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

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OWNCONG Are you very optimistic or very pessimistic or somewhere in between concerning the future of your own congregation?   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	155	27.1%	27.1%	-1.08
Optimistic	201	35.1%	62.2%	-.28
Tend toward optimistic	131	22.9%	85.1%	.52
Tend toward pessimistic	58	10.1%	95.3%	1.33
Pessimistic	13	2.3%	97.6%	2.13
Very pessimistic	3	.5%	98.1%	2.93
No opinion	11	1.9%	100%	3.73

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	27.6% 21	38.2% 39	22.3% 39	26.3% 55	27.4% 154
Optimistic	32.9% 25	29.4% 30	43.4% 76	31.6% 66	35.1% 197
Tend toward optimistic	18.4% 14	17.6% 18	24.6% 43	24.4% 51	22.4% 126
Tend toward pessimistic	11.8% 9	9.8% 10	7.4% 13	12.4% 26	10.3% 58
Pessimistic	3.9% 3	2.9% 3	1.1% 2	2.4% 5	2.3% 13
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.0% 2	0.5% 3
No opinion	5.3% 4	2.0% 2	0.6% 1	1.9% 4	2.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 102	100.0% 175	100.0% 209	562

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very optimistic	28.1% 97	26.3% 57	27.4% 154
Optimistic	34.8% 120	35.5% 77	35.1% 197
Tend toward optimistic	22.6% 78	22.1% 48	22.4% 126
Tend toward pessimistic	9.3% 32	12.0% 26	10.3% 58
Pessimistic	2.6% 9	1.8% 4	2.3% 13
Very pessimistic	0.6% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 3
No opinion	2.0% 7	1.8% 4	2.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 217	562

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very optimistic	27.9% 122	27.0% 31	27.7% 153
Optimistic	34.7% 152	36.5% 42	35.1% 194
Tend toward optimistic	23.7% 104	17.4% 20	22.4% 124
Tend toward pessimistic	9.6% 42	13.0% 15	10.3% 57
Pessimistic	2.5% 11	1.7% 2	2.4% 13
Very pessimistic	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
No opinion	1.1% 5	4.3% 5	1.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 115	553

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Very optimistic	27.6% 152	0.0% 0	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.5% 154
Optimistic	35.3% 194	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	34.9% 196
Tend toward optimistic	22.4% 123	66.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	22.5% 126
Tend toward pessimistic	10.2% 56	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	10.3% 58
Pessimistic	2.2% 12	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 13
Very pessimistic	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
No opinion	1.8% 10	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 3	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	561

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very optimistic	28.6% 10	20.7% 30	30.5% 65	30.6% 38	27.7% 143
Optimistic	20.0% 7	37.9% 55	31.5% 67	37.9% 47	34.0% 176
Tend toward optimistic	34.3% 12	25.5% 37	23.5% 50	17.7% 22	23.4% 121
Tend toward pessimistic	11.4% 4	11.0% 16	9.4% 20	9.7% 12	10.1% 52
Pessimistic	0.0% 0	3.4% 5	2.8% 6	0.8% 1	2.3% 12
Very pessimistic	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.4% 2
No opinion	5.7% 2	0.7% 1	2.3% 5	2.4% 3	2.1% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 145	100.0% 213	100.0% 124	517