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

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REA_PEAC 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)? Peacemaking   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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	11	5%	5%	-2.65
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	19	8.7%	13.8%	-2.02
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	9	4.1%	17.9%	-1.39
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	4	1.8%	19.7%	-.76
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	6	2.8%	22.5%	-.13
Don't know	169	77.5%	100%	.5

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Household income Political party Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.1% 6	5.1% 4	4.6% 10
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	8.8% 3	10.5% 4	3.0% 2	12.8% 10	8.8% 19
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	4.5% 3	3.8% 3	4.2% 9
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	0.0% 0	5.1% 4	1.9% 4
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 2	3.8% 3	2.8% 6
Don't know	88.2% 30	81.6% 31	80.3% 53	69.2% 54	77.8% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 38	100.0% 66	100.0% 78	216

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	3.9% 5	5.7% 5	4.6% 10
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	8.5% 11	9.2% 8	8.8% 19
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	4.7% 6	3.4% 3	4.2% 9
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	2.3% 3	1.1% 1	1.9% 4
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	3.9% 5	1.1% 1	2.8% 6
Don't know	76.7% 99	79.3% 69	77.8% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 87	216

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)	0.0% 0	9.3% 5	5.4% 3	2.9% 2	5.2% 10
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	9.1% 1	16.7% 9	5.4% 3	5.7% 4	8.9% 17
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	9.1% 1	1.9% 1	7.1% 4	4.3% 3	4.7% 9
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	9.1% 1	3.7% 2	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	3.6% 2	2.9% 2	3.1% 6
Don't know	72.7% 8	64.8% 35	76.8% 43	84.3% 59	75.9% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 54	100.0% 56	100.0% 70	191

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
No one takes the initiative to promote the offering(s)	4.1% 2	3.3% 1	5.5% 7	0.0% 0	4.8% 10
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	8.2% 4	13.3% 4	7.9% 10	0.0% 0	8.6% 18
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	4.1% 2	3.3% 1	3.1% 4	50.0% 2	4.3% 9
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	6.1% 3	3.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 4
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.9% 5	0.0% 0	2.9% 6
Don't know	75.5% 37	76.7% 23	79.5% 101	50.0% 2	77.6% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 30	100.0% 127	100.0% 4	210

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	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	9.1% 2	7.1% 4	4.8% 10
Members are not familiar with the offering(s)	42.9% 3	13.0% 3	4.7% 2	3.6% 2	9.1% 2	7.1% 4	7.7% 16
Churchwide Special Offerings are low priorities in the congregation	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	7.0% 3	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	4.3% 9
The congregation has a local or regionally-based special offering that occurs in close proximity to the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	2.3% 1	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 4
The congregation cannot afford the Churchwide Special Offering(s)	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	4.7% 2	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 6
Don't know	57.1% 4	56.5% 13	81.4% 35	82.1% 46	81.8% 18	82.1% 46	78.3% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 23	100.0% 43	100.0% 56	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	207