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

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ACCOUNT

Please indicate to what degree you agree or disagree with the following statement: The leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are sufficiently accountable to members regarding how church contributions are used.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Moderately agree
	3) Neither agree nor disagree
	4) Moderately disagree
	5) Strongly disagree
	6) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	218	25.3%	25.3%	-1.12
Moderately agree	311	36%	61.3%	-.42
Neither agree nor disagree	67	7.8%	69.1%	.27
Moderately disagree	140	16.2%	85.3%	.97
Strongly disagree	112	13%	98.3%	1.67
Don't know	15	1.7%	100%	2.37

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.3% 15	19.2% 45	29.4% 137	36.0% 18	25.1% 215
Moderately agree	33.3% 35	36.8% 86	36.5% 170	32.0% 16	35.9% 307
Neither agree nor disagree	11.4% 12	7.7% 18	7.3% 34	4.0% 2	7.7% 66
Moderately disagree	24.8% 26	16.7% 39	14.8% 69	12.0% 6	16.4% 140
Strongly disagree	14.3% 15	17.5% 41	10.5% 49	14.0% 7	13.1% 112
Don't know	1.9% 2	2.1% 5	1.5% 7	2.0% 1	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 234	100.0% 466	100.0% 50	855

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.3% 65	23.7% 150	25.1% 215
Moderately agree	44.6% 99	32.9% 208	35.9% 307
Neither agree nor disagree	8.1% 18	7.6% 48	7.7% 66
Moderately disagree	9.5% 21	18.8% 119	16.4% 140
Strongly disagree	5.9% 13	15.6% 99	13.1% 112
Don't know	2.7% 6	1.4% 9	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 633	855

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.8% 51	24.1% 113	29.2% 47	25.2% 211
Moderately agree	41.7% 86	35.4% 166	30.4% 49	36.0% 301
Neither agree nor disagree	5.3% 11	7.9% 37	9.9% 16	7.7% 64
Moderately disagree	14.6% 30	18.1% 85	13.0% 21	16.3% 136
Strongly disagree	12.6% 26	12.6% 59	14.9% 24	13.0% 109
Don't know	1.0% 2	1.9% 9	2.5% 4	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 469	100.0% 161	836

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.3% 169	16.5% 26	7.0% 15	20.8% 5	25.3% 215
Moderately agree	41.3% 187	36.7% 58	24.2% 52	33.3% 8	35.9% 305
Neither agree nor disagree	7.3% 33	10.1% 16	6.0% 13	16.7% 4	7.8% 66
Moderately disagree	8.6% 39	23.4% 37	28.8% 62	4.2% 1	16.4% 139
Strongly disagree	3.5% 16	13.3% 21	31.6% 68	20.8% 5	12.9% 110
Don't know	2.0% 9	0.0% 0	2.3% 5	4.2% 1	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 453	100.0% 158	100.0% 215	100.0% 24	850

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.4% 38	27.5% 61	22.4% 68	30.4% 49	25.2% 216
Moderately agree	43.5% 74	37.4% 83	34.9% 106	28.6% 46	36.1% 309
Neither agree nor disagree	7.6% 13	5.9% 13	10.5% 32	5.0% 8	7.7% 66
Moderately disagree	12.4% 21	18.9% 42	15.1% 46	19.3% 31	16.3% 140
Strongly disagree	11.2% 19	10.4% 23	15.1% 46	14.3% 23	13.0% 111
Don't know	2.9% 5	0.0% 0	2.0% 6	2.5% 4	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 222	100.0% 304	100.0% 161	857