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

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PRESUSA Are you very optimistic or very pessimistic or somewhere in between concerning the future of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)?   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	58	10.1%	10.1%	-1.49
Optimistic	222	38.7%	48.8%	-.62
Tend toward optimistic	181	31.5%	80.3%	.25
Tend toward pessimistic	78	13.6%	93.9%	1.13
Pessimistic	20	3.5%	97.4%	2
Very pessimistic	7	1.2%	98.6%	2.87
No opinion	8	1.4%	100%	3.74

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	13.2% 10	9.7% 10	9.9% 17	9.4% 20	10.1% 57
Optimistic	36.8% 28	43.7% 45	44.2% 76	33.3% 71	39.0% 220
Tend toward optimistic	31.6% 24	28.2% 29	29.1% 50	33.8% 72	31.0% 175
Tend toward pessimistic	9.2% 7	12.6% 13	13.4% 23	16.0% 34	13.7% 77
Pessimistic	5.3% 4	4.9% 5	0.6% 1	4.7% 10	3.5% 20
Very pessimistic	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 4	0.5% 1	1.2% 7
No opinion	1.3% 1	1.0% 1	0.6% 1	2.3% 5	1.4% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 103	100.0% 172	100.0% 213	564

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very optimistic	11.3% 39	8.2% 18	10.1% 57
Optimistic	41.9% 144	34.5% 76	39.0% 220
Tend toward optimistic	30.2% 104	32.3% 71	31.0% 175
Tend toward pessimistic	10.8% 37	18.2% 40	13.7% 77
Pessimistic	2.3% 8	5.5% 12	3.5% 20
Very pessimistic	1.5% 5	0.9% 2	1.2% 7
No opinion	2.0% 7	0.5% 1	1.4% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 220	564

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very optimistic	9.5% 42	13.0% 15	10.3% 57
Optimistic	39.3% 173	38.3% 44	39.1% 217
Tend toward optimistic	31.1% 137	31.3% 36	31.2% 173
Tend toward pessimistic	14.3% 63	11.3% 13	13.7% 76
Pessimistic	4.1% 18	1.7% 2	3.6% 20
Very pessimistic	1.1% 5	0.9% 1	1.1% 6
No opinion	0.5% 2	3.5% 4	1.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 115	555

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Very optimistic	10.1% 56	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.1% 57
Optimistic	39.1% 216	0.0% 0	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	38.8% 219
Tend toward optimistic	31.1% 172	66.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	31.0% 175
Tend toward pessimistic	13.6% 75	33.3% 1	20.0% 1	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	13.8% 78
Pessimistic	3.6% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 20
Very pessimistic	1.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 7
No opinion	1.3% 7	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 553	100.0% 3	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	564

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	13.5% 5	10.7% 16	8.6% 18	9.7% 12	9.8% 51
Optimistic	27.0% 10	38.9% 58	43.3% 91	36.3% 45	39.2% 204
Tend toward optimistic	43.2% 16	28.9% 43	28.6% 60	32.3% 40	30.6% 159
Tend toward pessimistic	8.1% 3	18.1% 27	12.9% 27	14.5% 18	14.4% 75
Pessimistic	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	4.3% 9	3.2% 4	3.1% 16
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	1.0% 2	2.4% 3	1.3% 7
No opinion	8.1% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	1.6% 2	1.5% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 149	100.0% 210	100.0% 124	520