More Salem Village Analysis
| Count of Church to 1696 | Church to 1696 | ||
| Petition | Church | Non-Church | Grand Total |
| Anti-P | 20.00% | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| NoS | 2.27% | 97.73% | 100.00% |
| Pro-P | 47.17% | 52.83% | 100.00% |
| Grand Total | 24.82% | 75.18% | 100.00% |
The relationship between church membership and factional identification in Salem Village can be expressed in percentiles. In the "Layout" window, double-click the "Count of Church to 1696" icon in the Data field; click the "Options" button, and choose "% row" instead of "normal data" in the "Show data as:" window. The percentile table shows that 75% of Salem Village's taxpayers in the period from 1690-1697 were not church members. Taxpayers who signed the anti-Parris petition were even more likely to be non-church members (80%) while pro-Parris taxpayers were almost as likely to be church members as non-church members. As for Salem Village taxpayers who did not sign either petition, almost 98% were not formally associated with a church. Although the data applies almost exclusively to males, it reinforces findings that the pro-Parris group was disproportionately composed of church members.
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