Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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AGRETRN

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: Jesus will return to the earth some day.
  1) Strongly agree
  2) Agree
  3) Not sure
  4) Disagree
  5) Strongly disagree

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Strongly agree 315 50.1% 50.1% -.83
Agree 208 33.1% 83.1% .34
Not sure 85 13.5% 96.7% 1.52
Disagree 16 2.5% 99.2% 2.69
Strongly disagree 5 .8% 100% 3.86

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Strongly agree 51.7%
169
48.2%
145
50.0%
314
Agree 33.6%
110
32.6%
98
33.1%
208
Not sure 11.9%
39
15.3%
46
13.5%
85
Disagree 1.8%
6
3.3%
10
2.5%
16
Strongly disagree 0.9%
3
0.7%
2
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
327
100.0%
301

628


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Strongly agree 49.3%
267
56.0%
47
50.2%
314
Agree 33.0%
179
32.1%
27
32.9%
206
Not sure 14.2%
77
9.5%
8
13.6%
85
Disagree 2.8%
15
1.2%
1
2.6%
16
Strongly disagree 0.7%
4
1.2%
1
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
542
100.0%
84

626


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Strongly agree 40.7%
44
51.2%
104
48.6%
108
61.5%
59
50.1%
315
Agree 30.6%
33
31.0%
63
37.4%
83
30.2%
29
33.1%
208
Not sure 22.2%
24
13.8%
28
11.7%
26
7.3%
7
13.5%
85
Disagree 5.6%
6
3.0%
6
1.4%
3
1.0%
1
2.5%
16
Strongly disagree 0.9%
1
1.0%
2
0.9%
2
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
108
100.0%
203
100.0%
222
100.0%
96

629


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Strongly agree 40.3%
64
43.2%
41
56.8%
201
57.1%
8
50.5%
314
Agree 40.3%
64
36.8%
35
28.2%
100
28.6%
4
32.6%
203
Not sure 15.1%
24
16.8%
16
12.1%
43
14.3%
2
13.7%
85
Disagree 3.8%
6
2.1%
2
2.0%
7
0.0%
0
2.4%
15
Strongly disagree 0.6%
1
1.1%
1
0.8%
3
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
159
100.0%
95
100.0%
354
100.0%
14

622


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 48.0%
12
53.3%
97
53.5%
137
43.3%
61
50.8%
307
Agree 32.0%
8
33.5%
61
31.6%
81
33.3%
47
32.6%
197
Not sure 20.0%
5
10.4%
19
12.1%
31
17.7%
25
13.2%
80
Disagree 0.0%
0
2.2%
4
2.3%
6
4.3%
6
2.6%
16
Strongly disagree 0.0%
0
0.5%
1
0.4%
1
1.4%
2
0.7%
4
TOTAL 100.0%
25
100.0%
182
100.0%
256
100.0%
141

604


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 74.6%
47
49.6%
63
50.0%
106
43.2%
95
50.0%
311
Agree 19.0%
12
37.8%
48
31.6%
67
35.9%
79
33.1%
206
Not sure 4.8%
3
11.0%
14
16.0%
34
15.0%
33
13.5%
84
Disagree 1.6%
1
0.8%
1
1.9%
4
4.5%
10
2.6%
16
Strongly disagree 0.0%
0
0.8%
1
0.5%
1
1.4%
3
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
63
100.0%
127
100.0%
212
100.0%
220

622


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
Strongly agree 50.5%
309
28.6%
2
37.5%
3
50.1%
314
Agree 32.7%
200
42.9%
3
50.0%
4
33.0%
207
Not sure 13.4%
82
28.6%
2
12.5%
1
13.6%
85
Disagree 2.6%
16
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.6%
16
Strongly disagree 0.8%
5
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
612
100.0%
7
100.0%
8

627