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Presbyterian Panel Survey, Nov 1999 -- Interpersonal Violence, Elders

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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	303	45.9%	45.9%	-.88
Probably favor approval	119	18%	63.9%	-.21
Not sure	57	8.6%	72.6%	.45
Probably do not favor approval	83	12.6%	85.2%	1.11
Definitely do not favor approval	98	14.8%	100%	1.77

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	40.6% 134	51.1% 168	45.8% 302
Probably favor approval	17.6% 58	18.5% 61	18.1% 119
Not sure	10.6% 35	6.7% 22	8.6% 57
Probably do not favor approval	12.1% 40	13.1% 43	12.6% 83
Definitely do not favor approval	19.1% 63	10.6% 35	14.9% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 329	659

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	46.3% 261	44.7% 42	46.0% 303
Probably favor approval	19.0% 107	11.7% 11	17.9% 118
Not sure	8.7% 49	7.4% 7	8.5% 56
Probably do not favor approval	13.1% 74	9.6% 9	12.6% 83
Definitely do not favor approval	12.9% 73	26.6% 25	14.9% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 564	100.0% 94	658

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	32.7% 35	40.6% 86	51.7% 122	57.1% 60	45.9% 303
Probably favor approval	14.0% 15	20.3% 43	20.3% 48	12.4% 13	18.0% 119
Not sure	8.4% 9	13.7% 29	5.5% 13	5.7% 6	8.6% 57
Probably do not favor approval	12.1% 13	11.8% 25	14.8% 35	9.5% 10	12.6% 83
Definitely do not favor approval	32.7% 35	13.7% 29	7.6% 18	15.2% 16	14.8% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 212	100.0% 236	100.0% 105	660

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	33.3% 54	36.4% 39	54.1% 199	41.7% 5	45.8% 297
Probably favor approval	19.8% 32	21.5% 23	16.3% 60	16.7% 2	18.0% 117
Not sure	6.2% 10	11.2% 12	9.2% 34	8.3% 1	8.8% 57
Probably do not favor approval	17.3% 28	10.3% 11	11.1% 41	16.7% 2	12.6% 82
Definitely do not favor approval	23.5% 38	20.6% 22	9.2% 34	16.7% 2	14.8% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 107	100.0% 368	100.0% 12	649

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	32.0% 16	38.8% 54	48.6% 119	50.5% 111	45.9% 300
Probably favor approval	18.0% 9	17.3% 24	21.2% 52	15.5% 34	18.2% 119
Not sure	12.0% 6	12.2% 17	5.7% 14	9.1% 20	8.7% 57
Probably do not favor approval	24.0% 12	13.7% 19	12.2% 30	10.0% 22	12.7% 83
Definitely do not favor approval	14.0% 7	18.0% 25	12.2% 30	15.0% 33	14.5% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 139	100.0% 245	100.0% 220	654

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	43.8% 14	51.9% 96	46.4% 121	37.7% 57	45.8% 288
Probably favor approval	25.0% 8	14.6% 27	18.4% 48	21.9% 33	18.4% 116
Not sure	12.5% 4	8.1% 15	9.2% 24	4.0% 6	7.8% 49
Probably do not favor approval	9.4% 3	10.3% 19	11.5% 30	19.2% 29	12.9% 81
Definitely do not favor approval	9.4% 3	15.1% 28	14.6% 38	17.2% 26	15.1% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 185	100.0% 261	100.0% 151	629

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Definitely favor approval	45.8% 296	20.0% 1	60.0% 3	45.7% 300
Probably favor approval	18.1% 117	20.0% 1	20.0% 1	18.1% 119
Not sure	8.7% 56	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	8.7% 57
Probably do not favor approval	12.8% 83	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.7% 83
Definitely do not favor approval	14.6% 94	40.0% 2	20.0% 1	14.8% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 5	100.0% 5	656