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

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YTHUSHER

With the exception of such youth-led services, how frequently over the last year have children or youth, during Sunday worship, served as ushers or helped collect the offering?
  1) Very frequently
  2) Frequently
  3) Occasionally
  4) Rarely
  5) Never

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Very frequently 49 10% 10% -1.68
Frequently 131 26.7% 36.7% -.85
Occasionally 139 28.4% 65.1% -.02
Rarely 100 20.4% 85.5% .81
Never 71 14.5% 100% 1.64

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Very frequently 12.1%
8
10.1%
8
10.8%
17
7.8%
14
9.8%
47
Frequently 24.2%
16
31.6%
25
23.4%
37
27.9%
50
26.6%
128
Occasionally 33.3%
22
25.3%
20
33.5%
53
23.5%
42
28.4%
137
Rarely 16.7%
11
13.9%
11
22.2%
35
23.5%
42
20.5%
99
Never 13.6%
9
19.0%
15
10.1%
16
17.3%
31
14.7%
71
TOTAL 100.0%
66
100.0%
79
100.0%
158
100.0%
179

482


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Very frequently 10.0%
1
19.1%
9
6.1%
6
9.8%
13
8.8%
17
9.5%
46
Frequently 30.0%
3
14.9%
7
26.3%
26
34.8%
46
24.7%
48
27.0%
130
Occasionally 40.0%
4
31.9%
15
24.2%
24
26.5%
35
29.9%
58
28.2%
136
Rarely 10.0%
1
19.1%
9
23.2%
23
18.2%
24
21.6%
42
20.5%
99
Never 10.0%
1
14.9%
7
20.2%
20
10.6%
14
14.9%
29
14.7%
71
TOTAL 100.0%
10
100.0%
47
100.0%
99
100.0%
132
100.0%
194

482


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Very frequently 9.4%
27
10.2%
20
9.7%
47
Frequently 26.2%
75
27.4%
54
26.7%
129
Occasionally 28.3%
81
28.4%
56
28.4%
137
Rarely 19.6%
56
21.8%
43
20.5%
99
Never 16.4%
47
12.2%
24
14.7%
71
TOTAL 100.0%
286
100.0%
197

483


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Very frequently 9.4%
44
28.6%
2
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
9.8%
47
Frequently 27.1%
127
28.6%
2
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
27.0%
130
Occasionally 28.8%
135
14.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
28.2%
136
Rarely 20.3%
95
14.3%
1
33.3%
1
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
20.3%
98
Never 14.5%
68
14.3%
1
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
100.0%
1
14.7%
71
TOTAL 100.0%
469
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

482


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Very frequently 19.2%
23
7.3%
6
5.3%
14
25.0%
3
9.6%
46
Frequently 16.7%
20
36.6%
30
29.5%
78
16.7%
2
27.2%
130
Occasionally 29.2%
35
25.6%
21
28.8%
76
25.0%
3
28.2%
135
Rarely 19.2%
23
13.4%
11
22.7%
60
33.3%
4
20.5%
98
Never 15.8%
19
17.1%
14
13.6%
36
0.0%
0
14.4%
69
TOTAL 100.0%
120
100.0%
82
100.0%
264
100.0%
12

478


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Very frequently 12.1%
4
9.6%
13
8.8%
15
10.3%
11
9.6%
43
Frequently 18.2%
6
26.5%
36
31.8%
54
22.4%
24
26.9%
120
Occasionally 27.3%
9
27.2%
37
28.8%
49
27.1%
29
27.8%
124
Rarely 24.2%
8
20.6%
28
20.0%
34
23.4%
25
21.3%
95
Never 18.2%
6
16.2%
22
10.6%
18
16.8%
18
14.3%
64
TOTAL 100.0%
33
100.0%
136
100.0%
170
100.0%
107

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