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

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JOBNEEDY

How good a job do you believe your congregation is doing in the following area of children's ministries? Helping needy children in your community.
  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 58 11.9% 11.9% -1.42
Good 135 27.7% 39.5% -.81
Okay 96 19.7% 59.2% -.19
Needs to do more 74 15.2% 74.4% .43
Needs to do much more 47 9.6% 84% 1.04
Don't know 78 16% 100% 1.66

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Excellent 13.6%
9
12.5%
10
10.1%
16
12.5%
22
11.9%
57
Good 28.8%
19
22.5%
18
28.5%
45
28.4%
50
27.5%
132
Okay 18.2%
12
22.5%
18
22.2%
35
17.0%
30
19.8%
95
Needs to do more 18.2%
12
18.8%
15
14.6%
23
13.1%
23
15.2%
73
Needs to do much more 12.1%
8
8.8%
7
11.4%
18
6.8%
12
9.4%
45
Don't know 9.1%
6
15.0%
12
13.3%
21
22.2%
39
16.3%
78
TOTAL 100.0%
66
100.0%
80
100.0%
158
100.0%
176

480


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Excellent 36.4%
4
13.3%
6
10.4%
10
14.5%
19
9.1%
18
11.9%
57
Good 18.2%
2
28.9%
13
29.2%
28
27.5%
36
26.4%
52
27.3%
131
Okay 0.0%
0
15.6%
7
21.9%
21
20.6%
27
20.8%
41
20.0%
96
Needs to do more 27.3%
3
15.6%
7
15.6%
15
14.5%
19
14.7%
29
15.2%
73
Needs to do much more 9.1%
1
11.1%
5
5.2%
5
9.9%
13
10.7%
21
9.4%
45
Don't know 9.1%
1
15.6%
7
17.7%
17
13.0%
17
18.3%
36
16.3%
78
TOTAL 100.0%
11
100.0%
45
100.0%
96
100.0%
131
100.0%
197

480


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Excellent 13.2%
38
9.8%
19
11.9%
57
Good 27.4%
79
27.5%
53
27.4%
132
Okay 17.7%
51
22.8%
44
19.8%
95
Needs to do more 16.0%
46
14.5%
28
15.4%
74
Needs to do much more 8.7%
25
10.4%
20
9.4%
45
Don't know 17.0%
49
15.0%
29
16.2%
78
TOTAL 100.0%
288
100.0%
193

481


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Excellent 12.0%
56
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
11.9%
57
Good 27.5%
128
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
27.1%
130
Okay 20.0%
93
14.3%
1
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
100.0%
1
20.0%
96
Needs to do more 15.5%
72
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
15.4%
74
Needs to do much more 8.6%
40
57.1%
4
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
9.4%
45
Don't know 16.5%
77
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
16.1%
77
TOTAL 100.0%
466
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

479


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Excellent 11.3%
13
8.1%
7
13.3%
35
16.7%
2
12.0%
57
Good 19.1%
22
31.4%
27
30.0%
79
25.0%
3
27.5%
131
Okay 19.1%
22
17.4%
15
22.1%
58
8.3%
1
20.2%
96
Needs to do more 23.5%
27
16.3%
14
11.4%
30
0.0%
0
14.9%
71
Needs to do much more 12.2%
14
8.1%
7
7.2%
19
33.3%
4
9.2%
44
Don't know 14.8%
17
18.6%
16
16.0%
42
16.7%
2
16.2%
77
TOTAL 100.0%
115
100.0%
86
100.0%
263
100.0%
12

476


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Excellent 16.7%
5
10.8%
15
12.4%
21
12.4%
13
12.2%
54
Good 26.7%
8
27.3%
38
27.1%
46
26.7%
28
27.0%
120
Okay 6.7%
2
18.7%
26
20.6%
35
22.9%
24
19.6%
87
Needs to do more 26.7%
8
13.7%
19
13.5%
23
16.2%
17
15.1%
67
Needs to do much more 3.3%
1
11.5%
16
10.0%
17
8.6%
9
9.7%
43
Don't know 20.0%
6
18.0%
25
16.5%
28
13.3%
14
16.4%
73
TOTAL 100.0%
30
100.0%
139
100.0%
170
100.0%
105

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