Presbyterian Panel Study, February 2002 -- Children's Issues, Members

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JOBEDUC

How good a job do you believe your congregation is doing in the following area of children's ministries? Christian education.
  1) Excellent
  2) Good
  3) Okay
  4) Needs to do more
  5) Needs to do much more
  6) Don't know

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Excellent 224 45.4% 45.4% -.78
Good 165 33.5% 78.9% .04
Okay 47 9.5% 88.4% .85
Needs to do more 29 5.9% 94.3% 1.67
Needs to do much more 14 2.8% 97.2% 2.49
Don't know 14 2.8% 100% 3.31

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Excellent 42.4%
28
38.8%
31
44.9%
71
50.3%
91
45.6%
221
Good 34.8%
23
40.0%
32
35.4%
56
28.2%
51
33.4%
162
Okay 12.1%
8
12.5%
10
7.6%
12
8.3%
15
9.3%
45
Needs to do more 3.0%
2
6.3%
5
7.6%
12
5.5%
10
6.0%
29
Needs to do much more 4.5%
3
1.3%
1
2.5%
4
3.3%
6
2.9%
14
Don't know 3.0%
2
1.3%
1
1.9%
3
4.4%
8
2.9%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
66
100.0%
80
100.0%
158
100.0%
181

485


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Excellent 45.5%
5
43.5%
20
43.0%
43
42.7%
56
49.2%
97
45.6%
221
Good 45.5%
5
32.6%
15
31.0%
31
38.9%
51
30.5%
60
33.4%
162
Okay 0.0%
0
6.5%
3
12.0%
12
8.4%
11
9.6%
19
9.3%
45
Needs to do more 9.1%
1
6.5%
3
8.0%
8
5.3%
7
5.1%
10
6.0%
29
Needs to do much more 0.0%
0
6.5%
3
3.0%
3
2.3%
3
2.5%
5
2.9%
14
Don't know 0.0%
0
4.3%
2
3.0%
3
2.3%
3
3.0%
6
2.9%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
11
100.0%
46
100.0%
100
100.0%
131
100.0%
197

485


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Excellent 46.2%
133
44.9%
89
45.7%
222
Good 32.6%
94
34.3%
68
33.3%
162
Okay 9.0%
26
9.6%
19
9.3%
45
Needs to do more 5.2%
15
7.1%
14
6.0%
29
Needs to do much more 3.1%
9
2.5%
5
2.9%
14
Don't know 3.8%
11
1.5%
3
2.9%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
288
100.0%
198

486


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Excellent 46.1%
217
28.6%
2
66.7%
2
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
45.9%
222
Good 33.8%
159
28.6%
2
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
33.5%
162
Okay 8.5%
40
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
100.0%
1
8.9%
43
Needs to do more 6.2%
29
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.0%
29
Needs to do much more 2.5%
12
28.6%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.9%
14
Don't know 3.0%
14
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.9%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
471
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

484


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Excellent 48.3%
56
39.1%
34
48.3%
128
41.7%
5
46.5%
223
Good 33.6%
39
36.8%
32
31.7%
84
41.7%
5
33.3%
160
Okay 7.8%
9
12.6%
11
7.9%
21
8.3%
1
8.8%
42
Needs to do more 2.6%
3
6.9%
6
6.4%
17
8.3%
1
5.6%
27
Needs to do much more 3.4%
4
2.3%
2
3.0%
8
0.0%
0
2.9%
14
Don't know 4.3%
5
2.3%
2
2.6%
7
0.0%
0
2.9%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
116
100.0%
87
100.0%
265
100.0%
12

480


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Excellent 58.1%
18
39.9%
57
48.2%
82
48.6%
51
46.3%
208
Good 19.4%
6
33.6%
48
32.4%
55
39.0%
41
33.4%
150
Okay 12.9%
4
11.9%
17
9.4%
16
6.7%
7
9.8%
44
Needs to do more 6.5%
2
3.5%
5
6.5%
11
2.9%
3
4.7%
21
Needs to do much more 0.0%
0
6.3%
9
1.8%
3
1.9%
2
3.1%
14
Don't know 3.2%
1
4.9%
7
1.8%
3
1.0%
1
2.7%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
31
100.0%
143
100.0%
170
100.0%
105

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