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

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SCISOLVE

Do you feel that science and technology will eventually solve most problems such as pollution, disease, drug abuse, and crime, some of these problems, or few if any of these problems?

	1) Most of these problems
	2) Some of these problems
	3) A few of these problems
	4) None of these problems
	5) No opinion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most of these problems	96	8.6%	8.6%	-1.81
Some of these problems	615	55.2%	63.8%	-.47
A few of these problems	323	29%	92.8%	.87
None of these problems	77	6.9%	99.7%	2.21
No opinion	3	.3%	100%	3.56

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Most of these problems	8.2% 17	8.8% 79	8.7% 96
Some of these problems	58.7% 122	54.6% 490	55.3% 612
A few of these problems	24.0% 50	29.8% 268	28.8% 318
None of these problems	8.7% 18	6.6% 59	7.0% 77
No opinion	0.5% 1	0.2% 2	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 898	1106

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Most of these problems	8.2% 80	9.2% 12	8.3% 92
Some of these problems	56.1% 545	51.5% 67	55.5% 612
A few of these problems	29.0% 282	27.7% 36	28.9% 318
None of these problems	6.5% 63	10.8% 14	7.0% 77
No opinion	0.2% 2	0.8% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 972	100.0% 130	1102

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Most of these problems	8.5% 18	8.9% 27	9.6% 40	6.4% 11	8.7% 96
Some of these problems	61.8% 131	53.3% 162	54.3% 226	53.8% 92	55.4% 611
A few of these problems	22.6% 48	29.6% 90	28.8% 120	33.9% 58	28.6% 316
None of these problems	6.6% 14	7.9% 24	7.2% 30	5.3% 9	7.0% 77
No opinion	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 304	100.0% 416	100.0% 171	1103

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Most of these problems	8.9% 58	6.4% 12	9.8% 24	0.0% 0	8.6% 94
Some of these problems	57.7% 378	56.4% 106	48.8% 120	40.0% 4	55.3% 608
A few of these problems	27.0% 177	30.9% 58	31.7% 78	40.0% 4	28.8% 317
None of these problems	6.1% 40	5.9% 11	9.8% 24	20.0% 2	7.0% 77
No opinion	0.3% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 655	100.0% 188	100.0% 246	100.0% 10	1099

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Most of these problems	3.4% 1	9.0% 37	8.2% 45	11.8% 13	8.7% 96
Some of these problems	62.1% 18	51.0% 210	58.4% 322	52.7% 58	55.2% 608
A few of these problems	24.1% 7	30.3% 125	27.8% 153	30.0% 33	28.9% 318
None of these problems	10.3% 3	9.5% 39	5.4% 30	4.5% 5	7.0% 77
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.9% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 412	100.0% 551	100.0% 110	1102

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Most of these problems	5.5% 8	8.4% 30	9.2% 45	12.9% 12	8.7% 95
Some of these problems	50.0% 73	50.4% 181	59.0% 288	64.5% 60	55.4% 602
A few of these problems	32.9% 48	34.3% 123	25.4% 124	19.4% 18	28.8% 313
None of these problems	11.6% 17	6.4% 23	6.1% 30	3.2% 3	6.7% 73
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 359	100.0% 488	100.0% 93	1086

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Most of these problems	8.6% 91	14.3% 2	7.4% 2	8.6% 95
Some of these problems	55.2% 585	71.4% 10	51.9% 14	55.3% 609
A few of these problems	28.9% 306	7.1% 1	37.0% 10	28.8% 317
None of these problems	7.1% 75	7.1% 1	3.7% 1	7.0% 77
No opinion	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1060	100.0% 14	100.0% 27	1101