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Presbyterian Panel Study, Feb 1999 - Language and God, 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	18	1.5%	1.5%	-3.01
Agree	151	12.8%	14.3%	-1.97
Not sure	52	4.4%	18.7%	-.93
Disagree	675	57%	75.7%	.1
Strongly disagree	288	24.3%	100%	1.14

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.4% 1	1.8% 17	1.5% 18
Agree	12.2% 30	12.9% 121	12.8% 151
Not sure	4.9% 12	4.3% 40	4.4% 52
Disagree	62.0% 152	55.7% 523	57.0% 675
Strongly disagree	20.4% 50	25.3% 238	24.3% 288
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 939	1184

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 17	0.7% 1	1.5% 18
Agree	12.2% 126	16.3% 24	12.7% 150
Not sure	4.6% 47	3.4% 5	4.4% 52
Disagree	56.3% 581	62.6% 92	57.1% 673
Strongly disagree	25.3% 261	17.0% 25	24.3% 286
TOTAL	100.0% 1032	100.0% 147	1179

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.6% 6	1.8% 6	1.1% 5	0.6% 1	1.5% 18
Agree	16.1% 37	13.7% 45	8.6% 38	17.2% 31	12.8% 151
Not sure	4.3% 10	4.9% 16	4.1% 18	4.4% 8	4.4% 52
Disagree	51.3% 118	56.4% 185	62.1% 275	52.2% 94	56.9% 672
Strongly disagree	25.7% 59	23.2% 76	24.2% 107	25.6% 46	24.4% 288
TOTAL	100.0% 230	100.0% 328	100.0% 443	100.0% 180	1181

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 12	2.0% 4	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 18
Agree	14.7% 102	12.0% 24	8.6% 23	13.3% 2	12.9% 151
Not sure	4.8% 33	4.0% 8	2.6% 7	13.3% 2	4.3% 50
Disagree	59.9% 415	57.5% 115	50.4% 134	46.7% 7	57.2% 671
Strongly disagree	18.9% 131	24.5% 49	37.6% 100	26.7% 4	24.2% 284
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 200	100.0% 266	100.0% 15	1174

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.5% 2	0.7% 3	1.6% 9	2.5% 3	1.4% 17
Agree	32.3% 10	11.4% 51	12.9% 75	12.6% 15	12.8% 151
Not sure	9.7% 3	4.0% 18	4.3% 25	4.2% 5	4.3% 51
Disagree	45.2% 14	57.7% 258	57.2% 332	57.1% 68	57.1% 672
Strongly disagree	6.5% 2	26.2% 117	24.0% 139	23.5% 28	24.3% 286
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 447	100.0% 580	100.0% 119	1177

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 15	5.7% 3	1.5% 18
Agree	12.7% 143	15.1% 8	12.8% 151
Not sure	4.2% 47	9.4% 5	4.4% 52
Disagree	57.2% 643	52.8% 28	57.0% 671
Strongly disagree	24.6% 277	17.0% 9	24.3% 286
TOTAL	100.0% 1125	100.0% 53	1178

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.6% 1	0.8% 3	2.3% 12	2.3% 2	1.5% 18
Agree	11.0% 19	12.6% 49	13.5% 70	12.5% 11	12.8% 149
Not sure	7.0% 12	3.3% 13	4.4% 23	3.4% 3	4.4% 51
Disagree	58.7% 101	56.8% 221	55.9% 289	59.1% 52	56.9% 663
Strongly disagree	22.7% 39	26.5% 103	23.8% 123	22.7% 20	24.4% 285
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 389	100.0% 517	100.0% 88	1166