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

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RACUNITY

Please indicate the level of your agreement with the following general statement about racial/ethnic ministries and/or racial justice issues. - The focus on specific racial concerns is divisive to the unity of the church.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	13	2.9%	2.9%	-1.81
Agree	156	34.8%	37.7%	-.89
Disagree	184	41.1%	78.8%	.02
Strongly disagree	18	4%	82.8%	.94
No opinion	77	17.2%	100%	1.85

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.7% 10	1.7% 3	2.9% 13
Agree	31.9% 87	39.7% 69	34.9% 156
Disagree	38.8% 106	44.3% 77	40.9% 183
Strongly disagree	4.4% 12	3.4% 6	4.0% 18
No opinion	21.2% 58	10.9% 19	17.2% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 174	447

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.6% 9	3.2% 3	2.7% 12
Agree	34.8% 120	34.7% 33	34.8% 153
Disagree	45.5% 157	27.4% 26	41.6% 183
Strongly disagree	3.2% 11	7.4% 7	4.1% 18
No opinion	13.9% 48	27.4% 26	16.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 95	440

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	4.6% 7	3.9% 3	2.9% 13
Agree	33.9% 20	35.0% 56	37.5% 57	29.9% 23	34.8% 156
Disagree	45.8% 27	41.9% 67	36.2% 55	45.5% 35	41.1% 184
Strongly disagree	1.7% 1	5.6% 9	3.3% 5	3.9% 3	4.0% 18
No opinion	18.6% 11	15.6% 25	18.4% 28	16.9% 13	17.2% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 160	100.0% 152	100.0% 77	448

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 9	12.5% 2	3.0% 13
Agree	28.4% 29	40.5% 32	37.0% 90	31.3% 5	35.5% 156
Disagree	46.1% 47	39.2% 31	39.5% 96	25.0% 4	40.5% 178
Strongly disagree	8.8% 9	1.3% 1	2.9% 7	6.3% 1	4.1% 18
No opinion	14.7% 15	19.0% 15	16.9% 41	25.0% 4	17.0% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 79	100.0% 243	100.0% 16	440

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 1	3.9% 3	2.3% 3	3.1% 5	2.7% 12
Agree	28.8% 21	28.9% 22	32.3% 43	42.9% 69	35.0% 155
Disagree	41.1% 30	47.4% 36	41.4% 55	37.9% 61	41.1% 182
Strongly disagree	5.5% 4	6.6% 5	6.0% 8	0.6% 1	4.1% 18
No opinion	23.3% 17	13.2% 10	18.0% 24	15.5% 25	17.2% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 76	100.0% 133	100.0% 161	443

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 1	3.6% 5	2.3% 4	2.5% 2	2.8% 12
Agree	28.1% 9	41.0% 57	29.5% 52	36.7% 29	34.5% 147
Disagree	34.4% 11	29.5% 41	47.7% 84	50.6% 40	41.3% 176
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	4.3% 6	5.7% 10	2.5% 2	4.2% 18
No opinion	34.4% 11	21.6% 30	14.8% 26	7.6% 6	17.1% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 139	100.0% 176	100.0% 79	426

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.9% 12	0.0% 0	2.9% 12
Agree	34.9% 143	33.3% 1	34.9% 144
Disagree	40.7% 167	33.3% 1	40.7% 168
Strongly disagree	4.4% 18	0.0% 0	4.4% 18
No opinion	17.1% 70	33.3% 1	17.2% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 3	413