.0% 171	1108

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Better	47.0% 309	48.4% 92	56.7% 140	40.0% 4	49.4% 545
Worse	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Some of both	52.5% 345	51.1% 97	42.5% 105	60.0% 6	50.1% 553
No effect	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 657	100.0% 190	100.0% 247	100.0% 10	1104

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Better	51.7% 15	45.2% 187	50.8% 281	58.6% 65	49.5% 548
Worse	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Some of both	48.3% 14	53.9% 223	48.8% 270	41.4% 46	50.0% 553
No effect	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 414	100.0% 553	100.0% 111	1107

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Better	40.8% 60	47.9% 173	51.6% 253	58.1% 54	49.5% 540
Worse	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Some of both	59.2% 87	51.2% 185	48.2% 236	40.9% 38	50.0% 546
No effect	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 361	100.0% 490	100.0% 93	1091

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Better	49.7% 529	50.0% 7	40.7% 11	49.5% 547
Worse	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.3% 3
Some of both	49.9% 531	50.0% 7	55.6% 15	50.0% 553
No effect	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1065	100.0% 14	100.0% 27	1106