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

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IMP_MAJ 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? That it offers a particular major field of study   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	169	38.1%	38.1%	-.98
Important	216	48.6%	86.7%	.23
Somewhat important	41	9.2%	95.9%	1.45
Not important	11	2.5%	98.4%	2.66
No opinion	7	1.6%	100%	3.87

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	49.4% 42	42.2% 54	21.9% 37	38.0% 168
Important	31.7% 19	41.2% 35	47.7% 61	59.2% 100	48.6% 215
Somewhat important	6.7% 4	7.1% 6	4.7% 6	14.8% 25	9.3% 41
Not important	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	3.9% 5	3.0% 5	2.5% 11
No opinion	3.3% 2	1.2% 1	1.6% 2	1.2% 2	1.6% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 85	100.0% 128	100.0% 169	442

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	40.9% 9	28.6% 30	41.9% 62	42.3% 52	38.4% 153
Important	40.9% 9	52.4% 55	48.0% 71	47.2% 58	48.5% 193
Somewhat important	13.6% 3	14.3% 15	6.1% 9	7.3% 9	9.0% 36
Not important	4.5% 1	3.8% 4	2.0% 3	1.6% 2	2.5% 10
No opinion	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.0% 3	1.6% 2	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 105	100.0% 148	100.0% 123	398

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	35.0% 42	35.6% 21	38.3% 95	72.7% 8	37.9% 166
Important	51.7% 62	47.5% 28	48.8% 121	18.2% 2	48.6% 213
Somewhat important	8.3% 10	11.9% 7	9.3% 23	9.1% 1	9.4% 41
Not important	4.2% 5	3.4% 2	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	2.5% 11
No opinion	0.8% 1	1.7% 1	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 59	100.0% 248	100.0% 11	438

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very important	22.2% 2	23.8% 10	32.1% 26	46.3% 50	44.6% 25	35.5% 44	37.4% 157
Important	33.3% 3	61.9% 26	50.6% 41	43.5% 47	48.2% 27	50.0% 62	49.0% 206
Somewhat important	44.4% 4	7.1% 3	14.8% 12	7.4% 8	3.6% 2	8.1% 10	9.3% 39
Not important	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	2.5% 2	1.9% 2	1.8% 1	3.2% 4	2.6% 11
No opinion	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.8% 1	3.2% 4	1.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 42	100.0% 81	100.0% 108	100.0% 56	100.0% 124	420