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

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NEEDYUS

How interested would you be in the PC(USA) developing resources for congregations in helping needy children in the U.S.?
  1) Very interested
  2) Somewhat interested
  3) Not too interested
  4) Not at all interested

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Very interested 151 32.1% 32.1% -1.11
Somewhat interested 229 48.7% 80.9% .07
Not too interested 58 12.3% 93.2% 1.26
Not at all interested 32 6.8% 100% 2.44

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Very interested 28.1%
18
41.6%
32
34.4%
54
28.0%
46
32.5%
150
Somewhat interested 59.4%
38
44.2%
34
43.9%
69
49.4%
81
48.1%
222
Not too interested 7.8%
5
10.4%
8
14.0%
22
14.0%
23
12.6%
58
Not at all interested 4.7%
3
3.9%
3
7.6%
12
8.5%
14
6.9%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
64
100.0%
77
100.0%
157
100.0%
164

462


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Very interested 44.4%
4
39.5%
17
30.2%
29
27.2%
34
34.4%
65
32.3%
149
Somewhat interested 44.4%
4
46.5%
20
49.0%
47
54.4%
68
44.4%
84
48.3%
223
Not too interested 0.0%
0
7.0%
3
14.6%
14
12.0%
15
13.8%
26
12.6%
58
Not at all interested 11.1%
1
7.0%
3
6.3%
6
6.4%
8
7.4%
14
6.9%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
9
100.0%
43
100.0%
96
100.0%
125
100.0%
189

462


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Very interested 32.1%
87
32.8%
63
32.4%
150
Somewhat interested 51.7%
140
43.2%
83
48.2%
223
Not too interested 9.2%
25
17.2%
33
12.5%
58
Not at all interested 7.0%
19
6.8%
13
6.9%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
271
100.0%
192

463


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Very interested 31.6%
142
57.1%
4
66.7%
2
50.0%
1
0.0%
0
32.2%
149
Somewhat interested 48.7%
219
42.9%
3
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
100.0%
1
48.4%
224
Not too interested 12.7%
57
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
12.5%
58
Not at all interested 7.1%
32
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.9%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
450
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

463


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Very interested 43.2%
48
35.4%
28
25.3%
65
54.5%
6
32.1%
147
Somewhat interested 46.8%
52
55.7%
44
46.7%
120
45.5%
5
48.3%
221
Not too interested 7.2%
8
5.1%
4
17.9%
46
0.0%
0
12.7%
58
Not at all interested 2.7%
3
3.8%
3
10.1%
26
0.0%
0
7.0%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
111
100.0%
79
100.0%
257
100.0%
11

458


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Very interested 51.7%
15
31.3%
41
31.1%
50
32.1%
34
32.8%
140
Somewhat interested 31.0%
9
51.1%
67
47.8%
77
49.1%
52
48.0%
205
Not too interested 10.3%
3
11.5%
15
14.9%
24
12.3%
13
12.9%
55
Not at all interested 6.9%
2
6.1%
8
6.2%
10
6.6%
7
6.3%
27
TOTAL 100.0%
29
100.0%
131
100.0%
161
100.0%
106

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