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

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JOBPBPOL

How good a job do you believe your congregation is doing in the following area of children's ministries? Public policy advocacy.
  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 26 5.6% 5.6% -1.96
Good 52 11.1% 16.7% -1.37
Okay 103 22.1% 38.8% -.78
Needs to do more 55 11.8% 50.5% -.19
Needs to do much more 31 6.6% 57.2% .41
Don't know 200 42.8% 100% 1

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Excellent 4.5%
3
3.8%
3
6.5%
10
6.2%
10
5.7%
26
Good 10.6%
7
10.3%
8
9.2%
14
13.6%
22
11.1%
51
Okay 19.7%
13
24.4%
19
24.2%
37
18.5%
30
21.6%
99
Needs to do more 13.6%
9
14.1%
11
14.4%
22
8.0%
13
12.0%
55
Needs to do much more 10.6%
7
6.4%
5
7.2%
11
4.3%
7
6.5%
30
Don't know 40.9%
27
41.0%
32
38.6%
59
49.4%
80
43.1%
198
TOTAL 100.0%
66
100.0%
78
100.0%
153
100.0%
162

459


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Excellent 0.0%
0
10.3%
4
5.4%
5
6.3%
8
4.7%
9
5.7%
26
Good 30.0%
3
10.3%
4
8.7%
8
7.9%
10
13.6%
26
11.1%
51
Okay 0.0%
0
12.8%
5
28.3%
26
27.6%
35
18.3%
35
22.0%
101
Needs to do more 20.0%
2
15.4%
6
12.0%
11
11.8%
15
10.5%
20
11.8%
54
Needs to do much more 0.0%
0
7.7%
3
6.5%
6
4.7%
6
7.9%
15
6.5%
30
Don't know 50.0%
5
43.6%
17
39.1%
36
41.7%
53
45.0%
86
42.9%
197
TOTAL 100.0%
10
100.0%
39
100.0%
92
100.0%
127
100.0%
191

459


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Excellent 5.9%
16
5.2%
10
5.7%
26
Good 10.4%
28
12.0%
23
11.1%
51
Okay 17.5%
47
27.7%
53
21.7%
100
Needs to do more 13.4%
36
9.9%
19
12.0%
55
Needs to do much more 7.1%
19
5.8%
11
6.5%
30
Don't know 45.7%
123
39.3%
75
43.0%
198
TOTAL 100.0%
269
100.0%
191

460


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Excellent 5.6%
25
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
5.7%
26
Good 11.0%
49
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
10.9%
50
Okay 22.4%
100
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
22.0%
101
Needs to do more 12.1%
54
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
12.0%
55
Needs to do much more 5.8%
26
42.9%
3
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
6.5%
30
Don't know 43.0%
192
28.6%
2
33.3%
1
50.0%
1
100.0%
1
42.9%
197
TOTAL 100.0%
446
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

459


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Excellent 7.3%
8
4.7%
4
5.6%
14
0.0%
0
5.7%
26
Good 7.3%
8
12.9%
11
12.0%
30
10.0%
1
11.0%
50
Okay 20.9%
23
22.4%
19
22.0%
55
20.0%
2
21.8%
99
Needs to do more 20.0%
22
9.4%
8
9.2%
23
0.0%
0
11.6%
53
Needs to do much more 10.0%
11
10.6%
9
3.2%
8
20.0%
2
6.6%
30
Don't know 34.5%
38
40.0%
34
48.0%
120
50.0%
5
43.3%
197
TOTAL 100.0%
110
100.0%
85
100.0%
250
100.0%
10

455


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Excellent 7.4%
2
5.9%
8
6.0%
10
5.0%
5
5.8%
25
Good 18.5%
5
7.4%
10
10.8%
18
15.0%
15
11.2%
48
Okay 14.8%
4
21.5%
29
19.2%
32
27.0%
27
21.4%
92
Needs to do more 18.5%
5
8.1%
11
12.0%
20
15.0%
15
11.9%
51
Needs to do much more 3.7%
1
11.9%
16
4.8%
8
4.0%
4
6.8%
29
Don't know 37.0%
10
45.2%
61
47.3%
79
34.0%
34
42.9%
184
TOTAL 100.0%
27
100.0%
135
100.0%
167
100.0%
100

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