Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2001 -- Presbyterians in the 21st Century, Members

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CHRCHRCH Are you very optimistic or very pessimistic or somewhere in between concerning the future of the Christian church generally?   1) Very optimistic   2) Optimistic   3) Tend toward optimistic   4) Tend toward pessimistic   5) Pessimistic   6) Very pessimistic   7) No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very optimistic	92	16%	16%	-1.37
Optimistic	262	45.5%	61.5%	-.37
Tend toward optimistic	169	29.3%	90.8%	.63
Tend toward pessimistic	38	6.6%	97.4%	1.64
Pessimistic	8	1.4%	98.8%	2.64
Very pessimistic	1	.2%	99%	3.64
No opinion	6	1%	100%	4.64

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	15.4% 12	25.5% 26	17.1% 30	10.8% 23	16.0% 91
Optimistic	48.7% 38	46.1% 47	46.9% 82	43.4% 92	45.7% 259
Tend toward optimistic	23.1% 18	20.6% 21	26.9% 47	36.8% 78	28.9% 164
Tend toward pessimistic	6.4% 5	6.9% 7	8.6% 15	5.2% 11	6.7% 38
Pessimistic	5.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 4	1.4% 8
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
No opinion	1.3% 1	1.0% 1	0.6% 1	1.4% 3	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 102	100.0% 175	100.0% 212	567

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very optimistic	17.8% 62	13.2% 29	16.0% 91
Optimistic	46.8% 163	43.8% 96	45.7% 259
Tend toward optimistic	27.6% 96	31.1% 68	28.9% 164
Tend toward pessimistic	4.9% 17	9.6% 21	6.7% 38
Pessimistic	1.4% 5	1.4% 3	1.4% 8
Very pessimistic	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	1.1% 4	0.9% 2	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 219	567

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very optimistic	15.2% 67	20.5% 24	16.3% 91
Optimistic	47.0% 207	41.0% 48	45.8% 255
Tend toward optimistic	28.9% 127	29.9% 35	29.1% 162
Tend toward pessimistic	7.5% 33	4.3% 5	6.8% 38
Pessimistic	0.9% 4	1.7% 2	1.1% 6
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No opinion	0.5% 2	2.6% 3	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 117	557

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Very optimistic	16.2% 90	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.1% 91
Optimistic	45.6% 253	33.3% 1	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	45.4% 257
Tend toward optimistic	29.0% 161	66.7% 2	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	29.2% 165
Tend toward pessimistic	6.7% 37	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	6.7% 38
Pessimistic	1.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 8
Very pessimistic	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 3	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	566

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	16.2% 6	17.3% 26	14.6% 31	16.1% 20	15.8% 83
Optimistic	37.8% 14	41.3% 62	49.3% 105	48.4% 60	46.0% 241
Tend toward optimistic	35.1% 13	29.3% 44	28.6% 61	24.2% 30	28.2% 148
Tend toward pessimistic	2.7% 1	10.0% 15	5.2% 11	8.1% 10	7.1% 37
Pessimistic	2.7% 1	0.7% 1	1.9% 4	1.6% 2	1.5% 8
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	5.4% 2	0.7% 1	0.5% 1	1.6% 2	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 150	100.0% 213	100.0% 124	524