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

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IMP_HOME 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? Proximity to home   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	33	7.6%	7.6%	-1.84
Important	178	40.7%	48.3%	-.68
Somewhat important	174	39.8%	88.1%	.48
Not important	40	9.2%	97.3%	1.64
No opinion	12	2.7%	100%	2.8

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	11.7% 7	7.1% 6	7.0% 9	6.8% 11	7.6% 33
Important	40.0% 24	49.4% 42	41.1% 53	35.4% 57	40.5% 176
Somewhat important	41.7% 25	35.3% 30	39.5% 51	42.2% 68	40.0% 174
Not important	6.7% 4	8.2% 7	9.3% 12	10.6% 17	9.2% 40
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 4	5.0% 8	2.8% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 85	100.0% 129	100.0% 161	435

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	9.5% 2	11.0% 11	5.4% 8	7.3% 9	7.7% 30
Important	38.1% 8	36.0% 36	45.3% 67	38.2% 47	40.3% 158
Somewhat important	38.1% 8	40.0% 40	34.5% 51	43.9% 54	39.0% 153
Not important	14.3% 3	9.0% 9	12.2% 18	7.3% 9	9.9% 39
No opinion	0.0% 0	4.0% 4	2.7% 4	3.3% 4	3.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 100	100.0% 148	100.0% 123	392

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	6.8% 8	10.3% 6	7.3% 18	9.1% 1	7.7% 33
Important	42.7% 50	36.2% 21	40.4% 99	36.4% 4	40.4% 174
Somewhat important	41.0% 48	37.9% 22	40.0% 98	36.4% 4	39.9% 172
Not important	6.8% 8	12.1% 7	9.8% 24	9.1% 1	9.3% 40
No opinion	2.6% 3	3.4% 2	2.4% 6	9.1% 1	2.8% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 58	100.0% 245	100.0% 11	431

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very important	0.0% 0	9.8% 4	11.7% 9	8.3% 9	3.6% 2	6.5% 8	7.7% 32
Important	50.0% 4	56.1% 23	35.1% 27	38.0% 41	43.6% 24	41.1% 51	41.2% 170
Somewhat important	25.0% 2	34.1% 14	46.8% 36	38.0% 41	38.2% 21	40.3% 50	39.7% 164
Not important	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	5.2% 4	12.0% 13	12.7% 7	8.1% 10	8.5% 35
No opinion	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	3.7% 4	1.8% 1	4.0% 5	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 41	100.0% 77	100.0% 108	100.0% 55	100.0% 124	413