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

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CNTRLSCI Do you feel that the degree of control that society has over science and technology should be increased, decreased, or remain as it is now?   1) Should be increased   2) Should be decreased   3) Remain as it is   4) No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Should be increased	406	36.8%	36.8%	-1.22
Should be decreased	57	5.2%	42%	-.3
Remain as it is	518	47%	88.9%	.62
No opinion	122	11.1%	100%	1.55

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Should be increased	39.2% 80	36.4% 324	36.9% 404
Should be decreased	3.9% 8	5.5% 49	5.2% 57
Remain as it is	44.1% 90	47.4% 422	46.8% 512
No opinion	12.7% 26	10.8% 96	11.1% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 204	100.0% 891	1095

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Should be increased	36.8% 354	38.3% 49	36.9% 403
Should be decreased	5.4% 52	3.9% 5	5.2% 57
Remain as it is	46.7% 450	46.1% 59	46.7% 509
No opinion	11.1% 107	11.7% 15	11.2% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 963	100.0% 128	1091

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Should be increased	38.3% 79	35.4% 107	37.4% 156	36.5% 61	36.9% 403
Should be decreased	4.4% 9	8.3% 25	2.9% 12	6.6% 11	5.2% 57
Remain as it is	44.2% 91	46.7% 141	47.7% 199	47.9% 80	46.8% 511
No opinion	13.1% 27	9.6% 29	12.0% 50	9.0% 15	11.1% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 302	100.0% 417	100.0% 167	1092

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Should be increased	36.4% 236	43.5% 80	32.9% 81	50.0% 5	36.9% 402
Should be decreased	4.8% 31	5.4% 10	6.1% 15	10.0% 1	5.2% 57
Remain as it is	47.6% 309	38.6% 71	51.6% 127	10.0% 1	46.6% 508
No opinion	11.2% 73	12.5% 23	9.3% 23	30.0% 3	11.2% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 649	100.0% 184	100.0% 246	100.0% 10	1089

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Should be increased	46.4% 13	39.3% 161	34.7% 190	34.9% 37	36.8% 401
Should be decreased	3.6% 1	6.3% 26	4.8% 26	3.8% 4	5.2% 57
Remain as it is	32.1% 9	42.7% 175	49.2% 269	55.7% 59	46.9% 512
No opinion	17.9% 5	11.7% 48	11.3% 62	5.7% 6	11.1% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 410	100.0% 547	100.0% 106	1091

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Should be increased	35.9% 52	37.6% 133	37.2% 180	34.8% 32	36.9% 397
Should be decreased	8.3% 12	5.6% 20	3.9% 19	6.5% 6	5.3% 57
Remain as it is	44.8% 65	42.7% 151	49.0% 237	52.2% 48	46.6% 501
No opinion	11.0% 16	14.1% 50	9.9% 48	6.5% 6	11.2% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 354	100.0% 484	100.0% 92	1075

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Should be increased	36.5% 383	28.6% 4	51.9% 14	36.8% 401
Should be decreased	5.1% 54	7.1% 1	7.4% 2	5.2% 57
Remain as it is	47.4% 497	57.1% 8	22.2% 6	46.9% 511
No opinion	11.0% 115	7.1% 1	18.5% 5	11.1% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 1049	100.0% 14	100.0% 27	1090