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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 receive money from the government because it will make them more accountable to the government for their actions.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	72	16%	16%	-1.36
Agree	189	42%	58%	-.44
Disagree	129	28.7%	86.7%	.48
Strongly disagree	21	4.7%	91.3%	1.4
No opinion	39	8.7%	100%	2.31

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.9% 44	16.2% 28	16.0% 72
Agree	41.3% 114	43.4% 75	42.1% 189
Disagree	27.5% 76	30.6% 53	28.7% 129
Strongly disagree	4.0% 11	5.2% 9	4.5% 20
No opinion	11.2% 31	4.6% 8	8.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 276	100.0% 173	449

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.9% 55	16.7% 16	16.1% 71
Agree	40.8% 141	45.8% 44	41.9% 185
Disagree	29.8% 103	25.0% 24	28.7% 127
Strongly disagree	5.2% 18	3.1% 3	4.8% 21
No opinion	8.4% 29	9.4% 9	8.6% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 96	442

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.1% 8	17.5% 28	18.4% 28	10.4% 8	16.0% 72
Agree	39.3% 24	41.3% 66	37.5% 57	54.5% 42	42.0% 189
Disagree	32.8% 20	29.4% 47	29.6% 45	22.1% 17	28.7% 129
Strongly disagree	6.6% 4	3.1% 5	5.9% 9	3.9% 3	4.7% 21
No opinion	8.2% 5	8.8% 14	8.6% 13	9.1% 7	8.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 160	100.0% 152	100.0% 77	450

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.9% 13	13.8% 11	18.8% 46	6.3% 1	16.1% 71
Agree	39.6% 40	36.3% 29	44.1% 108	62.5% 10	42.3% 187
Disagree	32.7% 33	36.3% 29	24.9% 61	18.8% 3	28.5% 126
Strongly disagree	7.9% 8	2.5% 2	4.5% 11	0.0% 0	4.8% 21
No opinion	6.9% 7	11.3% 9	7.8% 19	12.5% 2	8.4% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 80	100.0% 245	100.0% 16	442

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.9% 11	15.6% 12	17.0% 23	15.7% 25	16.0% 71
Agree	35.1% 26	31.2% 24	46.7% 63	47.2% 75	42.2% 188
Disagree	27.0% 20	45.5% 35	25.9% 35	23.9% 38	28.8% 128
Strongly disagree	9.5% 7	3.9% 3	3.7% 5	3.1% 5	4.5% 20
No opinion	13.5% 10	3.9% 3	6.7% 9	10.1% 16	8.5% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 77	100.0% 135	100.0% 159	445

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.7% 3	12.0% 17	17.4% 31	21.8% 17	15.9% 68
Agree	58.1% 18	44.4% 63	37.1% 66	43.6% 34	42.2% 181
Disagree	19.4% 6	28.2% 40	34.3% 61	24.4% 19	29.4% 126
Strongly disagree	6.5% 2	0.7% 1	5.6% 10	7.7% 6	4.4% 19
No opinion	6.5% 2	14.8% 21	5.6% 10	2.6% 2	8.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 142	100.0% 178	100.0% 78	429

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.5% 68	33.3% 1	16.6% 69
Agree	42.0% 173	33.3% 1	41.9% 174
Disagree	28.4% 117	33.3% 1	28.4% 118
Strongly disagree	4.6% 19	0.0% 0	4.6% 19
No opinion	8.5% 35	0.0% 0	8.4% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 3	415