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

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GEN1996

At its 1996 meeting, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved the following amendment to the church's constitution, and sent it to the presbyteries for a vote: "Those who are called to office in the church are to lead a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage of a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness. Persons refusing to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin shall not be ordained and/or installed as deacons, elders, or ministers of the Word and Sacrament." What is your opinion on this proposed amendment? Would you like to see it approved by a majority of the presbyteries, or not?

	1) Definitely favor approval
	2) Probably favor approval
	3) Not sure
	4) Probably do not favor approval
	5) Definitely do not favor approval

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely favor approval	209	44.8%	44.8%	-.88
Probably favor approval	104	22.3%	67%	-.16
Not sure	38	8.1%	75.2%	.55
Probably do not favor approval	70	15%	90.1%	1.26
Definitely do not favor approval	46	9.9%	100%	1.98

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	42.1% 122	49.4% 87	44.8% 209
Probably favor approval	19.3% 56	26.7% 47	22.1% 103
Not sure	8.6% 25	7.4% 13	8.2% 38
Probably do not favor approval	18.3% 53	9.7% 17	15.0% 70
Definitely do not favor approval	11.7% 34	6.8% 12	9.9% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 290	100.0% 176	466

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	45.8% 163	37.0% 37	43.9% 200
Probably favor approval	24.2% 86	17.0% 17	22.6% 103
Not sure	7.9% 28	10.0% 10	8.3% 38
Probably do not favor approval	14.3% 51	18.0% 18	15.1% 69
Definitely do not favor approval	7.9% 28	18.0% 18	10.1% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 100	456

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	38.7% 24	36.9% 62	53.8% 85	48.1% 38	44.8% 209
Probably favor approval	30.6% 19	22.0% 37	20.3% 32	20.3% 16	22.3% 104
Not sure	4.8% 3	9.5% 16	8.2% 13	7.6% 6	8.1% 38
Probably do not favor approval	16.1% 10	19.0% 32	11.4% 18	12.7% 10	15.0% 70
Definitely do not favor approval	9.7% 6	12.5% 21	6.3% 10	11.4% 9	9.9% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 168	100.0% 158	100.0% 79	467

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	33.3% 36	29.3% 24	53.2% 134	56.3% 9	44.3% 203
Probably favor approval	16.7% 18	24.4% 20	23.8% 60	25.0% 4	22.3% 102
Not sure	6.5% 7	14.6% 12	7.1% 18	6.3% 1	8.3% 38
Probably do not favor approval	22.2% 24	18.3% 15	11.9% 30	0.0% 0	15.1% 69
Definitely do not favor approval	21.3% 23	13.4% 11	4.0% 10	12.5% 2	10.0% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 82	100.0% 252	100.0% 16	458

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	18.4% 14	35.4% 28	47.4% 65	58.8% 100	44.8% 207
Probably favor approval	28.9% 22	22.8% 18	20.4% 28	20.0% 34	22.1% 102
Not sure	13.2% 10	8.9% 7	8.0% 11	5.9% 10	8.2% 38
Probably do not favor approval	21.1% 16	24.1% 19	11.7% 16	11.2% 19	15.2% 70
Definitely do not favor approval	18.4% 14	8.9% 7	12.4% 17	4.1% 7	9.7% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 79	100.0% 137	100.0% 170	462

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	52.6% 20	48.6% 69	41.8% 76	39.0% 32	44.4% 197
Probably favor approval	13.2% 5	21.8% 31	25.3% 46	22.0% 18	22.5% 100
Not sure	13.2% 5	8.5% 12	7.7% 14	4.9% 4	7.9% 35
Probably do not favor approval	15.8% 6	13.4% 19	13.7% 25	20.7% 17	15.1% 67
Definitely do not favor approval	5.3% 2	7.7% 11	11.5% 21	13.4% 11	10.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 142	100.0% 182	100.0% 82	444

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	45.3% 194	33.3% 1	45.2% 195
Probably favor approval	21.7% 93	0.0% 0	21.6% 93
Not sure	8.4% 36	0.0% 0	8.4% 36
Probably do not favor approval	14.3% 61	66.7% 2	14.6% 63
Definitely do not favor approval	10.3% 44	0.0% 0	10.2% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 3	431