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

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OVERHARM Overall, would you say that science and technology do more good than harm, more harm than good, or about the same of each?   1) More good   2) More harm   3) About the same   4) No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
More good	882	79%	79%	-.51
More harm	20	1.8%	80.8%	.73
About the same	207	18.5%	99.3%	1.96
No opinion	8	.7%	100%	3.2

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
More good	76.1% 159	79.6% 716	78.9% 875
More harm	1.9% 4	1.8% 16	1.8% 20
About the same	22.0% 46	17.8% 160	18.6% 206
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.9% 8	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 900	1109

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
More good	79.0% 770	77.7% 101	78.8% 871
More harm	1.7% 17	2.3% 3	1.8% 20
About the same	18.7% 182	18.5% 24	18.6% 206
No opinion	0.6% 6	1.5% 2	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 975	100.0% 130	1105

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
More good	75.8% 160	81.3% 248	80.2% 336	75.4% 129	78.9% 873
More harm	1.9% 4	2.6% 8	1.0% 4	2.3% 4	1.8% 20
About the same	21.3% 45	15.7% 48	17.7% 74	22.2% 38	18.5% 205
No opinion	0.9% 2	0.3% 1	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 305	100.0% 419	100.0% 171	1106

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
More good	81.7% 536	74.1% 140	75.7% 187	80.0% 8	79.0% 871
More harm	2.0% 13	1.1% 2	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.8% 20
About the same	16.0% 105	23.8% 45	21.1% 52	10.0% 1	18.4% 203
No opinion	0.3% 2	1.1% 2	1.2% 3	10.0% 1	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 656	100.0% 189	100.0% 247	100.0% 10	1102

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
More good	72.4% 21	77.7% 320	80.1% 443	81.1% 90	79.1% 874
More harm	3.4% 1	1.5% 6	1.8% 10	2.7% 3	1.8% 20
About the same	24.1% 7	19.7% 81	17.7% 98	15.3% 17	18.4% 203
No opinion	0.0% 0	1.2% 5	0.4% 2	0.9% 1	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 412	100.0% 553	100.0% 111	1105

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
More good	72.1% 106	81.7% 295	79.1% 386	76.3% 71	78.8% 858
More harm	0.7% 1	2.2% 8	1.8% 9	1.1% 1	1.7% 19
About the same	25.9% 38	15.2% 55	18.9% 92	20.4% 19	18.7% 204
No opinion	1.4% 2	0.8% 3	0.2% 1	2.2% 2	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 361	100.0% 488	100.0% 93	1089

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
More good	79.4% 844	78.6% 11	66.7% 18	79.1% 873
More harm	1.7% 18	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	1.8% 20
About the same	18.3% 194	21.4% 3	22.2% 6	18.4% 203
No opinion	0.7% 7	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1063	100.0% 14	100.0% 27	1104