Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2002 –- Children's Issues, Clergy

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IMPTMIN3 Of the various types of ministry to children that churches engage in, which three are the most important? Number three.   1) Christian education   2) Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)   3) Giving funds for needy children internationally   4) Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally   5) Public policy advocacy   6) Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions   7) Spiritual formation

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Christian education	20	2.7%	2.7%	-1.76
Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)	168	22.8%	25.5%	-1.22
Giving funds for needy children internationally	98	13.3%	38.8%	-.68
Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally	136	18.5%	57.3%	-.14
Public policy advocacy	46	6.2%	63.5%	.4
Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions	166	22.5%	86%	.94
Spiritual formation	103	14%	100%	1.48

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Race Political party Gender

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Christian education	4.7% 4	2.7% 7	2.4% 8	2.1% 1	2.7% 20
Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)	22.1% 19	20.9% 54	25.1% 85	21.3% 10	23.0% 168
Giving funds for needy children internationally	10.5% 9	12.0% 31	14.7% 50	14.9% 7	13.3% 97
Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally	15.1% 13	19.8% 51	18.9% 64	14.9% 7	18.5% 135
Public policy advocacy	4.7% 4	6.6% 17	6.5% 22	4.3% 2	6.2% 45
Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions	25.6% 22	24.8% 64	19.2% 65	25.5% 12	22.3% 163
Spiritual formation	17.4% 15	13.2% 34	13.3% 45	17.0% 8	14.0% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 258	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	730

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Christian education	33.3% 1	2.8% 6	2.0% 8	3.7% 4	2.6% 19
Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)	0.0% 0	22.2% 47	23.4% 94	22.4% 24	22.8% 165
Giving funds for needy children internationally	0.0% 0	17.0% 36	12.0% 48	13.1% 14	13.6% 98
Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally	0.0% 0	20.8% 44	16.5% 66	21.5% 23	18.4% 133
Public policy advocacy	33.3% 1	4.7% 10	7.0% 28	4.7% 5	6.1% 44
Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions	33.3% 1	18.9% 40	24.2% 97	23.4% 25	22.5% 163
Spiritual formation	0.0% 0	13.7% 29	15.0% 60	11.2% 12	14.0% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 212	100.0% 401	100.0% 107	723

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Indian	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Christian education	2.7% 19	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 20
Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)	23.2% 163	42.9% 3	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	23.0% 168
Giving funds for needy children internationally	13.7% 96	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.4% 98
Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally	18.5% 130	28.6% 2	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.2% 133
Public policy advocacy	6.0% 42	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	6.2% 45
Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions	22.5% 158	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	57.1% 4	0.0% 0	22.5% 164
Spiritual formation	13.5% 95	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	13.9% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 703	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	100.0% 10	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	729

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Christian education	2.1% 8	4.2% 6	2.2% 4	14.3% 2	2.8% 20
Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)	24.7% 95	21.5% 31	22.5% 41	7.1% 1	23.2% 168
Giving funds for needy children internationally	11.9% 46	11.1% 16	17.6% 32	21.4% 3	13.4% 97
Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally	19.2% 74	18.1% 26	18.1% 33	0.0% 0	18.3% 133
Public policy advocacy	8.1% 31	4.9% 7	3.3% 6	0.0% 0	6.1% 44
Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions	21.3% 82	24.3% 35	21.4% 39	35.7% 5	22.2% 161
Spiritual formation	12.7% 49	16.0% 23	14.8% 27	21.4% 3	14.1% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 385	100.0% 144	100.0% 182	100.0% 14	725

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Christian education	4.9% 8	2.1% 12	2.7% 20
Direct service (e.g., child care, after-school programs)	19.8% 32	23.9% 136	23.0% 168
Giving funds for needy children internationally	17.9% 29	12.0% 68	13.3% 97
Giving funds for needy children nationally/locally	19.8% 32	18.1% 103	18.5% 135
Public policy advocacy	9.9% 16	5.1% 29	6.2% 45
Recruiting volunteers for children's ministries/missions	19.8% 32	23.2% 132	22.4% 164
Spiritual formation	8.0% 13	15.6% 89	14.0% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 569	731