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

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PUBPOLCY

How interested would you be in the PC(USA) developing resources for congregations in advocacy on public policy related to 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 91 20.2% 20.2% -1.41
Somewhat interested 168 37.3% 57.6% -.39
Not too interested 118 26.2% 83.8% .63
Not at all interested 73 16.2% 100% 1.64

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-65 65+ TOTAL
Very interested 16.9%
10
22.1%
17
22.5%
34
18.7%
29
20.4%
90
Somewhat interested 47.5%
28
40.3%
31
38.4%
58
31.0%
48
37.3%
165
Not too interested 23.7%
14
28.6%
22
20.5%
31
31.0%
48
26.0%
115
Not at all interested 11.9%
7
9.1%
7
18.5%
28
19.4%
30
16.3%
72
TOTAL 100.0%
59
100.0%
77
100.0%
151
100.0%
155

442


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School Graduate Some College College Gaduate Advanced Degree TOTAL
Very interested 12.5%
1
23.1%
9
20.9%
19
14.3%
17
23.2%
43
20.1%
89
Somewhat interested 25.0%
2
41.0%
16
36.3%
33
42.9%
51
34.1%
63
37.3%
165
Not too interested 50.0%
4
20.5%
8
23.1%
21
27.7%
33
27.0%
50
26.2%
116
Not at all interested 12.5%
1
15.4%
6
19.8%
18
15.1%
18
15.7%
29
16.3%
72
TOTAL 100.0%
8
100.0%
39
100.0%
91
100.0%
119
100.0%
185

442


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Very interested 21.1%
54
19.3%
36
20.3%
90
Somewhat interested 40.6%
104
33.2%
62
37.5%
166
Not too interested 26.2%
67
25.7%
48
26.0%
115
Not at all interested 12.1%
31
21.9%
41
16.3%
72
TOTAL 100.0%
256
100.0%
187

443


Race (I-RACE)

White African American Asian Hispanic Some other race TOTAL
Very interested 19.7%
85
42.9%
3
66.7%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
20.3%
90
Somewhat interested 36.9%
159
57.1%
4
0.0%
0
100.0%
2
100.0%
1
37.4%
166
Not too interested 26.7%
115
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
26.1%
116
Not at all interested 16.7%
72
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
16.2%
72
TOTAL 100.0%
431
100.0%
7
100.0%
3
100.0%
2
100.0%
1

444


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Very interested 29.9%
32
17.9%
14
16.1%
39
25.0%
3
20.0%
88
Somewhat interested 41.1%
44
57.7%
45
30.6%
74
16.7%
2
37.6%
165
Not too interested 23.4%
25
19.2%
15
29.8%
72
25.0%
3
26.2%
115
Not at all interested 5.6%
6
5.1%
4
23.6%
57
33.3%
4
16.2%
71
TOTAL 100.0%
107
100.0%
78
100.0%
242
100.0%
12

439


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20,000 $20K-49,999 $50K-99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Very interested 39.3%
11
22.2%
28
16.5%
26
21.0%
21
20.9%
86
Somewhat interested 25.0%
7
38.9%
49
39.9%
63
36.0%
36
37.6%
155
Not too interested 17.9%
5
27.0%
34
25.9%
41
28.0%
28
26.2%
108
Not at all interested 17.9%
5
11.9%
15
17.7%
28
15.0%
15
15.3%
63
TOTAL 100.0%
28
100.0%
126
100.0%
158
100.0%
100

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