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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? The Church should be more involved in environmental problems that impact humans directly, such as polluted drinking water, than on problems that have less direct human impact, such as protecting endangered species.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	68	15%	15%	-1.28
Agree	235	52%	67%	-.42
Strongly disagree	52	11.5%	78.5%	.44
Disagree	56	12.4%	90.9%	1.31
No opinion	41	9.1%	100%	2.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.1% 42	15.0% 26	15.1% 68
Agree	53.6% 149	49.1% 85	51.9% 234
Strongly disagree	10.4% 29	13.3% 23	11.5% 52
Disagree	10.8% 30	15.0% 26	12.4% 56
No opinion	10.1% 28	7.5% 13	9.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 173	451

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.1% 52	13.4% 13	14.7% 65
Agree	53.0% 183	50.5% 49	52.5% 232
Strongly disagree	9.9% 34	17.5% 17	11.5% 51
Disagree	13.0% 45	8.2% 8	12.0% 53
No opinion	9.0% 31	10.3% 10	9.3% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 97	442

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.1% 7	10.4% 17	21.4% 33	14.5% 11	15.0% 68
Agree	60.3% 35	56.1% 92	46.1% 71	48.7% 37	52.0% 235
Strongly disagree	10.3% 6	13.4% 22	9.1% 14	13.2% 10	11.5% 52
Disagree	8.6% 5	11.0% 18	13.0% 20	17.1% 13	12.4% 56
No opinion	8.6% 5	9.1% 15	10.4% 16	6.6% 5	9.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 164	100.0% 154	100.0% 76	452

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.3% 24	13.8% 11	11.4% 28	18.8% 3	14.9% 66
Agree	42.7% 44	53.8% 43	56.7% 139	50.0% 8	52.7% 234
Strongly disagree	12.6% 13	8.8% 7	11.8% 29	6.3% 1	11.3% 50
Disagree	11.7% 12	13.8% 11	11.8% 29	18.8% 3	12.4% 55
No opinion	9.7% 10	10.0% 8	8.2% 20	6.3% 1	8.8% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 245	100.0% 16	444

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.3% 7	13.0% 10	15.8% 21	18.5% 30	15.2% 68
Agree	49.3% 37	59.7% 46	43.6% 58	56.2% 91	51.9% 232
Strongly disagree	13.3% 10	9.1% 7	18.0% 24	6.2% 10	11.4% 51
Disagree	9.3% 7	9.1% 7	15.0% 20	13.6% 22	12.5% 56
No opinion	18.7% 14	9.1% 7	7.5% 10	5.6% 9	8.9% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 77	100.0% 133	100.0% 162	447

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.2% 8	15.3% 21	11.3% 20	18.8% 15	14.9% 64
Agree	50.0% 18	55.5% 76	54.8% 97	40.0% 32	51.9% 223
Strongly disagree	5.6% 2	10.9% 15	11.9% 21	12.5% 10	11.2% 48
Disagree	11.1% 4	9.5% 13	12.4% 22	18.8% 15	12.6% 54
No opinion	11.1% 4	8.8% 12	9.6% 17	10.0% 8	9.5% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 137	100.0% 177	100.0% 80	430

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.0% 62	33.3% 1	15.1% 63
Agree	51.6% 213	33.3% 1	51.4% 214
Strongly disagree	11.1% 46	0.0% 0	11.1% 46
Disagree	12.8% 53	0.0% 0	12.7% 53
No opinion	9.4% 39	33.3% 1	9.6% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 3	416