Presbyterian Panel Study, August 2003 - Presbyterians Today, Elders

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COMMUNIC

In general, how important is it for the PC(USA) to have a regular means of communicating with individual members, elders, and ministers across the denomination?
  1) Very important
  2) Somewhat important
  3) A little important
  4) Not important

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Very important 376 65.2% 65.2% -.64
Somewhat important 160 27.7% 92.9% .81
A little important 28 4.9% 97.7% 2.25
Not important 13 2.3% 100% 3.69

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Very important 63.3%
19
65.4%
70
62.9%
154
68.9%
131
65.4%
374
Somewhat important 26.7%
8
29.0%
31
29.8%
73
23.7%
45
27.4%
157
A little important 3.3%
1
4.7%
5
4.9%
12
5.3%
10
4.9%
28
Not important 6.7%
2
0.9%
1
2.4%
6
2.1%
4
2.3%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
30
100.0%
107
100.0%
245
100.0%
190

572


Sex (I-SEX)

Female Male TOTAL
Very important 68.8%
207
61.2%
167
65.2%
374
Somewhat important 25.9%
78
29.7%
81
27.7%
159
A little important 3.7%
11
6.2%
17
4.9%
28
Not important 1.7%
5
2.9%
8
2.3%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
301
100.0%
273

574


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20K $20K-$49,999 $50K-$99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Very important 76.9%
10
71.6%
83
66.0%
142
62.5%
120
66.2%
355
Somewhat important 7.7%
1
25.0%
29
26.5%
57
29.2%
56
26.7%
143
A little important 7.7%
1
1.7%
2
5.6%
12
6.8%
13
5.2%
28
Not important 7.7%
1
1.7%
2
1.9%
4
1.6%
3
1.9%
10
TOTAL 100.0%
13
100.0%
116
100.0%
215
100.0%
192

536


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Very important 66.9%
107
68.3%
69
62.7%
188
88.9%
8
65.3%
372
Somewhat important 27.5%
44
25.7%
26
29.3%
88
0.0%
0
27.7%
158
A little important 4.4%
7
5.0%
5
4.7%
14
11.1%
1
4.7%
27
Not important 1.3%
2
1.0%
1
3.3%
10
0.0%
0
2.3%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
160
100.0%
101
100.0%
300
100.0%
9

570