Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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AGDEATH

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: There is a life beyond death.
  1) Strongly agree
  2) Agree
  3) Not sure
  4) Disagree
  5) Strongly disagree

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Strongly agree 424 67.1% 67.1% -.63
Agree 150 23.7% 90.8% .82
Not sure 52 8.2% 99.1% 2.27
Disagree 5 .8% 99.8% 3.72
Strongly disagree 1 .2% 100% 5.16

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Strongly agree 70.3%
232
63.5%
191
67.0%
423
Agree 21.8%
72
25.9%
78
23.8%
150
Not sure 7.3%
24
9.3%
28
8.2%
52
Disagree 0.6%
2
1.0%
3
0.8%
5
Strongly disagree 0.0%
0
0.3%
1
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
330
100.0%
301

631


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Strongly agree 66.5%
362
70.6%
60
67.1%
422
Agree 24.3%
132
20.0%
17
23.7%
149
Not sure 8.3%
45
8.2%
7
8.3%
52
Disagree 0.7%
4
1.2%
1
0.8%
5
Strongly disagree 0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
544
100.0%
85

629


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Strongly agree 57.8%
63
60.3%
123
75.8%
169
71.9%
69
67.1%
424
Agree 28.4%
31
28.9%
59
17.9%
40
20.8%
20
23.7%
150
Not sure 11.9%
13
9.8%
20
5.4%
12
7.3%
7
8.2%
52
Disagree 0.9%
1
1.0%
2
0.9%
2
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
Strongly disagree 0.9%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
109
100.0%
204
100.0%
223
100.0%
96

632


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Strongly agree 62.1%
100
59.6%
56
71.1%
253
85.7%
12
67.4%
421
Agree 28.0%
45
28.7%
27
20.8%
74
14.3%
2
23.7%
148
Not sure 8.1%
13
11.7%
11
7.3%
26
0.0%
0
8.0%
50
Disagree 1.2%
2
0.0%
0
0.8%
3
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
Strongly disagree 0.6%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
161
100.0%
94
100.0%
356
100.0%
14

625


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 52.0%
13
62.5%
115
70.8%
182
69.5%
98
67.2%
408
Agree 44.0%
11
26.1%
48
21.0%
54
20.6%
29
23.4%
142
Not sure 4.0%
1
9.2%
17
7.8%
20
9.2%
13
8.4%
51
Disagree 0.0%
0
1.6%
3
0.4%
1
0.7%
1
0.8%
5
Strongly disagree 0.0%
0
0.5%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
25
100.0%
184
100.0%
257
100.0%
141

607


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 82.8%
53
69.5%
89
68.9%
146
60.6%
134
67.5%
422
Agree 12.5%
8
24.2%
31
23.6%
50
25.8%
57
23.4%
146
Not sure 4.7%
3
5.5%
7
7.1%
15
12.2%
27
8.3%
52
Disagree 0.0%
0
0.8%
1
0.0%
0
1.4%
3
0.6%
4
Strongly disagree 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.5%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
64
100.0%
128
100.0%
212
100.0%
221

625


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
Strongly agree 68.1%
419
14.3%
1
50.0%
4
67.3%
424
Agree 23.1%
142
42.9%
3
37.5%
3
23.5%
148
Not sure 8.0%
49
28.6%
2
12.5%
1
8.3%
52
Disagree 0.7%
4
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
Strongly disagree 0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
615
100.0%
7
100.0%
8

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