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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 shouldn't work too closely with the government to help the poor because of separation of church and state.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	31	6.9%	6.9%	-1.87
Agree	123	27.2%	34.1%	-.87
Disagree	213	47.1%	81.2%	.13
Strongly disagree	43	9.5%	90.7%	1.13
No opinion	42	9.3%	100%	2.13

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.8% 16	8.7% 15	6.9% 31
Agree	25.5% 71	30.1% 52	27.3% 123
Disagree	45.7% 127	49.1% 85	47.0% 212
Strongly disagree	9.7% 27	9.2% 16	9.5% 43
No opinion	13.3% 37	2.9% 5	9.3% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 173	451

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.0% 21	10.4% 10	7.0% 31
Agree	25.9% 90	32.3% 31	27.3% 121
Disagree	48.6% 169	42.7% 41	47.3% 210
Strongly disagree	10.6% 37	5.2% 5	9.5% 42
No opinion	8.9% 31	9.4% 9	9.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 96	444

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 2	7.5% 12	7.8% 12	6.5% 5	6.9% 31
Agree	31.1% 19	27.3% 44	24.2% 37	29.9% 23	27.2% 123
Disagree	47.5% 29	44.7% 72	50.3% 77	45.5% 35	47.1% 213
Strongly disagree	11.5% 7	9.3% 15	7.2% 11	13.0% 10	9.5% 43
No opinion	6.6% 4	11.2% 18	10.5% 16	5.2% 4	9.3% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 161	100.0% 153	100.0% 77	452

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 5	8.8% 7	6.9% 17	12.5% 2	7.0% 31
Agree	29.4% 30	25.0% 20	26.8% 66	37.5% 6	27.5% 122
Disagree	48.0% 49	46.3% 37	47.2% 116	37.5% 6	46.8% 208
Strongly disagree	5.9% 6	6.3% 5	12.2% 30	12.5% 2	9.7% 43
No opinion	11.8% 12	13.8% 11	6.9% 17	0.0% 0	9.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 80	100.0% 246	100.0% 16	444

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.1% 6	2.6% 2	11.0% 15	5.0% 8	6.9% 31
Agree	17.6% 13	27.3% 21	27.2% 37	31.3% 50	27.1% 121
Disagree	50.0% 37	55.8% 43	44.1% 60	44.4% 71	47.2% 211
Strongly disagree	13.5% 10	7.8% 6	8.1% 11	9.4% 15	9.4% 42
No opinion	10.8% 8	6.5% 5	9.6% 13	10.0% 16	9.4% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 77	100.0% 136	100.0% 160	447

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	6.3% 9	8.4% 15	6.3% 5	6.7% 29
Agree	29.0% 9	28.9% 41	23.6% 42	30.0% 24	26.9% 116
Disagree	58.1% 18	43.0% 61	49.4% 88	50.0% 40	48.0% 207
Strongly disagree	3.2% 1	8.5% 12	10.7% 19	10.0% 8	9.3% 40
No opinion	9.7% 3	13.4% 19	7.9% 14	3.8% 3	9.0% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 142	100.0% 178	100.0% 80	431

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.0% 29	33.3% 1	7.2% 30
Agree	27.3% 113	0.0% 0	27.1% 113
Disagree	46.9% 194	33.3% 1	46.8% 195
Strongly disagree	9.7% 40	0.0% 0	9.6% 40
No opinion	9.2% 38	33.3% 1	9.4% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 3	417