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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1998 - World Mission, Clergy

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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: Individuals should seek out religious truth for themselves and not conform to any church's doctrines.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	16	1.5%	1.5%	-3.08
Agree	123	11.8%	13.4%	-2.03
Not sure	45	4.3%	17.7%	-.97
Disagree	595	57.3%	75%	.08
Strongly disagree	259	25%	100%	1.13

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	1.9% 16	1.5% 16
Agree	11.7% 23	11.9% 100	11.8% 123
Not sure	5.6% 11	4.0% 34	4.3% 45
Disagree	61.9% 122	56.2% 473	57.3% 595
Strongly disagree	20.8% 41	25.9% 218	25.0% 259
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 841	1038

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 15	0.8% 1	1.5% 16
Agree	11.2% 102	16.9% 21	11.9% 123
Not sure	4.4% 40	4.0% 5	4.3% 45
Disagree	56.8% 517	62.1% 77	57.4% 594
Strongly disagree	26.0% 237	16.1% 20	24.8% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 911	100.0% 124	1035

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 7	1.7% 5	0.8% 3	0.6% 1	1.5% 16
Agree	14.1% 26	13.2% 39	7.9% 31	16.3% 27	11.9% 123
Not sure	4.3% 8	4.4% 13	4.1% 16	4.8% 8	4.3% 45
Disagree	54.1% 100	59.0% 174	60.0% 234	51.2% 85	57.2% 593
Strongly disagree	23.8% 44	21.7% 64	27.2% 106	27.1% 45	25.0% 259
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 295	100.0% 390	100.0% 166	1036

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 11	1.7% 3	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 16
Agree	13.8% 86	12.1% 21	7.1% 16	0.0% 0	12.0% 123
Not sure	4.2% 26	4.0% 7	3.6% 8	20.0% 2	4.2% 43
Disagree	59.6% 371	57.8% 100	52.2% 117	50.0% 5	57.6% 593
Strongly disagree	20.6% 128	24.3% 42	36.2% 81	30.0% 3	24.7% 254
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 173	100.0% 224	100.0% 10	1029

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.4% 2	0.8% 3	1.5% 8	2.9% 3	1.5% 16
Agree	37.0% 10	11.4% 44	11.2% 58	10.8% 11	11.9% 123
Not sure	7.4% 2	3.6% 14	4.3% 22	5.9% 6	4.3% 44
Disagree	40.7% 11	58.1% 225	57.4% 297	57.8% 59	57.3% 592
Strongly disagree	7.4% 2	26.1% 101	25.5% 132	22.5% 23	25.0% 258
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 387	100.0% 517	100.0% 102	1033

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	2.2% 10	3.9% 3	1.6% 16
Agree	9.0% 13	13.2% 47	12.1% 54	9.1% 7	11.8% 121
Not sure	6.9% 10	3.4% 12	4.5% 20	2.6% 2	4.3% 44
Disagree	60.4% 87	55.9% 199	56.6% 252	61.0% 47	57.2% 585
Strongly disagree	23.6% 34	26.7% 95	24.5% 109	23.4% 18	25.0% 256
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 356	100.0% 445	100.0% 77	1022

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 14	12.5% 1	3.3% 1	1.5% 16
Agree	11.9% 119	0.0% 0	13.3% 4	11.9% 123
Not sure	4.3% 43	0.0% 0	6.7% 2	4.4% 45
Disagree	57.2% 570	62.5% 5	60.0% 18	57.4% 593
Strongly disagree	25.1% 250	25.0% 2	16.7% 5	24.9% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 996	100.0% 8	100.0% 30	1034