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

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CHRCHUS Are you very optimistic or very pessimistic or somewhere in between concerning the future of the church in the United States?   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	68	12%	12%	-1.47
Optimistic	253	44.5%	56.5%	-.48
Tend toward optimistic	182	32%	88.6%	.51
Tend toward pessimistic	46	8.1%	96.7%	1.5
Pessimistic	11	1.9%	98.6%	2.48
Very pessimistic	2	.4%	98.9%	3.47
No opinion	6	1.1%	100%	4.46

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	11.8% 9	16.5% 17	12.8% 22	9.2% 19	12.0% 67
Optimistic	40.8% 31	47.6% 49	45.9% 79	44.0% 91	44.8% 250
Tend toward optimistic	28.9% 22	25.2% 26	29.7% 51	37.2% 77	31.5% 176
Tend toward pessimistic	7.9% 6	8.7% 9	10.5% 18	6.3% 13	8.2% 46
Pessimistic	6.6% 5	1.0% 1	0.6% 1	1.9% 4	2.0% 11
Very pessimistic	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 2
No opinion	2.6% 2	1.0% 1	0.6% 1	1.0% 2	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 103	100.0% 172	100.0% 207	558

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very optimistic	13.5% 46	9.7% 21	12.0% 67
Optimistic	46.2% 158	42.6% 92	44.8% 250
Tend toward optimistic	30.1% 103	33.8% 73	31.5% 176
Tend toward pessimistic	7.3% 25	9.7% 21	8.2% 46
Pessimistic	1.2% 4	3.2% 7	2.0% 11
Very pessimistic	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
No opinion	1.2% 4	0.9% 2	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 342	100.0% 216	558

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very optimistic	12.0% 52	13.2% 15	12.2% 67
Optimistic	45.1% 196	43.9% 50	44.8% 246
Tend toward optimistic	32.0% 139	30.7% 35	31.7% 174
Tend toward pessimistic	9.0% 39	6.1% 7	8.4% 46
Pessimistic	1.4% 6	3.5% 4	1.8% 10
Very pessimistic	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	0.5% 2	2.6% 3	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 435	100.0% 114	549

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Very optimistic	12.1% 66	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.0% 67
Optimistic	44.8% 245	33.3% 1	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	44.6% 249
Tend toward optimistic	31.6% 173	66.7% 2	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	31.7% 177
Tend toward pessimistic	8.2% 45	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	8.2% 46
Pessimistic	2.0% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 11
Very pessimistic	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
No opinion	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 3	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	558

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	14.3% 5	12.3% 18	11.9% 25	10.5% 13	11.8% 61
Optimistic	34.3% 12	41.8% 61	45.2% 95	48.4% 60	44.3% 228
Tend toward optimistic	40.0% 14	32.2% 47	31.9% 67	27.4% 34	31.5% 162
Tend toward pessimistic	5.7% 2	11.6% 17	6.7% 14	9.7% 12	8.7% 45
Pessimistic	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	3.3% 7	1.6% 2	2.1% 11
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.4% 2
No opinion	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	1.6% 2	1.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 146	100.0% 210	100.0% 124	515