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Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2003 - Churchwide Special Offerings, Members/Elders

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If one or more of the Churchwide Special Offerings were not received in the past year by your congregation, what is the main reason for not receiving the offering(s)? One Great Hour of Sharing

	1) No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)
	2) Members are not familiar with the offering(s)
	3) Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation
	4) The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)
	5) The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)
	6) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	7	6.7%	6.7%	-3.21
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	1	1%	7.6%	-2.49
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	2	1.9%	9.5%	-1.77
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	5	4.8%	14.3%	-1.05
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	2	1.9%	16.2%	-.33
Don't know	88	83.8%	100%	.39

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	4.2% 1	5.0% 1	7.4% 2	8.8% 3	6.7% 7
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	1.9% 2
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	8.8% 3	4.8% 5
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 2
Don't know	87.5% 21	95.0% 19	81.5% 22	76.5% 26	83.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 20	100.0% 27	100.0% 34	105

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	6.6% 4	6.8% 3	6.7% 7
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	3.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 2
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	3.3% 2	6.8% 3	4.8% 5
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	1.6% 1	2.3% 1	1.9% 2
Don't know	83.6% 51	84.1% 37	83.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 44	105

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20K	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	13.8% 4	6.3% 2	7.9% 7
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	14.3% 1	4.8% 1	10.3% 3	0.0% 0	5.6% 5
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	3.1% 1	2.2% 2
Don't know	71.4% 5	90.5% 19	72.4% 21	90.6% 29	83.1% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 21	100.0% 29	100.0% 32	89

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.8% 7	0.0% 0	6.9% 7
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 2
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 4
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 2
Don't know	90.0% 18	92.9% 13	81.5% 53	100.0% 2	85.1% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 14	100.0% 65	100.0% 2	101

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	7.1% 2	8.3% 1	7.4% 2	5.9% 6
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 2
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	5.0% 1	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	5.0% 5
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 2
Don't know	75.0% 3	50.0% 5	90.0% 18	85.7% 24	91.7% 11	88.9% 24	84.2% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	100.0% 20	100.0% 28	100.0% 12	100.0% 27	101