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

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IMP_DIV 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? Diversity of student body   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	16	3.6%	3.6%	-2.25
Important	115	26.1%	29.7%	-1.09
Somewhat important	204	46.3%	76%	.07
Not important	91	20.6%	96.6%	1.23
No opinion	15	3.4%	100%	2.38

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	3.3% 2	2.4% 2	3.9% 5	4.2% 7	3.6% 16
Important	21.7% 13	27.1% 23	24.0% 31	28.5% 47	26.0% 114
Somewhat important	48.3% 29	51.8% 44	45.7% 59	43.6% 72	46.5% 204
Not important	26.7% 16	17.6% 15	23.3% 30	18.2% 30	20.7% 91
No opinion	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	3.1% 4	5.5% 9	3.2% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 85	100.0% 129	100.0% 165	439

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	8.7% 2	2.9% 3	3.4% 5	3.3% 4	3.5% 14
Important	39.1% 9	35.3% 36	23.1% 34	18.7% 23	25.8% 102
Somewhat important	30.4% 7	42.2% 43	48.3% 71	52.0% 64	46.8% 185
Not important	17.4% 4	11.8% 12	22.4% 33	25.2% 31	20.3% 80
No opinion	4.3% 1	7.8% 8	2.7% 4	0.8% 1	3.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 102	100.0% 147	100.0% 123	395

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	9.3% 11	5.1% 3	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 16
Important	33.1% 39	20.3% 12	25.1% 62	0.0% 0	26.0% 113
Somewhat important	42.4% 50	47.5% 28	46.2% 114	81.8% 9	46.2% 201
Not important	13.6% 16	18.6% 11	25.1% 62	9.1% 1	20.7% 90
No opinion	1.7% 2	8.5% 5	2.8% 7	9.1% 1	3.4% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 59	100.0% 247	100.0% 11	435

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very important	10.0% 1	2.4% 1	2.5% 2	3.7% 4	1.8% 1	4.8% 6	3.6% 15
Important	10.0% 1	33.3% 14	32.9% 26	28.0% 30	23.6% 13	21.0% 26	26.4% 110
Somewhat important	50.0% 5	45.2% 19	43.0% 34	44.9% 48	54.5% 30	46.0% 57	46.3% 193
Not important	10.0% 1	9.5% 4	20.3% 16	21.5% 23	18.2% 10	25.0% 31	20.4% 85
No opinion	20.0% 2	9.5% 4	1.3% 1	1.9% 2	1.8% 1	3.2% 4	3.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 42	100.0% 79	100.0% 107	100.0% 55	100.0% 124	417