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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1999 -- Public Role of Presbyterians, Member

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How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement about partnerships between government and religious organizations formed to provide for the poor? - Churches and religious organizations can benefit from the extra financial assistance provided by state government.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Disagree
	4) Strongly disagree
	5) No opinion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	24	5.4%	5.4%	-1.7
Agree	170	38.4%	43.8%	-.8
Disagree	135	30.5%	74.3%	.09
Strongly disagree	55	12.4%	86.7%	.99
No opinion	59	13.3%	100%	1.88

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.6% 15	5.2% 9	5.4% 24
Agree	36.3% 98	41.3% 71	38.2% 169
Disagree	30.0% 81	31.4% 54	30.5% 135
Strongly disagree	12.2% 33	12.8% 22	12.4% 55
No opinion	15.9% 43	9.3% 16	13.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 172	442

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.5% 19	4.4% 4	5.3% 23
Agree	38.4% 132	38.5% 35	38.4% 167
Disagree	30.2% 104	31.9% 29	30.6% 133
Strongly disagree	12.5% 43	12.1% 11	12.4% 54
No opinion	13.4% 46	13.2% 12	13.3% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 91	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 1	5.0% 8	7.3% 11	5.3% 4	5.4% 24
Agree	53.4% 31	42.8% 68	34.4% 52	25.3% 19	38.4% 170
Disagree	25.9% 15	27.7% 44	30.5% 46	40.0% 30	30.5% 135
Strongly disagree	5.2% 3	11.9% 19	11.9% 18	20.0% 15	12.4% 55
No opinion	13.8% 8	12.6% 20	15.9% 24	9.3% 7	13.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 159	100.0% 151	100.0% 75	443

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 7	6.4% 5	4.6% 11	0.0% 0	5.3% 23
Agree	37.6% 38	42.3% 33	39.2% 94	25.0% 4	38.9% 169
Disagree	30.7% 31	32.1% 25	31.7% 76	12.5% 2	30.8% 134
Strongly disagree	10.9% 11	10.3% 8	11.3% 27	50.0% 8	12.4% 54
No opinion	13.9% 14	9.0% 7	13.3% 32	12.5% 2	12.6% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 78	100.0% 240	100.0% 16	435

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.3% 7	7.8% 6	4.5% 6	3.3% 5	5.5% 24
Agree	45.3% 34	46.8% 36	31.6% 42	36.6% 56	38.4% 168
Disagree	21.3% 16	24.7% 19	33.8% 45	34.0% 52	30.1% 132
Strongly disagree	5.3% 4	9.1% 7	18.8% 25	12.4% 19	12.6% 55
No opinion	18.7% 14	11.7% 9	11.3% 15	13.7% 21	13.5% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 77	100.0% 133	100.0% 153	438

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.4% 1	5.7% 8	4.6% 8	6.4% 5	5.2% 22
Agree	41.4% 12	33.3% 47	40.2% 70	41.0% 32	38.2% 161
Disagree	31.0% 9	29.8% 42	31.0% 54	33.3% 26	31.0% 131
Strongly disagree	10.3% 3	9.9% 14	13.8% 24	11.5% 9	11.8% 50
No opinion	13.8% 4	21.3% 30	10.3% 18	7.7% 6	13.7% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 141	100.0% 174	100.0% 78	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 23	0.0% 0	5.6% 23
Agree	38.3% 155	0.0% 0	38.0% 155
Disagree	30.9% 125	0.0% 0	30.6% 125
Strongly disagree	12.3% 50	33.3% 1	12.5% 51
No opinion	12.8% 52	66.7% 2	13.2% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 3	408