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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: All the different religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	39	8.4%	8.4%	-1.76
Agree	123	26.6%	35%	-.98
Not sure	78	16.8%	51.8%	-.19
Disagree	130	28.1%	79.9%	.59
Strongly disagree	93	20.1%	100%	1.37

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 27	6.9% 12	8.4% 39
Agree	24.4% 70	29.7% 52	26.4% 122
Not sure	18.8% 54	13.7% 24	16.9% 78
Disagree	27.5% 79	29.1% 51	28.1% 130
Strongly disagree	19.9% 57	20.6% 36	20.1% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 175	462

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 30	7.9% 8	8.4% 38
Agree	26.1% 92	30.7% 31	27.2% 123
Not sure	15.6% 55	20.8% 21	16.8% 76
Disagree	29.0% 102	23.8% 24	27.8% 126
Strongly disagree	20.7% 73	16.8% 17	19.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 352	100.0% 101	453

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.8% 3	9.5% 16	8.4% 13	8.9% 7	8.4% 39
Agree	37.1% 23	36.3% 61	20.1% 31	10.1% 8	26.6% 123
Not sure	16.1% 10	16.1% 27	16.2% 25	20.3% 16	16.8% 78
Disagree	30.6% 19	19.6% 33	32.5% 50	35.4% 28	28.1% 130
Strongly disagree	11.3% 7	18.5% 31	22.7% 35	25.3% 20	20.1% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 168	100.0% 154	100.0% 79	463

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.3% 12	9.9% 8	7.2% 18	6.3% 1	8.6% 39
Agree	32.1% 34	24.7% 20	26.3% 66	6.3% 1	26.7% 121
Not sure	16.0% 17	21.0% 17	14.7% 37	37.5% 6	17.0% 77
Disagree	28.3% 30	24.7% 20	29.1% 73	18.8% 3	27.8% 126
Strongly disagree	12.3% 13	19.8% 16	22.7% 57	31.3% 5	20.0% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 81	100.0% 251	100.0% 16	454

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.5% 8	7.6% 6	7.2% 10	7.3% 12	7.9% 36
Agree	38.2% 29	35.4% 28	27.5% 38	17.0% 28	26.9% 123
Not sure	25.0% 19	13.9% 11	14.5% 20	17.0% 28	17.0% 78
Disagree	14.5% 11	25.3% 20	28.3% 39	35.8% 59	28.2% 129
Strongly disagree	11.8% 9	17.7% 14	22.5% 31	23.0% 38	20.1% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 79	100.0% 138	100.0% 165	458

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.5% 4	5.7% 8	7.7% 14	12.2% 10	8.2% 36
Agree	28.9% 11	26.4% 37	27.6% 50	26.8% 22	27.2% 120
Not sure	21.1% 8	16.4% 23	15.5% 28	14.6% 12	16.1% 71
Disagree	31.6% 12	30.0% 42	29.3% 53	23.2% 19	28.6% 126
Strongly disagree	7.9% 3	21.4% 30	19.9% 36	23.2% 19	20.0% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 140	100.0% 181	100.0% 82	441

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 36	0.0% 0	8.5% 36
Agree	26.5% 112	66.7% 2	26.8% 114
Not sure	16.5% 70	0.0% 0	16.4% 70
Disagree	28.6% 121	0.0% 0	28.4% 121
Strongly disagree	19.9% 84	33.3% 1	20.0% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 3	426