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

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - To be a faithful Christian I need to actively engage in theological discussion and reflection on developments in science and technology.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Tend to agree
	4) Tend to disagree
	5) Disagree
	6) Strongly disagree
	7) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	232	20.9%	20.9%	-1.22
Agree	379	34.1%	54.9%	-.43
Tend to agree	305	27.4%	82.4%	.36
Tend to disagree	88	7.9%	90.3%	1.16
Disagree	86	7.7%	98%	1.95
Strongly disagree	13	1.2%	99.2%	2.74
Not sure	9	.8%	100%	3.53

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.5% 51	20.2% 181	21.0% 232
Agree	32.7% 68	34.5% 309	34.1% 377
Tend to agree	28.8% 60	26.9% 241	27.3% 301
Tend to disagree	9.6% 20	7.5% 67	7.9% 87
Disagree	3.4% 7	8.7% 78	7.7% 85
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.5% 13	1.2% 13
Not sure	1.0% 2	0.8% 7	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 896	1104

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.2% 206	19.5% 25	21.0% 231
Agree	33.6% 327	38.3% 49	34.2% 376
Tend to agree	27.6% 268	25.0% 32	27.3% 300
Tend to disagree	8.0% 78	7.0% 9	7.9% 87
Disagree	7.5% 73	8.6% 11	7.6% 84
Strongly disagree	1.2% 12	0.8% 1	1.2% 13
Not sure	0.8% 8	0.8% 1	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 972	100.0% 128	1100

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.3% 51	23.4% 71	18.9% 79	18.3% 31	21.1% 232
Agree	31.9% 67	33.7% 102	32.9% 138	41.4% 70	34.2% 377
Tend to agree	30.5% 64	28.7% 87	27.2% 114	20.7% 35	27.2% 300
Tend to disagree	5.7% 12	4.3% 13	10.0% 42	10.7% 18	7.7% 85
Disagree	6.2% 13	7.9% 24	8.8% 37	6.5% 11	7.7% 85
Strongly disagree	1.0% 2	1.3% 4	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
Not sure	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	0.5% 2	2.4% 4	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 210	100.0% 303	100.0% 419	100.0% 169	1101

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.3% 159	13.2% 25	17.6% 43	20.0% 2	20.9% 229
Agree	37.0% 242	35.4% 67	26.2% 64	20.0% 2	34.2% 375
Tend to agree	23.2% 152	32.8% 62	34.4% 84	20.0% 2	27.3% 300
Tend to disagree	7.0% 46	6.9% 13	10.7% 26	20.0% 2	7.9% 87
Disagree	7.2% 47	7.4% 14	9.0% 22	10.0% 1	7.7% 84
Strongly disagree	0.6% 4	2.6% 5	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
Not sure	0.6% 4	1.6% 3	0.4% 1	10.0% 1	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 654	100.0% 189	100.0% 244	100.0% 10	1097

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.2% 5	18.4% 76	21.4% 117	29.7% 33	21.0% 231
Agree	31.0% 9	35.9% 148	34.3% 188	28.8% 32	34.3% 377
Tend to agree	27.6% 8	28.6% 118	27.9% 153	17.1% 19	27.1% 298
Tend to disagree	10.3% 3	6.8% 28	7.3% 40	14.4% 16	7.9% 87
Disagree	6.9% 2	8.5% 35	7.1% 39	8.1% 9	7.7% 85
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	1.3% 7	1.8% 2	1.2% 13
Not sure	6.9% 2	0.7% 3	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 412	100.0% 548	100.0% 111	1100

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.9% 29	21.6% 78	22.6% 110	14.4% 13	21.2% 230
Agree	31.5% 46	29.1% 105	35.5% 173	47.8% 43	33.9% 367
Tend to agree	28.8% 42	29.9% 108	26.3% 128	17.8% 16	27.1% 294
Tend to disagree	9.6% 14	7.2% 26	7.8% 38	8.9% 8	7.9% 86
Disagree	7.5% 11	10.2% 37	6.0% 29	8.9% 8	7.8% 85
Strongly disagree	0.7% 1	1.1% 4	1.2% 6	2.2% 2	1.2% 13
Not sure	2.1% 3	0.8% 3	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 361	100.0% 487	100.0% 90	1084

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.9% 221	21.4% 3	25.0% 7	21.0% 231
Agree	34.2% 361	35.7% 5	35.7% 10	34.2% 376
Tend to agree	27.5% 291	21.4% 3	17.9% 5	27.2% 299
Tend to disagree	7.9% 84	7.1% 1	7.1% 2	7.9% 87
Disagree	7.4% 78	14.3% 2	14.3% 4	7.6% 84
Strongly disagree	1.2% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
Not sure	0.9% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1057	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	1099