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

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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: An individual should arrive at his or her own religious beliefs independent of any church.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	38	8.3%	8.3%	-1.84
Agree	121	26.4%	34.7%	-1.02
Not sure	55	12%	46.7%	-.19
Disagree	184	40.2%	86.9%	.63
Strongly disagree	60	13.1%	100%	1.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.2% 23	8.0% 14	8.1% 37
Agree	25.2% 71	28.6% 50	26.5% 121
Not sure	12.4% 35	11.4% 20	12.0% 55
Disagree	41.1% 116	38.9% 68	40.3% 184
Strongly disagree	13.1% 37	13.1% 23	13.1% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 282	100.0% 175	457

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.7% 27	9.1% 9	8.0% 36
Agree	25.4% 89	31.3% 31	26.7% 120
Not sure	11.1% 39	16.2% 16	12.2% 55
Disagree	42.9% 150	30.3% 30	40.1% 180
Strongly disagree	12.9% 45	13.1% 13	12.9% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 350	100.0% 99	449

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.7% 6	8.5% 14	9.2% 14	5.1% 4	8.3% 38
Agree	25.8% 16	29.9% 49	23.5% 36	25.3% 20	26.4% 121
Not sure	9.7% 6	10.4% 17	14.4% 22	12.7% 10	12.0% 55
Disagree	38.7% 24	40.2% 66	38.6% 59	44.3% 35	40.2% 184
Strongly disagree	16.1% 10	11.0% 18	14.4% 22	12.7% 10	13.1% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 164	100.0% 153	100.0% 79	458

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 10	6.1% 5	8.9% 22	7.1% 1	8.5% 38
Agree	32.1% 34	24.4% 20	22.7% 56	21.4% 3	25.2% 113
Not sure	6.6% 7	17.1% 14	13.0% 32	14.3% 2	12.2% 55
Disagree	41.5% 44	43.9% 36	39.7% 98	42.9% 6	41.0% 184
Strongly disagree	10.4% 11	8.5% 7	15.8% 39	14.3% 2	13.1% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 82	100.0% 247	100.0% 14	449

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.3% 10	7.7% 6	4.3% 6	8.6% 14	7.9% 36
Agree	36.0% 27	25.6% 20	25.4% 35	23.5% 38	26.5% 120
Not sure	18.7% 14	9.0% 7	11.6% 16	10.5% 17	11.9% 54
Disagree	25.3% 19	50.0% 39	42.8% 59	40.7% 66	40.4% 183
Strongly disagree	6.7% 5	7.7% 6	15.9% 22	16.7% 27	13.2% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 78	100.0% 138	100.0% 162	453

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.8% 4	5.8% 8	9.4% 17	8.6% 7	8.3% 36
Agree	27.0% 10	28.3% 39	23.9% 43	28.4% 23	26.4% 115
Not sure	21.6% 8	14.5% 20	10.6% 19	7.4% 6	12.2% 53
Disagree	32.4% 12	37.0% 51	42.8% 77	44.4% 36	40.4% 176
Strongly disagree	8.1% 3	14.5% 20	13.3% 24	11.1% 9	12.8% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 138	100.0% 180	100.0% 81	436

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.1% 34	0.0% 0	8.1% 34
Agree	25.4% 106	33.3% 1	25.4% 107
Not sure	12.0% 50	0.0% 0	11.9% 50
Disagree	41.4% 173	33.3% 1	41.3% 174
Strongly disagree	13.2% 55	33.3% 1	13.3% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 3	421