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

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CHANGE

If you could make one major change in the causes/issues that are supported by PC(USA) Churchwide Special Offerings, what would it be? Please check the box to the left corresponding to your choice, and then indicate the specific changes to the right of your choice. (Select only one response.)

	1) Add one new special offering
	2) Delete one entire special offering
	3) Add an additional cause to an existing offering
	4) Delete one cause from an existing offering
	6) Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support
	7) No opinion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Add one new special offering	17	4.4%	4.4%	-2.68
Delete one entire special offering	33	8.6%	13.1%	-2.13
Add an additional cause to an existing offering	6	1.6%	14.6%	-1.58
Delete one cause from an existing offering	12	3.1%	17.8%	-1.02
Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support	112	29.2%	47%	.08
No opinion	203	53%	100%	.63

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Add one new special offering	15.2% 7	8.5% 5	2.5% 3	0.6% 1	4.2% 16
Delete one entire special offering	4.3% 2	5.1% 3	9.2% 11	11.0% 17	8.7% 33
Add an additional cause to an existing offering	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	1.9% 3	1.6% 6
Delete one cause from an existing offering	0.0% 0	3.4% 2	5.0% 6	2.6% 4	3.2% 12
Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support	28.3% 13	33.9% 20	29.4% 35	28.4% 44	29.6% 112
No opinion	50.0% 23	49.2% 29	52.1% 62	55.5% 86	52.8% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 59	100.0% 119	100.0% 155	379

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Add one new special offering	3.8% 9	4.8% 7	4.2% 16
Delete one entire special offering	8.1% 19	9.7% 14	8.7% 33
Add an additional cause to an existing offering	2.1% 5	0.7% 1	1.6% 6
Delete one cause from an existing offering	3.4% 8	2.8% 4	3.2% 12
Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support	32.1% 75	25.5% 37	29.6% 112
No opinion	50.4% 118	56.6% 82	52.8% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 145	379

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20K	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Add one new special offering	12.5% 2	3.8% 4	6.6% 8	3.1% 3	5.0% 17
Delete one entire special offering	0.0% 0	11.4% 12	8.2% 10	8.2% 8	8.8% 30
Add an additional cause to an existing offering	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	1.6% 2	2.1% 2	1.5% 5
Delete one cause from an existing offering	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	4.9% 6	2.1% 2	3.2% 11
Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support	43.8% 7	30.5% 32	25.4% 31	35.1% 34	30.6% 104
No opinion	43.8% 7	50.5% 53	53.3% 65	49.5% 48	50.9% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 105	100.0% 122	100.0% 97	340

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Add one new special offering	6.5% 6	3.8% 2	4.2% 9	0.0% 0	4.6% 17
Delete one entire special offering	3.3% 3	11.3% 6	10.2% 22	0.0% 0	8.3% 31
Add an additional cause to an existing offering	4.3% 4	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 1	1.6% 6
Delete one cause from an existing offering	7.6% 7	3.8% 2	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	3.2% 12
Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support	34.8% 32	34.0% 18	26.4% 57	36.4% 4	29.8% 111
No opinion	43.5% 40	45.3% 24	57.9% 125	54.5% 6	52.4% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 53	100.0% 216	100.0% 11	372

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Add one new special offering	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	3.7% 3	11.0% 10	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	4.3% 16
Delete one entire special offering	28.6% 2	10.8% 4	3.7% 3	9.9% 9	11.8% 6	7.8% 8	8.6% 32
Add an additional cause to an existing offering	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.1% 1	3.9% 2	1.9% 2	1.6% 6
Delete one cause from an existing offering	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.2% 5	3.3% 3	2.0% 1	2.9% 3	3.2% 12
Make no changes in the current set of Churchwide Special Offerings or the causes they support	14.3% 1	27.0% 10	33.3% 27	22.0% 20	33.3% 17	33.0% 34	29.5% 109
No opinion	57.1% 4	56.8% 21	51.9% 42	52.7% 48	49.0% 25	53.4% 55	52.7% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 37	100.0% 81	100.0% 91	100.0% 51	100.0% 103	370