Presbyterian Panel Study, Feb 1999 - Language and God, Member

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GODDAD

When you think about God, how likely is this image to come to your mind? - Father
  1) Extremely likely
  2) Somewhat likely
  3) Not too likely
  4) Not likely at all
  5) Don't know

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Extremely likely 440 73.2% 73.2% -.51
Somewhat likely 119 19.8% 93% .84
Not too likely 23 3.8% 96.8% 2.18
Not likely at all 14 2.3% 99.2% 3.53
Don't know 5 .8% 100% 4.87

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Extremely likely 76.4%
285
67.8%
154
73.2%
439
Somewhat likely 17.2%
64
24.2%
55
19.8%
119
Not too likely 3.2%
12
4.8%
11
3.8%
23
Not likely at all 2.9%
11
1.3%
3
2.3%
14
Don't know 0.3%
1
1.8%
4
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
373
100.0%
227

600


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Extremely likely 72.0%
344
77.8%
84
73.0%
428
Somewhat likely 20.7%
99
17.6%
19
20.1%
118
Not too likely 4.4%
21
0.9%
1
3.8%
22
Not likely at all 2.1%
10
2.8%
3
2.2%
13
Don't know 0.8%
4
0.9%
1
0.9%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
478
100.0%
108

586


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Extremely likely 70.0%
63
68.9%
144
78.2%
158
75.0%
75
73.2%
440
Somewhat likely 22.2%
20
22.0%
46
18.8%
38
15.0%
15
19.8%
119
Not too likely 2.2%
2
5.7%
12
1.5%
3
6.0%
6
3.8%
23
Not likely at all 4.4%
4
1.9%
4
1.0%
2
4.0%
4
2.3%
14
Don't know 1.1%
1
1.4%
3
0.5%
1
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
90
100.0%
209
100.0%
202
100.0%
100

601


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Extremely likely 71.6%
96
68.6%
70
73.7%
250
88.2%
15
72.8%
431
Somewhat likely 20.9%
28
24.5%
25
18.9%
64
11.8%
2
20.1%
119
Not too likely 5.2%
7
2.9%
3
3.8%
13
0.0%
0
3.9%
23
Not likely at all 1.5%
2
2.0%
2
2.9%
10
0.0%
0
2.4%
14
Don't know 0.7%
1
2.0%
2
0.6%
2
0.0%
0
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
134
100.0%
102
100.0%
339
100.0%
17

592


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
Extremely likely 83.3%
45
74.5%
137
70.2%
158
67.3%
72
72.3%
412
Somewhat likely 13.0%
7
19.0%
35
23.6%
53
21.5%
23
20.7%
118
Not too likely 0.0%
0
3.3%
6
4.4%
10
6.5%
7
4.0%
23
Not likely at all 3.7%
2
0.5%
1
1.8%
4
4.7%
5
2.1%
12
Don't know 0.0%
0
2.7%
5
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.9%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
54
100.0%
184
100.0%
225
100.0%
107

570


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
Extremely likely 72.5%
398
75.0%
3
100.0%
3
72.7%
404
Somewhat likely 20.4%
112
25.0%
1
0.0%
0
20.3%
113
Not too likely 4.0%
22
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
4.0%
22
Not likely at all 2.4%
13
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.3%
13
Don't know 0.7%
4
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.7%
4
TOTAL 100.0%
549
100.0%
4
100.0%
3

556


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Extremely likely 69.7%
76
64.2%
61
76.8%
126
76.1%
172
73.2%
435
Somewhat likely 25.7%
28
24.2%
23
15.9%
26
17.7%
40
19.7%
117
Not too likely 2.8%
3
7.4%
7
3.7%
6
3.1%
7
3.9%
23
Not likely at all 1.8%
2
4.2%
4
2.4%
4
1.8%
4
2.4%
14
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.2%
2
1.3%
3
0.8%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
109
100.0%
95
100.0%
164
100.0%
226

594