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

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(The PC(USA) Workgroup on Sabbath-Keeping defines Sabbath-keeping as "'resting from our work so God can do God's work in us' (John Calvin). It involves those practices through which we provide God the time and space necessary to restore our souls. These include corporate worship, private devotions, and deep enjoyment of other persons and the world around us.") While historically a particular day of the week was set aside for Sabbath, in this definition the concept of "Sabbath-keeping" is used more generally to refer to any time set aside to rest in God, whenever that time may be found. How comfortable are you with the idea of separating the concept of Sabbath-keeping from Sunday or any other particular day of the week?

	1) Very comfortable
	2) Generally comfortable
	3) Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable
	4) Generally uncomfortable
	5) Very uncomfortable
	6) No opinion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very comfortable	337	30.1%	30.1%	-1.08
Generally comfortable	349	31.1%	61.2%	-.32
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	166	14.8%	76%	.45
Generally uncomfortable	183	16.3%	92.3%	1.21
Very uncomfortable	72	6.4%	98.8%	1.98
No opinion	14	1.2%	100%	2.74

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very comfortable	43.7% 104	26.5% 233	30.1% 337
Generally comfortable	25.2% 60	32.7% 288	31.1% 348
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	13.9% 33	15.1% 133	14.8% 166
Generally uncomfortable	12.2% 29	17.5% 154	16.4% 183
Very uncomfortable	4.2% 10	6.9% 61	6.4% 71
No opinion	0.8% 2	1.3% 11	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 880	1118

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very comfortable	28.9% 285	40.0% 52	30.2% 337
Generally comfortable	32.0% 315	24.6% 32	31.1% 347
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	15.3% 151	11.5% 15	14.9% 166
Generally uncomfortable	16.3% 161	16.9% 22	16.4% 183
Very uncomfortable	6.4% 63	5.4% 7	6.3% 70
No opinion	1.0% 10	1.5% 2	1.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 985	100.0% 130	1115

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very comfortable	24.5% 53	29.8% 91	30.1% 127	38.4% 66	30.2% 337
Generally comfortable	33.8% 73	30.8% 94	29.6% 125	32.6% 56	31.2% 348
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	18.5% 40	15.1% 46	13.3% 56	13.4% 23	14.8% 165
Generally uncomfortable	13.9% 30	16.1% 49	20.1% 85	10.5% 18	16.3% 182
Very uncomfortable	7.4% 16	7.2% 22	5.7% 24	4.7% 8	6.3% 70
No opinion	1.9% 4	1.0% 3	1.2% 5	0.6% 1	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 216	100.0% 305	100.0% 422	100.0% 172	1115

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very comfortable	32.4% 211	31.3% 61	22.7% 56	37.5% 6	30.1% 334
Generally comfortable	31.5% 205	31.8% 62	29.6% 73	25.0% 4	31.0% 344
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	15.1% 98	13.3% 26	15.8% 39	12.5% 2	14.9% 165
Generally uncomfortable	15.1% 98	13.8% 27	21.9% 54	18.8% 3	16.4% 182
Very uncomfortable	4.9% 32	6.7% 13	10.1% 25	6.3% 1	6.4% 71
No opinion	1.1% 7	3.1% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 651	100.0% 195	100.0% 247	100.0% 16	1109

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	41.9% 13	28.0% 115	30.4% 171	32.1% 35	30.0% 334
Generally comfortable	19.4% 6	32.2% 132	32.0% 180	25.7% 28	31.1% 346
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	16.1% 5	14.4% 59	14.2% 80	20.2% 22	14.9% 166
Generally uncomfortable	9.7% 3	18.8% 77	15.8% 89	11.9% 13	16.4% 182
Very uncomfortable	9.7% 3	6.1% 25	5.7% 32	10.1% 11	6.4% 71
No opinion	3.2% 1	0.5% 2	1.8% 10	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 410	100.0% 562	100.0% 109	1112

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very comfortable	38.1% 59	32.0% 118	28.5% 140	15.3% 13	30.0% 330
Generally comfortable	29.7% 46	30.6% 113	31.8% 156	31.8% 27	31.1% 342
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	11.6% 18	13.0% 48	16.1% 79	23.5% 20	15.0% 165
Generally uncomfortable	15.5% 24	17.3% 64	15.5% 76	18.8% 16	16.4% 180
Very uncomfortable	4.5% 7	6.0% 22	6.9% 34	9.4% 8	6.5% 71
No opinion	0.6% 1	1.1% 4	1.2% 6	1.2% 1	1.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 369	100.0% 491	100.0% 85	1100

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very comfortable	30.0% 319	30.8% 4	31.4% 11	30.0% 334
Generally comfortable	31.2% 332	23.1% 3	37.1% 13	31.3% 348
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	15.3% 163	15.4% 2	2.9% 1	14.9% 166
Generally uncomfortable	16.2% 172	15.4% 2	20.0% 7	16.3% 181
Very uncomfortable	6.2% 66	15.4% 2	5.7% 2	6.3% 70
No opinion	1.1% 12	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 1064	100.0% 13	100.0% 35	1112