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

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CHDEDUC

How interested would you be in the PC(USA) developing resources for congregations in Christian education for children?
  1) Very interested
  2) Somewhat interested
  3) Not too interested
  4) Not at all interested

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Very interested 241 51.6% 51.6% -.8
Somewhat interested 151 32.3% 83.9% .33
Not too interested 45 9.6% 93.6% 1.46
Not at all interested 30 6.4% 100% 2.58

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Very interested 56.3%
36
47.4%
36
53.9%
82
50.3%
84
51.9%
238
Somewhat interested 35.9%
23
42.1%
32
30.3%
46
27.5%
46
32.0%
147
Not too interested 3.1%
2
5.3%
4
9.2%
14
14.4%
24
9.6%
44
Not at all interested 4.7%
3
5.3%
4
6.6%
10
7.8%
13
6.5%
30
TOTAL 100.0%
64
100.0%
76
100.0%
152
100.0%
167

459


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Very interested 50.0%
4
55.8%
24
50.5%
49
50.0%
64
52.2%
96
51.5%
237
Somewhat interested 37.5%
3
30.2%
13
30.9%
30
30.5%
39
34.2%
63
32.2%
148
Not too interested 0.0%
0
4.7%
2
14.4%
14
11.7%
15
7.6%
14
9.8%
45
Not at all interested 12.5%
1
9.3%
4
4.1%
4
7.8%
10
6.0%
11
6.5%
30
TOTAL 100.0%
8
100.0%
43
100.0%
97
100.0%
128
100.0%
184

460


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Very interested 49.6%
133
54.7%
105
51.7%
238
Somewhat interested 35.4%
95
27.1%
52
32.0%
147
Not too interested 7.8%
21
12.5%
24
9.8%
45
Not at all interested 7.1%
19
5.7%
11
6.5%
30
TOTAL 100.0%
268
100.0%
192

460


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Very interested 51.0%
228
71.4%
5
66.7%
2
50.0%
1
100.0%
1
51.5%
237
Somewhat interested 32.4%
145
28.6%
2
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
32.2%
148
Not too interested 9.8%
44
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
9.8%
45
Not at all interested 6.7%
30
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.5%
30
TOTAL 100.0%
447
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

460


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Very interested 59.5%
66
51.3%
40
47.8%
122
60.0%
6
51.5%
234
Somewhat interested 30.6%
34
38.5%
30
31.4%
80
20.0%
2
32.2%
146
Not too interested 5.4%
6
6.4%
5
12.5%
32
10.0%
1
9.7%
44
Not at all interested 4.5%
5
3.8%
3
8.2%
21
10.0%
1
6.6%
30
TOTAL 100.0%
111
100.0%
78
100.0%
255
100.0%
10

454


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Very interested 58.1%
18
55.7%
73
49.4%
79
51.9%
54
52.6%
224
Somewhat interested 22.6%
7
28.2%
37
33.8%
54
33.7%
35
31.2%
133
Not too interested 12.9%
4
9.9%
13
9.4%
15
7.7%
8
9.4%
40
Not at all interested 6.5%
2
6.1%
8
7.5%
12
6.7%
7
6.8%
29
TOTAL 100.0%
31
100.0%
131
100.0%
160
100.0%
104

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