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

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How good a job do you believe your congregation is doing in the following area of children's ministries? Spiritual formation.
  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 130 27% 27% -1.02
Good 170 35.3% 62.2% -.35
Okay 83 17.2% 79.5% .31
Needs to do more 39 8.1% 87.6% .98
Needs to do much more 15 3.1% 90.7% 1.64
Don't know 45 9.3% 100% 2.31

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Excellent 27.3%
18
23.8%
19
29.3%
46
26.9%
46
27.2%
129
Good 33.3%
22
40.0%
32
38.2%
60
31.0%
53
35.2%
167
Okay 21.2%
14
25.0%
20
16.6%
26
12.9%
22
17.3%
82
Needs to do more 9.1%
6
3.8%
3
10.2%
16
7.6%
13
8.0%
38
Needs to do much more 6.1%
4
3.8%
3
1.9%
3
2.3%
4
3.0%
14
Don't know 3.0%
2
3.8%
3
3.8%
6
19.3%
33
9.3%
44
TOTAL 100.0%
66
100.0%
80
100.0%
157
100.0%
171

474


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Excellent 30.0%
3
24.4%
10
23.5%
23
24.4%
32
31.4%
61
27.2%
129
Good 30.0%
3
31.7%
13
31.6%
31
43.5%
57
32.5%
63
35.2%
167
Okay 30.0%
3
17.1%
7
20.4%
20
16.8%
22
15.5%
30
17.3%
82
Needs to do more 10.0%
1
7.3%
3
10.2%
10
6.1%
8
7.7%
15
7.8%
37
Needs to do much more 0.0%
0
4.9%
2
4.1%
4
2.3%
3
2.6%
5
3.0%
14
Don't know 0.0%
0
14.6%
6
10.2%
10
6.9%
9
10.3%
20
9.5%
45
TOTAL 100.0%
10
100.0%
41
100.0%
98
100.0%
131
100.0%
194

474


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Excellent 29.4%
82
24.0%
47
27.2%
129
Good 31.2%
87
41.3%
81
35.4%
168
Okay 17.2%
48
17.3%
34
17.3%
82
Needs to do more 7.5%
21
8.7%
17
8.0%
38
Needs to do much more 3.2%
9
2.6%
5
2.9%
14
Don't know 11.5%
32
6.1%
12
9.3%
44
TOTAL 100.0%
279
100.0%
196

475


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Excellent 27.1%
125
14.3%
1
100.0%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
27.2%
129
Good 35.6%
164
42.9%
3
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
35.4%
168
Okay 17.1%
79
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
1
17.1%
81
Needs to do more 8.2%
38
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
8.0%
38
Needs to do much more 2.4%
11
28.6%
2
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
3.0%
14
Don't know 9.5%
44
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
9.3%
44
TOTAL 100.0%
461
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

474


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Excellent 23.0%
26
28.6%
24
29.6%
77
16.7%
2
27.5%
129
Good 37.2%
42
34.5%
29
35.0%
91
41.7%
5
35.6%
167
Okay 16.8%
19
17.9%
15
16.2%
42
25.0%
3
16.8%
79
Needs to do more 7.1%
8
9.5%
8
6.5%
17
16.7%
2
7.5%
35
Needs to do much more 3.5%
4
3.6%
3
2.7%
7
0.0%
0
3.0%
14
Don't know 12.4%
14
6.0%
5
10.0%
26
0.0%
0
9.6%
45
TOTAL 100.0%
113
100.0%
84
100.0%
260
100.0%
12

469


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Excellent 23.3%
7
26.8%
37
29.0%
49
27.4%
29
27.5%
122
Good 26.7%
8
30.4%
42
38.5%
65
39.6%
42
35.4%
157
Okay 23.3%
7
19.6%
27
11.8%
20
21.7%
23
17.4%
77
Needs to do more 10.0%
3
8.7%
12
9.5%
16
3.8%
4
7.9%
35
Needs to do much more 0.0%
0
5.1%
7
1.8%
3
1.9%
2
2.7%
12
Don't know 16.7%
5
9.4%
13
9.5%
16
5.7%
6
9.0%
40
TOTAL 100.0%
30
100.0%
138
100.0%
169
100.0%
106

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