Presbyterian Panel Study, August 2003 - Presbyterians Today, Elders

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THOROUGH

How thoroughly did you examine the enclosed copy of Presbyterians Today either before or while you were answering this questionnaire?
  1) Read all of it
  2) Read more than half of it
  3) Read about half of it
  4) Read some of it, but less than half
  5) Just skimmed through it
  6) Did not look at it at all

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Read all of it 241 42.7% 42.7% -.85
Read more than half of it 177 31.3% 74% -.05
Read about half of it 67 11.9% 85.8% .75
Read some of it, but less than half 38 6.7% 92.6% 1.55
Just skimmed through it 35 6.2% 98.8% 2.34
Did not look at it at all 7 1.2% 100% 3.14

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

Under 40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Read all of it 30.0%
9
42.9%
45
38.7%
92
50.3%
94
42.9%
240
Read more than half of it 33.3%
10
31.4%
33
31.1%
74
30.5%
57
31.1%
174
Read about half of it 10.0%
3
13.3%
14
12.6%
30
10.7%
20
12.0%
67
Read some of it, but less than half 10.0%
3
6.7%
7
8.4%
20
4.3%
8
6.8%
38
Just skimmed through it 13.3%
4
2.9%
3
8.4%
20
3.7%
7
6.1%
34
Did not look at it at all 3.3%
1
2.9%
3
0.8%
2
0.5%
1
1.3%
7
TOTAL 100.0%
30
100.0%
105
100.0%
238
100.0%
187

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Sex (I-SEX)

Female Male TOTAL
Read all of it 44.9%
132
40.7%
109
42.9%
241
Read more than half of it 33.3%
98
28.7%
77
31.1%
175
Read about half of it 12.6%
37
11.2%
30
11.9%
67
Read some of it, but less than half 4.4%
13
9.3%
25
6.8%
38
Just skimmed through it 4.8%
14
7.5%
20
6.0%
34
Did not look at it at all 0.0%
0
2.6%
7
1.2%
7
TOTAL 100.0%
294
100.0%
268

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Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than 20K $20K-$49,999 $50K-$99,999 $100K+ TOTAL
Read all of it 41.7%
5
53.0%
61
39.6%
84
43.0%
80
43.8%
230
Read more than half of it 33.3%
4
32.2%
37
33.5%
71
29.6%
55
31.8%
167
Read about half of it 8.3%
1
7.8%
9
13.2%
28
9.7%
18
10.7%
56
Read some of it, but less than half 0.0%
0
4.3%
5
7.5%
16
7.0%
13
6.5%
34
Just skimmed through it 16.7%
2
2.6%
3
5.7%
12
8.1%
15
6.1%
32
Did not look at it at all 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.5%
1
2.7%
5
1.1%
6
TOTAL 100.0%
12
100.0%
115
100.0%
212
100.0%
186

525


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Read all of it 39.2%
62
45.5%
46
43.1%
125
44.4%
4
42.5%
237
Read more than half of it 32.9%
52
33.7%
34
29.7%
86
33.3%
3
31.4%
175
Read about half of it 13.9%
22
10.9%
11
11.0%
32
11.1%
1
11.8%
66
Read some of it, but less than half 5.1%
8
8.9%
9
7.2%
21
0.0%
0
6.8%
38
Just skimmed through it 8.2%
13
1.0%
1
6.9%
20
11.1%
1
6.3%
35
Did not look at it at all 0.6%
1
0.0%
0
2.1%
6
0.0%
0
1.3%
7
TOTAL 100.0%
158
100.0%
101
100.0%
290
100.0%
9

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