Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1999 - Sabbath-Keeping, Clergy

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LAWCLOSE Would you favor or oppose laws that would: require every retail business to be closed one day each week?   1) Yes, definitely favor   2) Yes, generally favor   3) Yes, somewhat favor   4) No, generally not favor   5) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, definitely favor	123	11%	11%	-2.08
Yes, generally favor	158	14.2%	25.2%	-1.16
Yes, somewhat favor	168	15.1%	40.2%	-.24
No, generally not favor	644	57.7%	97.9%	.69
Not sure	23	2.1%	100%	1.61

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	15.6% 37	9.7% 85	11.0% 122
Yes, generally favor	16.0% 38	13.7% 120	14.2% 158
Yes, somewhat favor	17.7% 42	14.4% 126	15.1% 168
No, generally not favor	49.4% 117	60.0% 526	57.7% 643
Not sure	1.3% 3	2.3% 20	2.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 877	1114

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	10.6% 104	14.0% 18	11.0% 122
Yes, generally favor	14.2% 139	14.7% 19	14.2% 158
Yes, somewhat favor	15.1% 148	14.7% 19	15.0% 167
No, generally not favor	58.0% 570	55.0% 71	57.7% 641
Not sure	2.1% 21	1.6% 2	2.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 982	100.0% 129	1111

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	10.3% 22	10.1% 31	11.9% 50	10.5% 18	10.9% 121
Yes, generally favor	16.9% 36	14.7% 45	13.3% 56	12.3% 21	14.2% 158
Yes, somewhat favor	10.8% 23	18.3% 56	16.2% 68	11.7% 20	15.0% 167
No, generally not favor	59.2% 126	54.9% 168	56.8% 239	63.7% 109	57.8% 642
Not sure	2.8% 6	2.0% 6	1.9% 8	1.8% 3	2.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 306	100.0% 421	100.0% 171	1111

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	10.2% 66	13.4% 26	11.8% 29	6.3% 1	11.0% 122
Yes, generally favor	11.6% 75	17.0% 33	17.9% 44	18.8% 3	14.0% 155
Yes, somewhat favor	15.7% 102	15.5% 30	14.2% 35	0.0% 0	15.1% 167
No, generally not favor	60.4% 392	52.6% 102	54.1% 133	68.8% 11	57.7% 638
Not sure	2.2% 14	1.5% 3	2.0% 5	6.3% 1	2.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 649	100.0% 194	100.0% 246	100.0% 16	1105

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	19.4% 6	9.8% 40	10.6% 59	13.8% 15	10.8% 120
Yes, generally favor	16.1% 5	18.0% 74	11.8% 66	11.9% 13	14.3% 158
Yes, somewhat favor	19.4% 6	14.9% 61	15.4% 86	13.8% 15	15.2% 168
No, generally not favor	41.9% 13	54.6% 224	60.9% 340	57.8% 63	57.8% 640
Not sure	3.2% 1	2.7% 11	1.3% 7	2.8% 3	2.0% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 410	100.0% 558	100.0% 109	1108

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	8.5% 13	13.4% 49	10.0% 49	10.6% 9	10.9% 120
Yes, generally favor	11.8% 18	14.4% 53	16.1% 79	5.9% 5	14.1% 155
Yes, somewhat favor	19.0% 29	10.9% 40	14.9% 73	27.1% 23	15.1% 165
No, generally not favor	58.8% 90	58.6% 215	58.0% 285	50.6% 43	57.8% 633
Not sure	2.0% 3	2.7% 10	1.0% 5	5.9% 5	2.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 367	100.0% 491	100.0% 85	1096

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely favor	9.7% 103	46.2% 6	31.4% 11	10.8% 120
Yes, generally favor	14.1% 149	0.0% 0	22.9% 8	14.2% 157
Yes, somewhat favor	15.2% 161	15.4% 2	8.6% 3	15.0% 166
No, generally not favor	59.2% 627	38.5% 5	28.6% 10	57.9% 642
Not sure	1.9% 20	0.0% 0	8.6% 3	2.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 1060	100.0% 13	100.0% 35	1108