Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2004 -- Presbyterian Colleges and Universities , Members

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IMP_COST In general, for high school students today, how important would you say the factor is in the decision about which college or university to attend? Cost   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	291	65.1%	65.1%	-.64
Important	132	29.5%	94.6%	.89
Somewhat important	20	4.5%	99.1%	2.42
Not important	1	.2%	99.3%	3.95
No opinion	3	.7%	100%	5.48

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	58.3% 35	67.1% 57	67.4% 87	64.9% 111	65.2% 290
Important	38.3% 23	29.4% 25	24.0% 31	30.4% 52	29.4% 131
Somewhat important	3.3% 2	3.5% 3	7.0% 9	3.5% 6	4.5% 20
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.2% 1
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.6% 1	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 85	100.0% 129	100.0% 171	445

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	69.6% 16	62.9% 66	66.0% 99	61.8% 76	64.1% 257
Important	21.7% 5	34.3% 36	28.7% 43	31.7% 39	30.7% 123
Somewhat important	8.7% 2	2.9% 3	3.3% 5	5.7% 7	4.2% 17
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	0.8% 1	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 105	100.0% 150	100.0% 123	401

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	69.7% 85	66.1% 39	61.8% 154	72.7% 8	64.9% 286
Important	24.6% 30	27.1% 16	33.3% 83	18.2% 2	29.7% 131
Somewhat important	5.7% 7	5.1% 3	3.6% 9	9.1% 1	4.5% 20
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 59	100.0% 249	100.0% 11	441

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very important	60.0% 6	57.1% 24	72.0% 59	63.3% 69	64.3% 36	65.3% 81	65.0% 275
Important	30.0% 3	40.5% 17	23.2% 19	31.2% 34	33.9% 19	27.4% 34	29.8% 126
Somewhat important	10.0% 1	2.4% 1	3.7% 3	4.6% 5	1.8% 1	5.6% 7	4.3% 18
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 42	100.0% 82	100.0% 109	100.0% 56	100.0% 124	423