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

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JOBNDELS

How good a job do you believe your congregation is doing in the following area of children's ministries? Helping needy children elsewhere in the U.S.
  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 34 7.1% 7.1% -1.65
Good 101 21.1% 28.2% -1.02
Okay 122 25.5% 53.7% -.38
Needs to do more 87 18.2% 71.8% .26
Needs to do much more 37 7.7% 79.5% .89
Don't know 98 20.5% 100% 1.53

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Excellent 9.2%
6
1.3%
1
7.0%
11
8.9%
15
7.0%
33
Good 27.7%
18
26.3%
21
19.7%
31
17.2%
29
21.0%
99
Okay 18.5%
12
30.0%
24
28.0%
44
24.3%
41
25.7%
121
Needs to do more 21.5%
14
22.5%
18
19.1%
30
13.6%
23
18.0%
85
Needs to do much more 7.7%
5
6.3%
5
8.9%
14
6.5%
11
7.4%
35
Don't know 15.4%
10
13.8%
11
17.2%
27
29.6%
50
20.8%
98
TOTAL 100.0%
65
100.0%
80
100.0%
157
100.0%
169

471


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Excellent 10.0%
1
11.6%
5
6.5%
6
8.4%
11
5.1%
10
7.0%
33
Good 20.0%
2
18.6%
8
22.8%
21
23.7%
31
19.0%
37
21.0%
99
Okay 20.0%
2
16.3%
7
26.1%
24
29.0%
38
25.1%
49
25.5%
120
Needs to do more 20.0%
2
9.3%
4
20.7%
19
16.8%
22
20.0%
39
18.3%
86
Needs to do much more 10.0%
1
11.6%
5
4.3%
4
3.8%
5
10.3%
20
7.4%
35
Don't know 20.0%
2
32.6%
14
19.6%
18
18.3%
24
20.5%
40
20.8%
98
TOTAL 100.0%
10
100.0%
43
100.0%
92
100.0%
131
100.0%
195

471


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Excellent 7.5%
21
6.3%
12
7.0%
33
Good 22.1%
62
19.3%
37
21.0%
99
Okay 22.5%
63
30.2%
58
25.6%
121
Needs to do more 17.5%
49
19.3%
37
18.2%
86
Needs to do much more 6.4%
18
8.9%
17
7.4%
35
Don't know 23.9%
67
16.1%
31
20.8%
98
TOTAL 100.0%
280
100.0%
192

472


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Excellent 7.0%
32
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
7.0%
33
Good 21.4%
98
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
21.0%
99
Okay 25.9%
119
14.3%
1
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
25.6%
121
Needs to do more 18.5%
85
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
18.4%
87
Needs to do much more 6.5%
30
57.1%
4
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
7.4%
35
Don't know 20.7%
95
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
1
20.6%
97
TOTAL 100.0%
459
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

472


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Excellent 8.0%
9
4.7%
4
7.0%
18
16.7%
2
7.1%
33
Good 11.5%
13
21.2%
18
26.0%
67
8.3%
1
21.2%
99
Okay 21.2%
24
30.6%
26
26.4%
68
16.7%
2
25.6%
120
Needs to do more 28.3%
32
14.1%
12
14.7%
38
16.7%
2
17.9%
84
Needs to do much more 8.8%
10
10.6%
9
4.7%
12
33.3%
4
7.5%
35
Don't know 22.1%
25
18.8%
16
21.3%
55
8.3%
1
20.7%
97
TOTAL 100.0%
113
100.0%
85
100.0%
258
100.0%
12

468


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Excellent 7.1%
2
5.9%
8
7.1%
12
8.5%
9
7.0%
31
Good 17.9%
5
15.4%
21
26.5%
45
21.7%
23
21.4%
94
Okay 21.4%
6
26.5%
36
20.6%
35
29.2%
31
24.5%
108
Needs to do more 14.3%
4
20.6%
28
17.6%
30
17.9%
19
18.4%
81
Needs to do much more 0.0%
0
8.8%
12
8.8%
15
7.5%
8
8.0%
35
Don't know 39.3%
11
22.8%
31
19.4%
33
15.1%
16
20.7%
91
TOTAL 100.0%
28
100.0%
136
100.0%
170
100.0%
106

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