Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 2003 - Stewardship, Finances, and Allocation of Resources, Clergy

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INDICATE Do you think when people give money to their congregation they ought to be encouraged to indicate what percentage should go to mission and programs beyond the congregation?   1) Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way   2) Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way   3) No, discouraged from designating money in this way   4) No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way	126	14.5%	14.5%	-1.74
Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way	337	38.9%	53.5%	-.47
No, discouraged from designating money in this way	363	41.9%	95.4%	.81
No opinion	40	4.6%	100%	2.08

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Household income Political party Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way	9.5% 10	12.7% 30	16.2% 76	14.6% 7	14.3% 123
Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way	41.9% 44	37.1% 88	39.3% 184	39.6% 19	39.0% 335
No, discouraged from designating money in this way	43.8% 46	44.7% 106	40.4% 189	39.6% 19	42.0% 360
No opinion	4.8% 5	5.5% 13	4.1% 19	6.3% 3	4.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 237	100.0% 468	100.0% 48	858

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way	13.3% 30	14.7% 93	14.3% 123
Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way	36.3% 82	40.0% 253	39.0% 335
No, discouraged from designating money in this way	46.9% 106	40.2% 254	42.0% 360
No opinion	3.5% 8	5.1% 32	4.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 226	100.0% 632	858

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	TOTAL
Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way	15.9% 33	14.4% 68	11.2% 18	14.2% 119
Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way	42.5% 88	39.8% 188	31.1% 50	38.8% 326
No, discouraged from designating money in this way	36.2% 75	41.7% 197	52.2% 84	42.4% 356
No opinion	5.3% 11	4.0% 19	5.6% 9	4.6% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 472	100.0% 161	840

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way	12.1% 55	15.3% 24	17.1% 37	24.0% 6	14.3% 122
Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way	36.1% 164	39.5% 62	44.7% 97	40.0% 10	39.0% 333
No, discouraged from designating money in this way	46.9% 213	41.4% 65	32.7% 71	36.0% 9	42.0% 358
No opinion	4.8% 22	3.8% 6	5.5% 12	0.0% 0	4.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 157	100.0% 217	100.0% 25	853

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, encouraged to designate money in this way	19.4% 33	16.1% 36	12.8% 39	9.8% 16	14.4% 124
Neither encouraged nor discouraged from designating money in this way	40.0% 68	38.6% 86	37.5% 114	41.1% 67	39.0% 335
No, discouraged from designating money in this way	34.7% 59	42.2% 94	44.7% 136	44.2% 72	42.0% 361
No opinion	5.9% 10	3.1% 7	4.9% 15	4.9% 8	4.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 223	100.0% 304	100.0% 163	860